By Jaryn Vecchio
Jan 11, 2021 1:24 PM
A checkpoint is being set up outside of Fort Chipewyan to help stop the COVID-19 virus from entering the community.
The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Mikisew Cree First Nation, and Fort Chipewyan Métis Association are establishing the site to monitor who enters the hamlet throughout the winter and spring.
It’s being put up at the turnoff to Allison Bay which will allow them to check people traveling by air or the winter road.
“Since there are no provincial or municipal travel restrictions in place and given the devastating impacts that a COVID-19 outbreak may have in Fort Chipewyan as a remote, isolated Indigenous community, local community leadership is compelled to do what we can to keep Fort Chipewyan safe,” said Allan Adam, ACFN Chief.
By Jaryn Vecchio
Photo supplied by government of Alberta
An added find from a fossil discovered at Suncor’s Millennium Mine is being called one of the best discoveries of 2020.
The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Brandon University, and the University of Saskatchewan have been working together for several years on unlocking some of the secrets from the world’s most preserved armoured dinosaur ever discovered.
The fossil also included the ‘best-preserved dinosaur stomach’ which allowed them to discover the creature’s last meal which included mostly fern leaves, stems, and twigs.
“Also, there is considerable charcoal in the stomach from burnt plant fragments, indicating that the animal was browsing in a recently burned area and was taking advantage of a recent fire and the flush of ferns that frequently emerges on a burned landscape,” said David Greenwood, Brandon University Biologist.