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If current global trends are correct, in 2025, around 41 million people will die from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)—which include cancer, heart disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory illness, and severe mental illness—representing around 74 percent of all deaths globally. Despite major advances in medicine over the past few decades, the numbers dying from NCDs are still on […]
Friendship centres, which serve the needs of urban Indigenous people, are increasingly important in responding to climate disasters. They have even led emergency responses — like the local friendship centre did at Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, coordinating emergency management during wildfires in the region. But amid this growing need, the National Association of Friendship Centres is concerned […]