The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says the province has missed a chance to fix a law that it says restricts Indigenous people from addressing historical injustices.
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MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES When we first got our needles, that s when everything went out of control, said Lorna Bighetty, chief of Pukatawagan, on Tuesday.
After its elders were vaccinated, residents of a fly-in Manitoba reserve let their guard down and socialized with one another, which allowed COVID-19 to spread and made it necessary to seek help from the military.
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After its elders were vaccinated, residents of a fly-in Manitoba reserve let their guard down and socialized with one another, which allowed COVID-19 to spread and made it necessary to seek help from the military.
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THE idea to install a marker to explain the controversy behind the name of a popular St. Vital trail has attracted mixed reviews.
THE idea to install a marker to explain the controversy behind the name of a popular St. Vital trail has attracted mixed reviews.
Coun. Brian Mayes (St. Vital) is calling for a committee of community members to consider erecting a plaque or historical marker at the entrance of the Bishop Grandin Greenway at Bishop Grandin Boulevard at River Road.
Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, served before and after Confederation in 1867, and was an early supporter of the Indian residential school system. That history has sparked calls to change the name since 2018.