Shamattawa First Nation is awaiting approval for additional support from the Canadian Armed Forces to help the community deal with a COVID-19 crisis, according to the community’s chief.
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Pablo Listingart and his company, ComIT, trains underemployed people in the basics of coding and entry-level IT positions – for free.
A succinct report this week from RBC called Navigating 2021 sketches out the likely issues the Canadian economy will face post-pandemic.
A succinct report this week from RBC called Navigating 2021 sketches out the likely issues the Canadian economy will face post-pandemic.
A central theme is decentralization driven by technology and the opportunities and challenges that will create. The shocks have varied across industries and regions. Some sectors, including manufacturing, have shown their models still work. Other sectors, notably retail, are accelerating into a new period of growth and innovation. Others are discovering their legacy models may not get another chance, said the report.
Posted: Dec 09, 2020 8:24 PM CT | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
Before she was barred from visiting her mother at Holy Family Home in Winnipeg, Angie Landry, left, spends time with her mother, Nellie Rogocki. Landry praises the staff at the personal care home for doing everything they can to support her mother.(Submitted/Angie Landry)
WINNIPEG The health of First Nations children in Manitoba is lagging far behind other children in the province according to a new study. The study released Wednesday called Our Children, Our Future: The Health and Well-Being of First Nations Children in Manitoba is a joint project by the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba, the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre, and the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. It takes a village to raise a child, and I say this village called the province and federal government is failing, but it’s never too late to start, said Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas.