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Amid year-long state of emergency, Neskantaga First Nation calls for health-care intervention

Neskantaga First Nation has been under a state of emergency since last April after its only nursing station flooded. Local leaders say access to health care hasn’t improved in the remote Ojibway community, which has also been under a boil-water advisory for 31 years, and community members face ongoing challenges accessing timely medical transportation for […]

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Heather Winterstein's death after repeated Ontario hospital ER visits was accidental, inquest jury finds

The inquest jury examining the death of Heather Winterstein has found the Indigenous woman’s death in a St. Catharines, Ont., hospital was from septic shock and accidental, and has issued 68 recommendations. The family of the 24-year-old, who collapsed in the emergency department after trying to get help over two days, had sought a homicide […]