Grand Opening of the Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre in Nunavik
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The effects of trauma are extensive and intricate, impacting multiple generations, particularly due to substance abuse.
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The effects of trauma are extensive and intricate, impacting multiple generations, particularly due to substance abuse.
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Please be advised that the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services; Ian Lafrenière, Quebec’s Minister responsible for relations with First Nations and Inuit; Dave Forrest, President of the Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre; as well as several regional dignitaries and partners, will be taking part in the grand opening of the Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre in Kuujjuaq.
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The Saulteaux Pelly Agency Health Alliance (SPAHA) broke ground today on a new multi-purpose health care facility on the Keeseekoose First Nation. The SPAHA facility will provide a full suite of services, including public health programming, palliative care, long-term care and mental health services, as well as host the Keeseekoose First Nation Community Health Centre, all for the communities of Cote First Nation, Keeseekoose First Nation, and The Key First Nation.
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Today, Vice President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), Paul Irngaut; Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu; Nunavut Minister of Health, John Main; and Member of Parliament for Nunavut, Lori Idlout, turned tundra on the future site of Aqqusariaq as part of a ground-breaking (“tundra turning”) ceremony. Aqqusariaq is an $83.7 million treatment and recovery centre, with $42.1 million in funding from the Government of Canada and $41.6 million from the Government of Nunavut. In addition, NTI provided $5 million towards the overall costs of the project and $11.8 million through the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation to train Inuit counsellors. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) will also provide $9.7 million per year in annual funding towards the costs of operating the centre.
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Please be advised that Mr. Paul Irngaut, Vice President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, as well as the Honourable John Main, Minister of Health of Nunavut, and the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, will make an announcement regarding the construction of Aqqusariaq in Iqaluit.
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The Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu, issued the following statement today.
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Please be advised that the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, will visit Northwestern Ontario.
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Today, Northwest Angle No. 33’s Angle Inlet community site held celebrations following the completion of a new water treatment plant for Angle Inlet.
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On this National Indigenous People’s Day, Ulkatcho First Nation held a ground breaking ceremony to launch the construction of the Ulkatcho Mercantile Store and Gas Station, a future business and commercial centre along Highway 20, Anahim Lake (IR 14A). The project is an Ulkatcho First Nation initiative intended to create jobs and promote revenue growth for the community. The new development will include a commercial building with a covered gas-dispensing area, a separate diesel-dispensing area for trucks, an aboveground storage tank for gas and diesel, rest areas for cars, semi-trailers, and electrical vehicle charging stations.
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Indigenous Services Canada announces 3 recipients of the Awards of Excellence in Nursing