Landmark Provincial Aging at Home Strategy Launches in North East LHIN
Posted by admin on 2008/6/23 15:12:40 (10 reads)
Press Release
June 20, 2008
Standing in front of a new Dodge Caravan that will provide area seniors with rides to appointments, Rick Bartolucci, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, MPP Sudbury, today announced a series of local Aging at Home initiatives which are receiving just over $4 million this year.
Press release
OTTAWA, June 21 - Canada's college and university students are marking National Aboriginal Day by renewing the call for improved living conditions for Aboriginal peoples and greater federal funding for Aboriginal students to attend post-secondary institutions.
MEDIA ADVISORY
June 19, 2008
VANCOUVER, June 19, 2008 - Walk4Justice has a full day, Sept 15, 2008, booked on Parliament Hill to present a petition and address the key issues surrounding marginalized, missing and murdered women and their families. Over three thousand women & children are deemed missing or murdered in the last 10 years, 80% of them are Aboriginal.
From the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Report of the Seventh Session
June 19, 2008
The initial visit by the regional coroner points to another house fire on a remote First Nation resulting in the loss of life is a concern that requires further investigation (report from CBC TBay radio news).
Jun 20, 2008 - THE CANADIAN PRESS
DEER LAKE, Ont.–There is no word yet on the cause of a fire that has claimed four lives in the northwestern Ontario community of Deer Lake.
By Jim Kelly - Saturday, June 14, 2008
A group of young aboriginal men and women are expected to make a significant impact on health care in First Nations communities.
And others may soon be following in their footsteps.
The 11 are graduates of a radiological technician certificate program, allowing them to operate X-ray equipment.
Lakehead University press release
INAC press release ...
On June 21st, join thousands of people across the country in celebrating National Aboriginal Day. This very special day celebrates the unique heritage, cultures and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and M=E9tis peoples in Canada.