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Manitoba Government Reaffirms Commitment to Community-Led HIV Prevention, Intervention Projects
December 2, 2024 In observance of World AIDS Day, the Manitoba government is reaffirming its commitment to support person-centred, culturally safe initiatives that improve access to HIV prevention and intervention, Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara and Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith announced today. “Our province has one of the highest […]
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Health order sending Manitoba woman to jail for tuberculosis treatment ‘wildly excessive’: lawyer – CBC
Dec 02, 2024 Geraldine Mason was apprehended under Public Health Act, spent month in jail after missing TB medication A woman from northern Manitoba with no criminal charges spent a month in jail after public health officials ordered her detained to treat her tuberculosis, even though she wasn’t infectious at the time. Geraldine Mason, 36, was […]
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Statement from Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara on World AIDS Day
December 1, 2024 Today marks World AIDS Day, a day to remember the people we have lost to HIV-AIDS and continue to advocate for better care. Manitobans deserve access to quality HIV and AIDS prevention and care, and I’m proud to say that this is a priority for our government. We have invested over $8 […]
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Manitoba Advocate Releases Special Report: Innagakaeyaa Bimadizewin (Towards the Good Life): Unifying Voices for Youth Addiction System Change
NOVEMBER 28, 2024 – TREATY 1 TERRITORY AND NATIONAL HOMELAND OF THE RED RIVER MÉTIS, Winnipeg, Man. Today, Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth Sherry Gott released the special report Innagakaeyaa Bimadizewin (Towards the Good Life): Unifying Voices for Youth Addiction System Change, an urgent call for action to reform Manitoba’s youth addiction services. The […]
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AMC Calls for Immediate Action on Manitoba’s Alarming Child Poverty Rates
November 28, 2024 Treaty One Territory, Winnipeg – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) continues to sound the alarm over Manitoba’s escalating child poverty crisis. The recently released report, “35 Years In: Manitoba Needs an Anti-Poverty Strategy That Works,” from Campaign 2000 highlights a devastating child poverty rate of 27 per cent in Manitoba – […]
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Manitoba Government Adds Mental Health and Addictions Care Resources for Youth
November 28, 2024 As part of a government-wide response to supporting youth with addictions, the Manitoba government is creating a new virtual crisis consultation service to provide support and clinical advice to those who work with children and youth struggling with their mental health or addictions, Housing, Addictions and Homelessness Minister Bernadette Smith, minister responsible […]
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National Healing Fund for Indigenous Survivors of Forced and Coerced Sterilization launches
WINNIPEG, MB, Nov. 27, 2024 – The Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice announced the official launch of the Healing Support Fund for survivors of forced, coerced and imposed sterilization today. The Healing Support Fund will be available for all eligible First Nation, Metis and Inuit survivors to access a wide range of individual healing and […]
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CPSM Announces New Assistant Registrar of Quality Department
November 25, 2024 CPSM is pleased to announce that after a competitive selection process, Sonja Bruin, MBA MBBS CCFP(EM), has been hired as Assistant Registrar of the Quality Department, effective November 25. The Quality Department oversees the Prescribing Practices Program, Quality Assurance and Improvement programs that are critical for achieving our legislated responsibility to monitor […]
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Manitoba Government Listening Tour Leads to Frontline Health-Care Improvements
Provincewide Tour Heard from Hundreds of Frontline Workers, Work is Underway: Premier STEINBACH—Premier Wab Kinew and Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara are meeting with frontline workers at Bethesda Regional Health Centre today on the last stop of the first phase of the health-care listening tour. These listening sessions have led to many […]
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SCO Launches Healthy Living Campaign: Seven Paths to Better Health on World Diabetes Day
November 14, 2024 ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB —The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is unveiling a new campaign to promote healthy living and encourage good health and well-being. The campaign is being launched on World Diabetes Day, as the disease continues to take a disproportionate toll on First Nation people of all ages. Statistics reveal […]
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