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A remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario is still working to recover from "unprecedented water levels" coming from the Pikangikum Lake, according to an emergency management official with the community.
While much of northern Ontario is preoccupied with high water levels and flooding risks, First Nations emergency management professionals and organizations gathered in Thunder Bay, Ont., in preparation for the upcoming wildfire season.
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Mar 8, 2021 2:31 PM
Left to right: Darrin Spence, IFNA Emergency Operations; Connor Howie, IFNA Health Services Manager; Roy Fiddler, Community Pandemic Lead; Chief Gordon Beardy; Councillor Doug Beardy/Photo Supplied
The province says it has reached a milestone for immunizing northern first nations against COVID-19.
It says everyone living in the 31 remote communities has received the first dose of the vaccine, who wants one.
Overall, over 15 thousand doses of the COVID-19 vaccine has been delivered in communities in the far north.
That includes over 12 thousand first doses and 2,664 second doses.
Ornge Air helped deliver the vaccines and health professionals to the remote communities.