One Cree patient being treated at a Montreal hospital has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in self-isolation at a Cree health board facility in the city. The patient started showing symptoms on March 23 and was immediately tested, according to Bella M. Petawabano, chairperson of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of…
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The 2019-2020 school year in Nunavik is over, amid persisting concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kativik school board announced late Tuesday. Kativik Ilisarniliriniq says it made the decision after the Quebec government announced earlier this week that it will be extending a province-wide school closure until May 1, and that it will be cancelling youth exams. As…
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The 2020 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) have been postponed until next year in light of concerns about COVID-19. The event was originally scheduled to take place in K’jipuktuk/Halifax, N.S., from July 12-18. Organizers are hoping to reschedule the event in Halifax sometime next summer, according to a statement released Tuesday. “The collective goal for all of us…
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Five people in Kahnawake, Que., have been diagnosed with COVID-19 including a person working at the hospital, the Mohawk community’s hospital centre has announced. “We haven’t been able to identify the source. Therefore, that is a sign of community transmission,” said Lisa Westaway, executive director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre, at Tuesday’s daily briefing…
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Five people in Kahnawake, Que., have been diagnosed with COVID-19 including a hospital staff member, the Mohawk community’s hospital centre has announced. “We haven’t been able to identify the source. Therefore, that is a sign of community transmission,” said Lisa Westaway, executive director of the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre, at Tuesday’s daily briefing by the…
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An Algonquin First Nation will receive on-reserve COVID-19 testing after all, following its complaints that it was being forgotten. The First Nations and Inuit Health Branch reached an agreement Monday with a Quebec regional health authority to provide the diagnostic service for Algonquins of Barriere Lake. The regional executive director for the branch informed Barriere…
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