VANCOUVER — British Columbia s health minister promised to "do better" on Monday after call centres to schedule vaccine appointments were overwhelmed on the first day of booking.Adrian Dix said there. . .
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VANCOUVER - British Columbia s health minister promised to do better on Monday after call centres to schedule vaccine appointments were overwhelmed on the first day of booking.
A health-care worker stands in the post vaccine waiting area at a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Peel Region during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday, March 1, 2021. Call centres will open today across British Columbia to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for some of the province s most elderly residents. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Robert P. Wells fulfills oath to Anishinabek elder by sharing survivors stories, recounting historic wrongs, calling for accountability
ONTARIO, CANADA, February 15, 2021 /EINPresswire.com / When he was nine years old, Robert P. Wells made a sacred promise to his friend, an Anishinabek elder named Moochum Joe, swearing to recount in paper how horribly his kind treated Native people. With Wawahte Wells fulfills this oath and shares the stories of those who survived Canada s residential schools.
His recollection is an important one that delves into a painful period of the past. Events that remain relevant, with repercussions that can still be felt today. As The Conversation reports : in January 2020, the Canadian government accepted claims from a billion-dollar settlement with survivors of the reservation schools, a settlement that came after long legal battles. It is estimated that over the years, around 200,000 indigenous children were forced