Winnipeg Free Press Long Plain told to stop giving away doses as band struggles to fill appointments on reserve By: Dylan Robertson | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021 The team overseeing COVID-19 vaccinations for Manitoba First Nations told one reserve to stop giving shots to non-Indigenous people with no ties to the community, as band councils struggle to get appointments filled. The team overseeing COVID-19 vaccinations for Manitoba First Nations told one reserve to stop giving shots to non-Indigenous people with no ties to the community, as band councils struggle to get appointments filled. "We were reaching for 80 per cent of the population to get vaccinated, and we're going to be nowhere near that number," Long Plain Chief Dennis Meeches told the