Tourists continue to visit Haida Gwaii despite pleas for them to stop. Haida Gwaii has long been a tourism hotspot in Canada but the Haida Nation has asked people to stop visiting right now, in an effort to protect citizens from the spread of COVID-19. The First Nations Health Authority also advises against any unnecessary travel. But…
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Indigenous communities will get the supplies and resources they need to prepare for local COVID-19 outbreaks and teams are now ready to deploy to those communities if an emergency flares, say federal officials. “Indigenous Services is here to help adapt and activate plans for your communities. No community will be left behind,” Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said…
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Residents of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, took to the streets Wednesday evening, blockading a road to a nearby gold mine in an attempt to stop operations amid fears of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a plane landed in the community Wednesday filled with workers set to go to the Meliadine gold mine, residents blocked the road to the…
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Shawna Oochoo was there when her daughter’s father passed away in a hospital in Edmonton. Her daughter is his next of kin, so they started planning his funeral back home in Saskatchewan. “It’s a very difficult time, especially with loss in the family, and stuff like that,” Oochoo said. “But also, the current COVID-19 pandemic has really…
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The messages in Cree started hitting the local TV and radio airwaves in Cross Lake, Man., last week. Band members are being warned about the COVID-19 pandemic, as the leadership in the community tries to plan ahead and prevent an outbreak from starting in the northern Manitoba First Nation. Cross Lake Chief David Monias is using the…
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The Trudeau government announced today it’s spending $305 million to help Indigenous communities deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, but details of how the funds will be distributed and spent will depend on events in the coming days, weeks and months. Finance Minister Bill Morneau told a press conference that the funds will be in place to respond…
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