Parliamentary Secretary Fletcher announces more than $15 million for the creation of an Aboriginal Health Research Network

WINNIPEG, Jan. 22, 2008 - Today the Government of Canada announced an investment of $15.8 million over three years through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to create the Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research (NEAHR). Read More>>

Project aims to knock down smoking rates

THUNDER BAY, ON, Jan. 22, 2008 - In an effort to lower smoking rates among the local aboriginal community, the Dilico Anishinabek Family Care facility is set to launch a smoking cessation pilot project. Read More>>

Public Health Agency of Canada: Get up, Go out and Be WinterActive!

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 22, 2008 - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today with ParticipACTION celebrated the launch of WinterActive 2008 by leading a group of local community residents and grade school students in a snowshoe relay race at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario. The event was kicked off with a demonstration of traditional Métis sport by Tony Belcourt, President of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Read More>>

Reserve water quality still lags: FSIN

Jan. 22, 2008 - Water quality on Saskatchewan reserves may be improving, but it's not acceptable, says Vice-Chief Morley Watson of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. Read More>>

High Arctic STD rate raises fears of greater HIV in the North

Jan. 21, 2008 - New research suggests that some sexually transmitted diseases are spreading much more quickly in the Arctic than in southern Canada. Read More>>

Long-distance health care – literally

HALIFAX, NS, Jan. 20, 2008 - While provincial politicians loudly debate the future of health care, a rural Nova Scotia GP and his nurse-wife are quietly showcasing one possible option - for patients 8,000 kilometres away. Read More>>