Sep 28, 2007

Nurses worry about hospital safety

Sept. 28, 2007 - Iqaluit nurses fear the danger, stress and daily grind of their poorly-paid jobs will follow them to the Qikiqtani Regional Hospital, when it opens Oct. 19. Read More>>

Staff nurses feel undervalued, shortchanged by pay policy

Sept. 28, 2007 - It's hard to escape the conclusion that the Government of Nunavut values the work done by short-term contractors over that done by its full-time, indeterminate employees. Read More>>

Nunavut tops in Canada for teen moms

Sept. 28, 2007 - Young, single and pregnant: Nunavut babies are still much more likely to have unmarried teenaged mothers than anywhere else in the country. Read More>>

Walk honours native victims of violence

Sept. 26, 2007 - A large turnout is expected Wednesday night at a march in memory of missing and murdered Anishnawbe and Metis women. Read More>>

Sep 27, 2007

Storytelling critical to healing process

Sept. 26, 2007 - The history of residential schools is still fresh in the minds of many aboriginal people living in Saskatchewan, where the last school closed in 1996. Read More>>

FASD funding awarded to B.C. communities

VICTORIA, Sept. 26, 2007 - The Victoria Foundation has awarded funds to 40 projects throughout B.C. from the $10-million Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Action Fund established by the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development in March 2006. Read More>>