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NDP Ontario calls on Ford to apologize after wrongly accusing Indigenous MPP of vaccine queue-jumping Published on March 12, 2021 with No Comments Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa was invited by First Nation leaders in his riding to help promote vaccine uptake. Ontario’s NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling on Premier Doug Ford to apologize to Indigenous member of Provincial Parliament Sol Mamakwa after Ford wrongly accused him of vaccine queue-jumping during question period on Thursday.  “The member flew in [to] get his vaccine, so thank you for doing that and kind of jumping the li...

Ontario NDP calls on Ford to apologize after wrongly accusing Indigenous MPP of vaccine queue-jumping Premier Doug Ford accused Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa of vaccine queue-jumping today after the MPP questioned the premier's efforts to vaccinate vulnerable, urban Indigenous people. As an Indigenous adult, Mamakwa is eligible to receive the vaccine and was invited to do so by local First Nation leaders. Social Sharing Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa was invited by First Nation leaders in his riding to help promote vaccine uptake Posted: Mar 11, 2021 2:38 PM ET | Last Updated: March 11 Sol Mamak...

Dryden, ON, Canada / CKDR Mar 8, 2021 2:31 PM Left to right: Darrin Spence, IFNA Emergency Operations; Connor Howie, IFNA Health Services Manager; Roy Fiddler, Community Pandemic Lead; Chief Gordon Beardy; Councillor Doug Beardy/Photo Supplied The province says it has reached a milestone for immunizing northern first nations against COVID-19. It says everyone living in the 31 remote communities has received the first dose of the vaccine, who wants one. Overall, over 15 thousand doses of the COVID-19 vaccine has been delivered in communities in the far north. That includes over 12 thousand fir...

Muskrat Dam First Nation power generation issues appear to be improving Officials in Muskrat Dam First Nation are optimistic the community will avoid a potential loss of power, after concerns last week that the community may have to evacuate. Social Sharing Posted: Feb 22, 2021 11:22 AM ET | Last Updated: February 22 Muskrat Dam First Nation had previously been preparing for a possible evacuation if the community's one remaining operating generator had failed.(Muskrat Dam First Nation/Facebook) Officials in Muskrat Dam First Nation are optimistic the community will avoid a potential loss of p...

Things are a lot more positive in Muskrat Dam First Nation. Over the last two weeks, the remote northern community has been in a state of emergency and on the verge of a potential crisis situation regarding its diesel power plant. The facility was down to only one of three functioning generators leaving the one remaining generator working at overcapacity. Throughout the event Muskrat Dam was facing the polar vortex that has gripped much of the north with temperatures plunging as low as -60 with the wind chill factor. “Due to a Herculean effort by everyone involved, and a bit of luck, we a...