Cross sector approach needed to address health and wellness in First Nations

 By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare was visibly shaken when he addressed media March 19 near the end of the first day of a three-day inaugural conference on First Nations Community Wellness. He had just received “heavy heart news” that former National Hockey League player and Stanley Cup champion Chris Simon had died by suicide the previous night. was the support for a man we idolized around the world, who captured many audiences of who we are’ and he was our enforcer,” said Hare. Hare said he often visited Simon’s family in Wawa, Ont. on his travels. Later he said that federal and provincial politicians would come to him after communities experienced tragic losses like this and ask what they could do. “They come…

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