Bedbugs at Ottawa isolation hub alarm guest covered with bites
“I am advocating for my safety”
Canada pays Nunavut more to run federal Non-Insured Health Benefits program
Nunavut minister hopes deal brings health care to par with rest of the country
Quebec invests $15 million into improving health care for Indigenous patients
“We want to ensure that we strengthen cultural training and cultural safety”
Baker Lake MLA calls for more staff at health centre
Nunavut’s health minister says “resources are tied up”
Nunavik health board invites residents to report quarantine breakers
“Would you like to notify the authorities, but you don’t know how? This is now possible.”
Tuberculosis elimination in Nunavut falls by wayside due to COVID-19
Pandemic has had “tremendous impact on our tuberculosis path forward,” says health minister
Nunavut’s first transitional housing project opens in Iqaluit
“This was not only a dream, but it was a necessity”
In the endless war on mould, Nunavut doubles down
Housing corporation plans to spend $30.7 million on mould removal over the next six year
Nunavut health minister gets his flu shot
Nunavut Health Minister George Hickes receives his annual flu shot on Tuesday, Oct. 20. “The flu shot is something that’s very important not just to protect ourselves but for the people that we are around or come into contact with, like, under the COVID-19 measures, wearing a mask,” he said. This year Hickes was also joined by Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief public health officer, who also received a shot. “The flu shot is the best defence against getting the flu and while it does not protect against COVID-19. The flu vaccine can help reduce the number of respiratory infections we see this fall and winter,” said Patterson. “As COVID-19 has similar symptoms to the flu, reducing your risk of getting the flu also means reducing the chance that you will be isolated, while you are tested for COVID-19.” (Photo by Dustin Patar)
Flu vaccines now available in Iqaluit
Appointments will be necessary
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Nunavut residents urged to get their flu shots this year
Vaccines should be available in all communities by mid-October
Nunavik housing agency takes aim at bedbug infestations
“Tenants became really emotional and stressed out”
Bedbugs show up at Ottawa isolation hub for Nunavut residents
“It’s tough enough to be in isolation without this happening”
Joyce Echaquan’s death mirrors Inuit experience seeking health care: Makivik
“Our governments are not dealing with the poison that is still killing Indigenous citizens”
Nunavut moms younger and have more children than others in Canada: StatCan
Average age of mothers in Nunavut is 25.8
Tungasuvvingat Inuit reaches out to southern Inuit during annual meeting
“An Inuk is an Inuk is an Inuk”
Nunavut spends nearly $3M annually on security at health centres
“I find it appalling that health-care professionals, who are really trying hard to work for our people, feel in danger,” says health minister
Nunavut health minister defends choosing regional hubs for elder-care facilities
“We have to follow the experts’ guidelines”
Nunavut government picks Cambridge Bay for new regional continuing care centre
Elders centre would house 24
Nunavik midwifery program graduates its first Ungava coast midwife
“The community is super proud to have someone who is so skilled and professional”
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Nunavut community slated to receive new water treatment plant
Whale Cove’s new plant now scheduled to be in place by 2023
Iqaluit Dental Clinic apologizes for dentists’ online comments about Inuit
“This post was offending and out of place”
Nunavut announces change to newborns’ immunization schedule
Change is designed to reduce risk of TB infection
Iqaluit’s food centre expands programming by hiring peer advocate
Ottawa chef Trudy Metcalfe-Coe will fill the role for one year
Nunavut has an interest in midwifery, but training lags behind
“Training Inuit into these positions is critical”