Stocking up on essentials isn’t an option for all Nunavummiut who are staying home because of COVID-19. And territory-wide closures mean that not everyone has the same access to food that they did a few weeks ago. In Iqaluit, the Qajuqturvik Food Centre is only serving lunch hour meals five days a week. Staff are…
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The Nova Scotia Supreme Court has ordered the province to resume consultations with Sipekne’katik First Nation over a controversial natural gas storage project on the banks of the Shubenacadie River. Justice Frank Edwards released his decision Tuesday, writing that former Nova Scotia environment minister Margaret Miller was wrong when she concluded the province had adequately consulted…
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Many small communities are not happy with a decision by the N.W.T. chief public health officer to put personal privacy ahead of letting the people in small communities know if there are any cases of COVID-19 is in their community. “Of course they should know,” said Chief Darrel Betsaka of Nahanni Butte. “There’s no reason…
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A federal grant program that offers funds to commemorate the history and legacy of Canada’s residential school system has extended its deadline in the wake of COVID-19. It’s a part of Canadian Heritage’s Celebration and Commemorative Program that received $7 million in funding over two years in the federal government’s 2019 budget. The money is to support…
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A northern Ontario leader is easing anxiety for elders by speaking to them in Anishinaabemowin about the risks of COVID-19. “I thought by explaining in Ojibway/Anishinaabemowin that it would ease the fear a little bit. I have had some positive feedback so far,” said Francis Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh is the grand chief of the Grand Council…
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As Cree territory’s popular spring goose hunt approaches, officials in Northern Quebec are asking people not to go hunt in the South over fears of COVID-19. The Cree Trappers Association and the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay have issued a joint statement asking hunters to abandon plans to hunt in…
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