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Montana efforts vaccinating Canadians for COVID
Blackfeet Nation
By: MTN News
and last updated 2021-05-07 16:24:05-04
HELENA â Canadian truckers, First Nations peoples and others are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations through Montana efforts.
On Friday Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Montana and Alberta have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide vaccines to Albertan truck drivers in Montana.
âThe pandemic has had devastating consequences, including a severe impact on our economies,â Gianforte said. âBy working together and taking this critical action, we keep our trade channels open between Montana and Alberta.â
The agreement will provide the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines to Alberta commercial truck drivers who are regulated to transport goods into the United States. An estimated 2,000 Alberta truck drivers are eligible to be vaccinated under the program.
Local documentary on people lost to COVID-19 underway
Last updated 5/13/2021 at 11:47am
Havre resident and local amateur documentarian Clayton Quinnell, who published a self-made documentary on the effects of COVID-19 on the Hi-Line in December of last year, is hoping to make another video memorializing those who lost their lives to the virus. Quinnell said he wants to make COVID-19’s effects on the community more clear for people whose lives it hasn’t touched directly. “I want to put a face to all the victims of COVID,” he said. He said he wants to go beyond statistics and show the human impact the pandemic has had on people.
First Posted: May 11, 2021 02:44 AM EDT
The Montana Governor Greg Gianforte announced that the state will offer COVID-9 vaccines to Canadian truck drivers. According to the announcement, the program is in partnership with Alberta, Canada.
Premier Jason Kenney from Alberta also announced on the same day that Alberta and Montana signed a Memorandum of Agreement that will vaccinate truck drivers coming from their town to the United States. Associated Press reported that the announcement of the Montana government about the program followed the 1,000 doses of Pfizer and Moderna from the Blackfeet tribe in Northern Montana. The said doses were given to the tribe s relatives and neighbors across the border.
MSU-Northern ready for next wave of COVID-19 ahead of summer classes
Havre Daily News/file photo
Combined classes from the fall of 2019, spring 2020 and 2021 stand during Montana State University-Northern s combined commencement ceremony May 1. The university delayed last year s graduation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than a year of dealing with the pandemic behind it, Northern is moving into its May and summer schedules.
After more than a year of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, Montana State University-Northern, administration officials said Northern is a stronger university as the start of summer classes nears. I don t believe (the pandemic has) been much of an issue in 2021, not like it was. At that point we did have more students needed to move into quarantine or whatever the case might be, Dean of College of Technical Sciences Dave Krueger said.