This announcement comes as no surprise to many First Nations outraged by the lack of progress on ending drinking water advisories in their communities, and the growing divide and gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.
Examples of First Nations across Canada enduring persistent drinking water issues are endless. Neskantaga First Nation in Northern Ontario has been on a long-term boil water advisory since 1995. Semiahmoo First Nation recently had a 16-year boil water advisory lifted, after connecting to the nearby Metro Vancouver water line through the city of Surrey, B.C. The community is only a five-minute drive from the city of White Rock.
Posted: May 02, 2021 8:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 2
Lexi Fisher, a social worker, works at Kilala Lelum Health Centre in Vancouver s Downtown Eastside. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Indigenous advocates and front-line workers are pushing to include more traditional ways of healing conversing with elders, smudging, sweat lodges and drum circles into substance abuse treatment.
According to the First Nations Health Authority, Indigenous people are five times more likely to experience an overdose than non-Indigenous people. Advocates and experts say this is because they face past and continuing colonial trauma. And reconnecting to culture long suppressed by governments, schools and churches is crucial to turning the situation around.
Apr 29, 2021 3:20 PM
Interior Health says it more than 35 per cent of people living in the health authority have been immunized against COVID-19.
In a statement, the health authority said there have been about 275,000 doses administered throughout the Interior since the first dose back on Dec 22, 2020. Of the total, there have been 260,345 first doses and 14,071 second doses administered.
“Interior Health’s immunization campaign is running at full speed and I couldn’t be more proud,” IHA President and CEO Susan Brown said, in a statement. “Every dose brings us closer to wide-spread immunization in IH. This is our biggest tool in the fight against COVID-19.”
Over 275,000 vaccines delivered in Interior Health, pharmacy options open in the Kootenays
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Administering the first COVID-19 vaccine dose in Interior Health on December 22nd, 2020, approximately 275,000 doses have now been given to residents.
“Interior Health’s immunization campaign is running at full speed and I couldn’t be more proud,” Susan Brown, Interior Health President and CEO. “This is our biggest tool in the fight against COVID-19.”
Brown said more than 35% of people in Interior Health have now received at least one dose of vaccine.
A coordinated effort between Interior Health, the First Nations Health Authority, First Nations communities, municipalities and regional districts, a total of 260,345 first doses have been delivered.
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April 30, 2021
Interior Health reaches 275,000 dose milestone
Interior Health (IH) administered its first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 22, 2020, and since then approximately 275,000 doses have been delivered throughout the Interior. Our #journey2immunity continues towards the ambitious goal of offering vaccine to every eligible person in IH.
“Interior Health’s immunization campaign is running at full speed and I couldn’t be prouder,” said Interior Health president and CEO Susan Brown. “We have immunized more than 35% of people living in the Interior region and every dose brings us closer to wide-spread immunization in IH. This is our biggest tool in the fight against COVID-19.”