Archive - Dec 10, 2009
Foot amputations in northern First Nations resulting from lack of health care funding
December 10, 2009 - 11:21pm | by brianbeatonFoot amputations ravage aboriginal diabetics - '90% of amputations are preventable'
December 8, 2009
Thousands of aboriginal people with diabetes undergo unnecessary foot amputations because the federal government won't pay for them to have proper shoes, the head of a Manitoba medical outreach program said Tuesday.
Payukotayno, Tikinagan family services serving remote NAN First Nations get Ontario funding
December 10, 2009 - 10:24pm | by brianbeatonFrom the Toronto Star
First Nations children's aid gets lifeline - Three communities receive emergency cash
By Tanya Talaga - Dec 10 2009
MOOSONEE–The Ontario government has thrown a $6.4 million lifeline to three struggling First Nations children's aid societies that face mass staff layoffs due to budgetary woes.
At Moosonee's Payukotayno James and Hudson Bay Family Services, staff members were ecstatic after Children and Youth Services Minister Laurel Broten announced $2.3 million in emergency funding.