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Advocates say the lack of addictions treatment options in the Battlefords area is causing people seeking treatment to fall through the cracks, increasing the burden on local governments. Malcolm McNeil, a peer mentor and advisor who helps direct harm reduction initiatives in North Battleford, says he’s heard of people travelling as far as Edmonton to get a spot in a detoxification centre.…

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Della Magnusson doesn’t have to look far for a reminder of why the work she does matters. Hundreds of smiling faces wallpaper her office at the Westside Community Clinic — mothers, babies and growing families she’s supported over her years as a nurse practitioner in Saskatoon’s core neighbourhoods. Magnusson does all of the prenatal and women’s health care at the…

NORTH BATTLEFORD — From a distance, it looks like a normal vending machine. However, its metal rings hold needles, alcohol swabs, pipes for smoking crack or methamphetamine — everything “except for chocolate bars,” jokes peer mentor and adviser Malcolm McNeil. The harm reduction supplies are offered here for free outside the Indian and Métis Friendship Centre in…

Exciting news! Before you hear it from someone else, I wanted you to be the first to know: Linda Silas, President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, will be running for the position of President of the Canadian Labour Congress at its constitutional convention in Vancouver this May. There is no one better to lead our national house of labour than Linda. Linda has been at…