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Manitoba reserves have come to the rescue of non-Indigenous people who are waiting on the sidelines of a provincial COVID-19 vaccine rollout thats one of the slowest in Canada. "For First Nations people, kinship means a lot to us," said Virginia Lukianchuk, who oversees the rollout at Sandy Bay First Nation. "Its difficult for First Nations people to tell people no." Like many reserves, Sandy Bay has offered doses to numerous non-Indigenous people who work on the reserve, and spouses o...

Article content It is time for more than an upgrade. The Portage District General Hospital Foundation presented to Portage la Prairie city council Monday night as a first step in the process of getting a new hospital built in the city. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Its time for a new hospital in Portage Back to video The facility comes with a $283M price tag and 10 per cent of that number is usually covered by the community while the remaining c...

THE Manitoba Metis Federation has received a small shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the province, ...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES/John Woods Manitoba First Nation Pandemic Response Coordination Team public health lead Dr. Marcia Anderson: “We’re going to see even higher hospitalization rates in even younger First Nations people, if we don’t do something about it." OTTAWA — First Nations leaders are trying to drum up an interest in COVID-19 vaccinations and fight conspiracy theories to avoid a catast...

Melanie Ferris has been encouraging community members to get their shots. (Melanie Ferris/Facebook) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Some Portage residents outside of the current vaccine eligibility groups managed to receive a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month. In order to prevent wasting expiring Moderna vaccines, Long Plain First Nation expanded eligibility at a vaccination clinic being held at its Keeshkeemaquah Urban Reserve last week. The clinic was plann...

Winnipeg Free Press Long Plain told to stop giving away doses as band struggles to fill appointments on reserve By: Dylan Robertson | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021 The team overseeing COVID-19 vaccinations for Manitoba First Nations told one reserve to stop giving shots to non-Indigenous people with no ties to the community, as band councils struggle to get appointments filled. The team overseeing COVID-19 vaccinations for Manit...

Winnipeg Free Press Tim Daniels, the chief operating officer of Treaty One Development Corp. The final master plan for the redevelopment of the 160-acre former Kapyong Barracks site is scheduled to be approved by the board of Treaty One Development Corp. in the next couple of weeks The final master plan for the redevelopment of the 160-acre former Kapyong Barracks site is scheduled to be approved by the board of Treaty One Development Corp. in the next couple of weeks And with the completion...

The chiefs and elders of Treaty 1 are calling on their communities' youth to help name their planned urban reserve in Winnipeg, known previously as the Kapyong Barracks.

Brandon Sun Posted: The Treherne Community Development Corporation hopes to get a project going that would see the Yellow Quill Trail formally designated and preserved. (Submitted) An historic trail — a past-centuries equivalent of the modern-day highway — has captured the attention of a group in Treherne. Advertisement An historic trail — a past-centuries equivalent of the modern-day highway — has captured the attention of a group in Treherne. ...

National disgrace: Garrett calls for feral horse removal to save Kosciuszko National disgrace: Garrett calls for feral horse removal to save Kosciuszko Normal text size Advertisement Former federal environment minister Peter Garrett is calling on governments to drastically reduce feral horses in the Kosciuszko National Park, after a population boom there due to abundant grass following a severe drought. “Its really important to get as many horses as we can off these grounds in a humane way," ...