OTTAWA The Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau will reopen next week as the Quebec government relaxes some of the COVID-19 restrictions. The museum will reopen to the public on Wednesday, Feb. 10, and will be open Wednesday through Sunday each week. Visitors can go to the museum 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, and until 7 p.m. on Thursday. Premier Francois Legault announced Tuesday that non-essential businesses can reopen starting Feb. 8, including museums. The Canadian Museum of History was forced to close last fall as part of COVID-19 restrictions in Quebec. The Canadian Children s Museum will remain closed due to its highly interactive experience.
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Publishing date: Jan 09, 2021 • January 9, 2021 • 2 minute read An artifact believed to have been created by a German soldier interned at Fort Henry during the First World War is seen on Friday. Supplied Photo
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KINGSTON A recent discovery of art believed to have been created by a German soldier interned at Fort Henry more than 100 years ago is on its way to Canada’s National Museum of History.
The piece is a 12-by-7.5-inch horizontal wood-carved frame with a painting of an Indigenous person in the centre smoking a peace pipe with the words Fort Henry and Canada carved on each side, with two oval openings for black-and-white photographs of a well-dressed man and woman in each opening.
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Morning Brief: Feds plan to co-develop new Indigenous health legislation By iPolitics. Published on Jan 28, 2021 5:59am The meetings on anti-Indigenous racism in health care are being held after the death of Joyce Echaquan in a Quebec hospital last year. (Wikimedia Commons)
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The final report of an investigation into workplace problems at the Canadian Museum of History is now in the hands of federal Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault.
In a statement released today, the museum, located in Gatineau, QC across the Ottawa River from Parliament Hill, said Flaherty’s report–along with a single recommendation by the board of trustees–had been forwarded to Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault.
“We will take all necessary steps to ensure we have the best processes and policies in place to ensure a safe, inclusive and diverse workplace where our employees can grow and thrive,” the statement read.