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Ceremony for 10th Anniversary For Sioux Lookout Hostel. Courtesy of SLFNA
The Jeremiah McKay Kabayshewekamik Hostel in Sioux Lookout is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Planning for the hostel began in June 2004, in conjunction with the building of the Meno Ya Win Health Centre.
Prior to the new building, the hostel was located at the hospital’s 7th Avenue site.
It had 39 beds and was lacking in space and services.
Clients were moved to the new site on February 14, 2011 and has since served more than 330,000 people.
In the near future, the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority will be formally announcing more growth and exciting changes at the facility.
Canada s top doctor warned provinces against easing stringent public health measures Saturday, just as the premier of one of the provinces hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic said he hoped to do . . .
Northern Ontario First Nations leaders are rolling up their sleeves first to battle COVID 19 vaccine hesitancy
February 5, 2021
Sol Mamakwa, NDP MPP for Kiiwetinoong (left) receives his COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo supplied: Ontario NDP)
First Nations in Northern Ontario are enlisting trusted leaders to be among the first to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as its being delivered to remote communities, some of which are experiencing low participation because of vaccine hesitancy.
Ontario NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa said he was invited by the leadership from Muskrat Dam to attend their first vaccination clinic earlier this week after low sign-up numbers.
Mr. Mamakwa, who represents the Kiiwetinoong riding, told The Globe and Mail that he was reluctant at first, worried about the optics after the outrage over a B.C. couple who chartered a plane to a remote community in the Yukon to get vaccinated.
Canada s top doctor warned provinces against easing stringent public health measures Saturday, just as the premier of one of the provinces hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic said he hoped to do exactly that in a little over a week.