Nunavut Inuit association puts $41 million in federal funds into health and wellness over five years

By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News Nunavummiut Inuit will get an additional $40.8 million in health and wellness funding on top of federal government-provided healthcare funding between April 1, 2027, and March 31, 2032. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) has allocated the additional money provided by the Government of Canada, the land claims organization announced on Oct. 21. Maternal and child health, midwifery, mental health, crisis response teams, addictions and trauma treatment are among the areas being…

New research finds frequent disease outbreaks in B.C. salmon farms, endangering wild salmon

By Gideon Mordecai  Elected Chief Councillor, ʼNa̱mǥis First Nation A new study with unprecedented access to Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia raises urgent questions about the federal government’s approach to regulating salmon farms and highlights disease risk to wild salmon populations. The Broughton Aquaculture Transition Initiative — a multi-government agreement with the province and the Mamalilikulla, ’Na̱mǥis and Kwikwasut’inux̱w Haxwa’mis First Nations — enabled this rare access to salmon farms for scientists unaffiliated with the aquaculture industry. Scientists from…

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