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Facing an escalating mental health crisis, First Nations leaders gathered in Ottawa seeking urgent government assistance
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Facing an escalating mental health crisis, First Nations leaders gathered in Ottawa seeking urgent government assistance
After a string of recent youth suicides and unexplained deaths in First Nations across northwestern Ontario, federal government officials and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) leaders gathered Wednesday at an emergency meeting with federal officials in Ottawa.
OTTAWA — First Nations leaders held an emergency meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday to discuss a mental health crisis they warn could get even worse without government help.
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu made the promise that her government will fund a meeting for the youth council in Ottawa.
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