No one needs to die’: says grieving mother at awareness photo shoot for the opioid crisis
It was an emotional scene as family and friends who have lost loves ones in…
Addictions
Unique program in Yellowknife take a new approach to homelessness and addictions
The Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation in Yellowknife is taking a unique approach to helping the…
Sioux Lookout calls out for help to deal with mental health, addictions issues
Willow Fiddler APTN News Officials in a small town in northwestern Ontario say they’re in…
Advocates in Montreal link deaths of homeless people to removal of downtown shelter
Advocates who work with Montreal’s homeless say the deaths of 12 people since December is…
Winnipeg shelter expansion will mean more mental health, addictions services
A Winnipeg shelter that offers refuge for people struggling with addictions, mental health and homelessness…
Northwest Territories has no addiction treatment centre, something people say needs to change
For those in the north struggling with addictions, southern styles of treatment don’t always work.
‘I’m much stronger now’ Hunter Tootoo tells gathering in Iqaluit after 2 month absence
Hunter Tootoo told an open house in Iqaluit he plans to return to work in Ottawa in the fall.
Nunavut MP back from alcohol treatment, will meet public Wednesday in Iqaluit
Kent Driscoll APTN National News IQALUIT — Nunavut MP and former minister Hunter Tootoo has…
MP Hunter Tootoo leaves Liberal cabinet to seek treatment
Tootoo steps down as minister of oceans and fisheries, remains independent MP