Sioux Valley Dakota Nation borders the heavily travelled Trans-Canada Highway in western Manitoba, yet the community held back waves of COVID-19 cases that swept the area last year.
In the opposite corner of the province, Shamattawa First Nation, a remote fly-in community in northeastern Manitoba, had an outbreak so severe that the Canadian military was flown in to help after one-third of the 1,500 residents were infected.
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COVID-19 checkstops on the roads into Peguis FN only allowing residents and essential workers in.
How the two communities, situated 900 kilometres apart, have been impacted by the pandemic speaks to the complexity of COVID-19, and the dramatic variabilities among the 63 reserves in Manitoba.
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Off-reserve First Nations elders want to be prioritized in Manitoba s vaccination plan
With First Nations citizens in Manitoba making up about half of new COVID-19 cases in the province, off-reserve elders and knowledge keepers want to be included on the vaccination priority list.
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Clarence and Barbara Nepinak would like to see the priorities for vaccinations include off-reserve elders in cities like Winnipeg.(CBC)
With First Nations citizens in Manitoba making up about half of new COVID-19 cases in the province, off-reserve elders and knowledge keepers want to be included on the vaccination priority list.
WINNIPEG In a split-second decision, a Winnipeg police officer said he made eye contact with a teen driving a stolen Jeep and fired his gun two times – striking and fatally wounding Eishia Hudson. Manitoba’s police watchdog has determined the officer will not face any charges. The details of the deadly shooting have been revealed in a final report released Thursday by the Independent Investigation Unit (IIU). An alleged theft from a Liquor Mart in Sage Creek quickly escalated on the evening of April 8, 2020, when multiple suspects, who police said were driving a stolen vehicle, attempted to escape from pursuing officers – leading them on a destructive chase that ended at Lagimodiere Boulevard and Fermor Avenue when an officer fired his gun two times at the driver.
FSIN wants Canada s next governor general to be from First Nation
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations would like to see Canada s next governor general come from a First Nation.
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Posted: Jan 26, 2021 6:57 AM CT | Last Updated: January 26
Bobby Cameron, chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, wants Canada s next governor general to be a First Nations person.(CBC)
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations would like to see Canada s next governor general come from a First Nation.
On Jan. 21, former Governor General Julie Payette stepped down from her position after a workplace review found she presided over a toxic work environment.
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