Joyce Echaquan’s family describes seeing her ‘tied up like an animal’ in Joliette hospital bed
Mother of seven had her wrists and ankles in restraints when family arrived at hospital.
Health care
Two days of talks wrap up to tackle systemic racism ‘embedded’ in country’s health-care system
Feds pledge millions for Joyce’s Principle and announce plans for new Indigenous health legislation
Talks underway to root out systemic racism in healthcare system
Over the next two days Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) will host a meeting between federal,…
Indigenous cultural safety in health care gets $15M boost from Quebec government
Indigenous Affairs minister says government can’t undo history but is “working for the future”
‘Never give up’: Cousin of Brian Sinclair urges Echaquan family to fight for justice
Echaquan family can expect ‘same bullshit that they gave us’ from coroner’s inquest says cousin
Saskatchewan health authority investigating incident Cree woman describes as ‘worst pain I ever had’
“My mom did not deserve this pain that she is in right now.”
First Nations doctors speak out on Canada’s ‘troublesome’ pandemic response
The federal government’s handling of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities has been troublesome, frustrating and challenging…
MP calls for hospital in Island Lake region, inquiry into First Nations access to health care
Residents of the Island Lake region in northern Manitoba are desperate for better health care…
NDP MP calls for investigation into death of Abraham Donkey
NDP MP Niki Ashton is calling for an investigation into the death of Abraham…