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Article content First Nation and Métis leaders are accusing Premier Jason Kenney of blaming their communities for COVID-19’s viral spread in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB), and demanding an apology. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Indigenous leaders blast premier s comments vaccine comments, call for more restrictions Back to video All Fort Chipewyan residents were made eligible for COVID-19 vaccines earlier this year because of the community’s isolated location and limited health care resources. Kenney also said the RMWB has a large vaccine supply sitting unused. “The population up there is disproportionately Indigenous,” said Kenney. “We’ve had a much lower age eligibility for vaccination for that First Nations population, and we have done a lot of extra outreach efforts working with the First Nations to address vaccine hesitancy and to make it as convenient as possible in a culturally sensitive w

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