Greenland’s Success Shows Canada’s Child Mortality Disgrace

Pine Tree students honored in county-wide poster contest
MONROE – Three Pine Tree Elementary School students were named winners in the 23rd annual Substance Abuse Prevention Poster Contest, sponsored by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of Orange County.

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1 in 7 UK soldiers use alcohol to blot out Iraq and Afghan war horrors
An authoritative study has concluded that as many as 23,000 members of the Armed Forces – around one in seven – are drinking ‘ hazardous and harmful’ levels of alcohol.

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Greenland’s success shows Canada’s child mortality disgrace
At 15.1 deaths per 1,000 live births, Nunavut’s infant mortality rate is double Greenland’s – and nearly four times the Canadian average. Canada can do much better.

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