A call for a universal drug plan for Canada
National health insurance challenge: one in six BC residents too poor to pay for prescription drugs, a new report in Canadian Medical Association Journal says, calling for change.
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On the outside looking in: Indigenous peoples excluded from premiers’ health talks
Is there a link between the tar sands pipelines, the premiers’ health conference, and Indigenous rights? The Left Coast Post sat down with Indigenous advocates in Victoria.
The future of Canada’s health care at stake: Maude Barlow warns of privatization and high-cost drugs
It’s more than just a simple funding formula: changes proposed by the Harper government could change Canadian health care in fundamental ways, warns Council of Canadians’ Maude Barlow.
Premiers united in opposition to Conservatives’ ‘unilateral’ health care decision
Premiers say they will band together to get the federal government back at the health care table, but will Ottawa budge from its increasingly tough stance?
Photo: Asbestos Reservations: Raven ThunderSky’s fight for an outright ban
Raven ThunderSky’s fight for an outright asbestos ban.
Asbestos: Raven ThunderSky’s Struggle for Justice
WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg woman says the deaths of her whole family could have been averted had the government and mining companies come clean to the public about the dangers of asbestos
David P Ball 