Dec 12th 2011 - 12:06 pm
All Cree Health Board services formerly in the old arena in Chisasibi have been moved to other buildings due to mould contamination. The services have been relocated as follows:Finance, Payroll, NIHB...
Nov 17th 2011 - 3:48 pm
Once every month Dr. Janique Harvey boards an Air Creebec plane for a flight into another world. She’s off to the Cree territory on the eastern shore of James Bay, where she spends a week ministering...
Nov 8th 2011 - 2:37 pm
The Centre for Collegial Studies in Chibougamau is offering a diploma program in nursing geared to the needs of Cree students. The program is offered in English and financial aid is available from...
Nov 4th 2011 - 11:17 am
The distance from Mistissini to Eastmain is 670 kilometers; from Chisasibi, 442; from Waskaganish, 319. The distances are long, but those committed to “Walk Your Talk” set out from their home...
Nov 3rd 2011 - 9:20 pm
In the last decade, Cree communities in northern Quebec have experienced a 150% increase in the numbers of people over twenty affected by type II diabetes, so that almost 20% of the population...
Oct 22nd 2011 - 8:05 pm
Traditional healer and elder Minnie Awashish, larger than life, gazes over the waiting room of Mistissini’s new Community Miyupimaatisin Centre (CMC); Ronnie Loon, another elder, is mending his nets...
Sep 20th 2011 - 10:38 am
The Cree Health Board suffered a tremendous loss this past year with the untimely passing, in March 2011, of Jimmy Deschenes, former Chief of the Department of Medicine and long-time doctor serving...
Jun 20th 2011 - 5:52 pm
Warmer, wetter winters; thinner ice breaking earlier in the spring; new species of birds and animals appearing in Eeyou Istchee: these are among the observations shared by 135 Cree hunters and...
Jun 13th 2011 - 10:34 am
Breastfeeding: it’s natural, it’s traditional, and its health benefits begin at birth and last a lifetime. But not every mother succeeds in breastfeeding, and a wide range of difficulties or...
Apr 19th 2011 - 6:58 pm
The “Walk Your Talk” campaign calls on the Cree leadership to make a firm commitment to take concrete actions on dependencies/addictions in the Eeyou Istchee.
