Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future

Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

ROLLING RIVER FIRST NATION

#KPP_GETTINGHEALTHIERINROLLINGRIVER

Our community has over 250+ children residing within the boundaries of Rolling River First Nation of which 120+ are school aged from nursery to grade 12. We have physical activities geared for the whole community, such as weight loss challenges, walk 4 health programs, community clean up, to name a few, and the support from the community is always great but we need these areas where community members can easily access opportunities that will benefit their overall health. Our community, as do other Anishinabe communities, faces health related challenges such as diabetes, obesity, COPD, at a higher rate than non-Anishinabe communities.

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Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) April 20, 2105

Expenditure Monitor: 2014-15 Q3

AANDC transfers and payments to First Nations have decreased compared to last year as a result of ongoing negotiations on Specific Claims, and a reduction in transfers to other governments.

Spending in another AANDC program, Social Development has decreased 12 per cent ($150 million) after nine months. The majority of the money allocated to the Social Development program funds five initiatives that assist First
Nations:

 Income Assistance
 National Child Benefit
 Assisted Living
 First Nations Child and Family Services
 Family Violence Prevention

Grandmas Recipes

A Traditional Food Book – Recipes From The REZ

Mold in Housing – Information for First Nation Residents

Healthy Traditions – Recipes Of Our Ancestors

Inquest Into Brian Sinclair Death After 34 Hour ER Wait Released

The province’s health minister apologized to the family of Brian Sinclair today for systematic failures that led to the man’s death after he waited 34 hours in an emergency room without receiving care in 2008.

Health Minister Sharon Blady said this morning in a statement, “the death of Mr. Brian Sinclair was a preventable tragedy.

“The system failed Mr. Sinclair and for that I humbly apologize to his family, friends and loved ones.”

Blady was responding to the release today of the judicial inquest report into the 45-year-old man’s death.

The double-amputee, confined to a wheelchair, sat in the Health Sciences Centre ER for 34 hours waiting for care that never came. An autopsy determined by the time Sinclair was discovered and rushed into the emergency department’s treatment area, rigor mortis was setting in and he may have been dead as long as seven hours.

Write An Elder Campaign – 2014

HungerCount 2014 – Food Banks Canada