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“We continue to use our Secwepemc values to guide our response to the COVID outbreak in our community,” notes Chief Helen Henderson. “The Canim Lake Emergency Operations Team has managed to keep our community safe, while dealing with their own sense of loss and stress through the last weeks.”
The release also states that the community has met provincial health office criteria to end the lock down, and its Emergency Operations Team will continue to follow provincial health orders. Canim Lake Band members may also be visiting nearby communities for appointments and to buy groceries and supplies.
“It is our strong family values that allowed COVID to take hold in our community. But it is also our strong community values that allowed us to pull together and do what was needed for the good of the community as a whole,” says Henderson. “In the larger picture, we have learned many lessons about dealing with a pandemic that can be used to benefit other communities.”