It was mid-day when a bright and cheerful golden retriever pranced into our homemade clinic in Apex, Nunavut, happy to see everyone and everything. He was a familiar face to most, being the puppy of one of our hosts. The clinic was bustling, brimming with people and animals alike; the…
There were many reasons why I wanted to be involved in the Chinook Project — the primary reason being the positive impact the Project has on the northern communities it visits. By providing free veterinary care to community animals, Chinook not only improves the health of these animals, but also…
The first stop for the Chinook Project 2016 was the small town of Nain. Nain is the northernmost settled part of Labrador. It is located on the Atlantic coast, just north of Unity Bay and about 370km from Happy Valley-Goose Bay, the largest nearby city. The population of Nain is…
A quick update to let you know that for the first time this summer, Chinook is taking two separate teams to visit two separate communities in northern Labrador. Our first team heads out today, to visit the beautiful community of Hopedale. We haven’t even left Charlottetown, and already we’ve had…
In 2009, Nicole Cummings participated as a student on the Chinook Project (Cambridge Bay/Kugluktuk). She kept a blog for us, then, which is still available on the CBC website (http://www.cbc.ca/pei/features/chinookproject/). This past summer, we were so very fortunate to have DR. Nicole (who now practises in Massachusetts) volunteer her time…
