Health

Community members from Fort Albany, Attawapiskat and Peawanuck endured 30 hours of hunger pangs to raise money for a Fort Albany family in need of funds.

Questions were raised about prescriptions for OxyContin and Percocets during the Aboriginal Health Care: Governance and Leadership conference, held Oct. 27-28 in Thunder Bay.

Three new medical dictionaries in Ojibway-English, Oji-Cree-English and Cree-English have been developed to help patients at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre.

Three new medical dictionaries in Ojibway-English, Oji-Cree-English and Cree-English have been developed to help patients at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre.

More than 250 school children discovered the benefits of self-confidence through a diabetes prevention intiative in Timmins, Ont., Nov. 4.

Concerns about food costs and availability across Nishnawbe Aski Nation were raised Oct. 25-27 during the NAN 2011 Food Symposium.

The Paterson Foundation has donated $200,000 to the Canadian Red Cross to establish a new satellite office in a northwestern Ontario First Nation community.

Diabetes awareness was the focus of inspirational and motivational speakers at the Timmins Diabetes Expo Sept. 17.

Fort Albany has been working on promoting food security in their community since establishing a food security committee in January.

Doris Slipperjack’s battle against prescription drug abuse was featured at the Biindigate Film Festival in Thunder Bay in the world premiere of The Life You Want.

Deputy Grand Chief Mike Metatawabin of Nishnawbe Aski Nation said a women’s addiction treatment facility is badly needed.

The Chief Coroner of Ontario, Dr. Andrew McCallum, released a 215-page report Sept. 2 dealing with 16 youth suicides that occurred in Pikangikum First Nation during 2006-2008.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) is continuing their call on the federal and provincial governments and the general public to recognize the rapidly increasing rates of prescription drug abuse in NAN territory and Canada at large.

The first clinic to assess and diagnose Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in northern Ontario recently opened in Sudbury.

Wilma Carpenter was one of several people shaved at the Relay for Life event in Sioux Lookout, June 3.