Canada’s Nunavut territory projects small deficit in $2.2B budget
As Nunavut (east-Arctic Canada) heads towards its 20th birthday, the territory’s budget is putting a lot of small chunks of
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Arctic Canada: Wrongful death lawsuit settled in case of Nunavut’s Baby Makibi
A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit against the government of Nunavut and a former nurse in
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Finland’s elder care needs funding boost to meet Nordic standards: researcher
Finland’s elder care system has been underfunded for a long time, according to the head of the Centre for Excellence
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Community in Arctic Canada holds suicide prevention meetings following deaths
Officials with Nunavut’s Health Department are in Baker Lake this week for a series of suicide prevention meetings, following three
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No opioid crisis in Canada’s eastern Arctic
Fentanyl has made it to Nunavut, but officials say that unlike the rest of Canada, it’s nowhere near a crisis.
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Nurses in Arctic Canadian village ‘exhausted’ by flu season and staff shortage, patient says
Patients in Arviat, Nunavut (Canadian east-Arctic), say nurses in the community are overworked and overwhelmed as they deal with a
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Arctic Quebec: Inuk woman’s botulism symptoms not taken seriously by nurse, widower says
A man from Inukjuak said the failure of a nurse stationed in the Arctic Quebec community to recognize the signs
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Canada’s substance use costs per person highest in Northern territories, study shows
Canada’s northern territories are spending the most per capita on costs related to substance use, according to a report released
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Grieving Inuit families in Arctic Quebec blame deaths on racism in health-care
Kuujjuarapik’s community centre echoes with the sounds of Mary Pirti Kumarluk’s sobs. Her daughter, Siasi Kumarluk, along with a support
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Indigenous patients share ‘horror stories’ of health care in Northern Canadian territory, minister says changes coming
The Northwest Territories government says it’s committed to making the territory’s health and social services system free from prejudice, but
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Fewer people suffering strokes in Sweden
The amount of people suffering strokes in Sweden is declining with 600 fewer cases in 2017 compared to the year
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Children in northern Canadian territory waiting over a year to see hearing specialist
The average wait time for children to see an audiologist in the Northwest Territories is 70 weeks, a number Frame
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Mother in northern Canadian village calls for change after baby waits days for medical care
A mother from Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) wants the health-care system in Wrigley to change after it took days to
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Alaska’s state-run psychiatric hospital unsafe for workers, report concludes
Alaska’s only state-run psychiatric hospital is an unsafe place to work. That’s the finding of a report by an independent
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Social Democrats lose Arctic stronghold over healthcare in Sweden’s regional elections
An independent party campaigning against the closure of hospitals has come first in the county council elections in Norrbotten in
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