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TB rates remain high in Nunavut, Canada despite community testing

Kieran Oudshoorn, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 11:50
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Tuberculosis rates in Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) remain high despite the federal government spending millions of dollars on screening clinics

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Hospital in southern Canada apologizes to Inuit family who buried wrong baby

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 16:04
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The president of a Winnipeg hospital says she’s “deeply sorry” and promised a complete review, after a Nunavut family learned

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Indigenous students in Alaska get hands-on medical experience at nursing camp

Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 14:30 — Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 14:31
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Nurse Charlie Tyrrell is walking students through a wound care demonstration. 17-year-old Mariah Perez and her class partner Rayanne Alick

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Finger-pointing but no answers after family in Arctic Canada buries wrong baby due to hospital mistake

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 16:20
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The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, in the Canadian Prairies, is pointing the finger at a local hospital after a Nunavut

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Dene woman enters medical school in hopes of serving North

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 27, 2019 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Monday, May 27, 2019 at 15:05
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For many youth in small communities in the Northwest Territories, in Canada’s central Arctic, becoming a doctor is a dream:

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What Indigenous wellness looks like at the new hospital in Yellowknife, Northern Canada

Joanne Stassen, CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 27, 2019 at 14:02 — Last Updated: Monday, May 27, 2019 at 14:05
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The Northwest Territories’ new Stanton Territorial Hospital, in Canada’s central Arctic, opened its doors Sunday morning. The-state-of-the-art facility boasts high-tech

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Doctor shortage hits town of Hay River, Northern Canada

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 13:25
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The town of Hay River, N.W.T., is scrambling to fill a month-long shortage of doctors and nurse practitioners after two

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Relying on short-term doctors may harm health care in Canada’s eastern Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 09:35 — Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 16:37
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Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, suffers from a shortage of permanent or long-term doctors and nurses and if the territory

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Canada: Inuit elder has waited months in southern city for access to home dialysis

Kristin Annable and Jillian Taylor, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 12:22 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 14:28
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A Nunavut (eastern Arctic) elder and former MLA with kidney failure says he feels like he’s being held hostage in

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Northwestern Canada not prepared for aging population, doctor says

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 29, 2019 at 11:29
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Yukon is not doing enough to prepare for an older population, according to the territory’s top doctor. Brendan Hanley, Yukon’s

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit class-action lawsuit to allege racism in Canada’s health-care system

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 09:24
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Lawyers known for their representation of Indigenous northerners are preparing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Inuit who have faced

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Laptop with health data stolen from Northern Canadian gov was unencrypted

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 11, 2019 at 14:34
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This is the final story on the stolen laptop files. Here’s Part 1 and Part 2. The Northwest Territories government’s

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Proposed cuts to Alaska’s Medicaid raises concern for health centers, hospitals

Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau
Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 16:06
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Medicaid is one of the most expensive parts of Alaska’s budget. And Gov. Michael Dunleavy is proposing a huge cut

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Northern gov employee given privacy training weeks before laptop with health data stolen

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 09:46
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This is part 2 of three stories on the stolen laptop files. Here’s part 1. Part 3 is scheduled for next

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Thousands of people’s health data on laptop stolen from Canadian territorial gov last year

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 09:49
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This story is Part 1 of 3 on the stolen laptop files. Part 2 is scheduled for Tuesday and Part

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Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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