735,000 Canadian children live in unsafe housing
Press Release Habitat for Humanity Canada marks National Housing Day TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2016 – Why does housing matter? Because too many children spend their life living in unsafe, inadequate…
Study: Hidden homelessness in Canada, 2014
Press Release November 15, 2016 In 2014, about 2.3 million Canadians aged 15 and over—representing 8% of the population—reported that sometime in their lives they had to temporarily live with family, friends, in their car or…
Ottawa is right to hold the line on health funding: Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer for Inside Policy
Press Release Slowing the growth in the health transfer benefits patients and taxpayers, and, yes, even the provinces because it increases the pressure for real health-care reform. And reform, not…
Conference Board of Canada: Increasing the Use of Physician Assistants Could Lead to Significant Cost Savings for the Canadian Health Care System
Press Release Ottawa, October 24, 2016— Hiring more physician assistants (PAs) and effectively integrating them into health care teams could save the Canadian health care system millions in efficiency gains,…
Study: Suicidal thoughts among off-reserve First Nations, Métis and Inuit adults aged 18 and older, 2012
Press Release October 13, 2016 In 2012, between 5% and 11% of off-reserve First Nations, Métis and Inuit aged 18 to 25 reported having had suicidal thoughts in the previous 12 months, and between 16% and 27% reported having had suicidal…
United Cannabis Corporation Signs Memo Of Understanding With The Megan Strong Foundation of the Maliseet Nation at Tobique New Brunswick
Press Release Companies Will Establish The Megan Strong Foundation Natural Healing Centre, ACT Now Program, and Research Lab DENVER, CO / October 12, 2016 / United Cannabis Corporation (OTCQB: CNAB)…
Fraser Institute: More than 45,000 Canadians estimated to have left the country for medical care in 2015
Press Release October 12, 20106 VANCOUVER—Tens of thousands of Canadians continue to venture abroad for medical care, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan…
A clear path to tourism development in Nunavut
Press Release IQALUIT, Nunavut (September 22, 2016) – The Government of Nunavut (GN) today announced significant changes to the roles of organizations tasked with tourism development functions in the territory.…
Hundreds of First Nations children to benefit from new breakfast program in Alberta
Press Release September 19, 2016 EDMONTON – An important First Nations breakfast program is entering Alberta for the first time thanks to a partnership between AltaLink and national organization ONEXONE. The program…
The AFNQL is Asking Minister Barrette to Intervene for Ambulances Services in Manawan
Press Release WENDAKE, QC, Sept. 21, 2016 – Aside from a meeting on First Nations Policing Services currently taking place currently in Montreal, the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)…
