Health minister Aglukkaq unveils another tool in battle against diabetes
It’s hard to believe, but a survey of First Nations in Saskatchewan in 1937 did not find a single case of diabetes.
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“I’m really sorry for them… They saved our lives.”
APTN National News Lester Aqqiaruq is 17 years old, and glad to be alive after…
Northern food subsidy program continues to face criticism
Nutrition North is a program designed to help Northerners deal with the high cost of food.
Inmates set bed sheets on fire during Baffin jailhouse riot
Iqaluit’s RCMP and fire department were called to the men’s prison on October 20 to quell a riot at the facility.
Minister Aglukkaq weighs in on the new crime bill
APTN National News Canada’s Federal Health Minister has a lot to say about her government’s…
Two dead in airplane crash near small NWT community
APTN National News YELLOWKNIFE–Two people are dead after an Air Tindi aircraft crashed on its…
Rick Hansen visits Iqaluit on 25th-anniversary tour
APTN National News When Rick Hansen embarked on the original Man In Motion World Tour…
Names of pilots killed in Yellowknife plane crash released
The Northwest Territories’ coroner released the names of the pilot and co-pilot who were killed when the Twin Otter plane they were flying crashed into Yellowknife’s Old Town neighbourhood Thursday.
‘FASD lasts a lifetime’
Every year on the ninth day of the ninth month communities across the world hold FASD awareness campaigns. The date was chosen to represent the nine months of pregnancy.