Cambridge Bay to host High Arctic Research Station

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that the small community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, will become the new home of a long-awaited High Arctic Research Station. The town of 1,400 was chosen over Resolute Bay and Pond Inlet for the multidisciplinary facility, which will help researchers explore the region's vast expanses.

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Canada's Economic Action Plan Creates Jobs and Improves First Nations Housing in Yukon

The Government of Canada announced today an investment of more than $3.2 million as part of the year one and year two funding through Canada's Economic Action Plan and On-Reserve Non Profit Housing Program (Section 95) funding to improve housing conditions for First Nations in Yukon.
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Government of the Northwest Territories Celebrates International Year of Youth

The Government of the Northwest Territories is celebrating the importance of young people today, August 12th, with International Youth Day and the beginning of the International Year of Youth. Designated by the United Nations, the International Year of Youth was created to draw attention to the rights and potential of young people around the world.
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Unique diabetes program has big impact on B.C. First Nation

In a report to be released Monday to the World Diabetes Congress in Montreal, they detail how the program has enabled a small aboriginal community in northern B.C. to get diabetes under much better control.
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A changing epidemic: Canada’s AIDS rate on the rise

While the number of HIV-AIDS cases in Canada have risen back to 1982 levels, the biggest shift is in who and where are most effected.
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Pic Mobert completes new health centre

The new facility is 467 square meters and will support nine staff members, a foot care clinic, nurse's office, exam room and has office space for visiting professional MD's. The new health centre also has room to expand staff as the needs of the community grow and change.
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FASD an issue in need of research

When it comes to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, there’s one thing everyone can agree on – an expectant mother who drinks while pregnant can irrevocably damage her unborn child. And because we agree on that, we know remarkably little else.
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