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COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 16:30
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By Emily Blake Plan to eliminate TB by 2030 still in place Nunavut’s health minister says the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted

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Syllabic eye charts: Doctors’ groundbreaking approach for Indigenous patients

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 14, 2023 at 15:51
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Inuit in northern Quebec are now able to take vision tests using the Inuktitut writing system, after two Montreal doctors

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Health services reduced in 6 Nunavut communities amid staff shortages

CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 14, 2023 at 11:01
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Health department says more than two dozen indeterminate positions are vacant in those communities Health services have been reduced in six

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‘A little hope’: Residents of Mayo, Yukon, hope to forge path forward through drug crisis

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 09:57
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People in Mayo, Yukon, say they came out of a town hall meeting Monday night with some hope and faith

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Town hall meeting called in Mayo, Yukon, to talk about drug crisis

CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 20, 2023 at 10:18
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The mayor of Mayo, Yukon, has called a town hall meeting for Monday evening to talk about drugs and violence in

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Nunavut declares tuberculosis outbreak in Pond Inlet

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 17, 2023 at 15:44
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Nunavut’s chief public health officer has declared an outbreak of tuberculosis in Pond Inlet. Five people in the north Baffin

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Northern premiers sign federal health deal offering half of what they wanted

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 11:42
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Territorial premiers have officially given their blessing for a federal health-care plan that will see a small boost to health

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Day after nurse sit-in in western Nunavik, union denounces employer actions

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 20, 2023 at 15:36 — Last Updated: Monday, January 23, 2023 at 08:54
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The day after a sit-in by nurses in the western part of northern Quebec, their union is denouncing the employer

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Yukon government offers cash bonuses to attract and keep nurses

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 5, 2022 at 15:57
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‘An awful lot of other people deserve and should get something like this as well,’ union says The Yukon government

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Some Nunavut health centres could close for weeks because of staffing, gov’t says

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 5, 2022 at 08:49
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Health department warns of more closures in several communities this winter The Nunavut government is warning of possible health centre

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Burnout, Indigenous reconciliation on agenda of new Yukon Medical Association pres.

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 09:11
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Dr. Alex Kmet took on new role after the association’s annual general meeting last weekend The new head of the

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Yukon nursing vacancies ‘very serious’ amid ongoing countrywide nursing shortage

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 28, 2022 at 15:48
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Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee revealed that the vacancy rate in community nursing is currently over 40% The Yukon is experiencing

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Canadian paramedic shortage could put hitch in N.W.T. recruitment plan

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 11:11
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By Celeste Decaire · CBC News Provinces across the country struggling to keep paramedics on board The N.W.T. government is looking to

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A Nunavut health leader on how to use paramedics to solve a health staffing crisis

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 13:17
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Training, planning and communication are key to success, says Dr. Francois de Wet The Northwest Territories is contracting paramedics to

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Quebec rejects plea to send army to Nunavik to help with health worker shortage

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 09:45
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By Virginie Ann · The Canadian Press Region’s health board says it has been asking for reinforcements for weeks Quebec’s Health Ministry has

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