The exact whereabouts of most cases are not known, but at least two Flin Flon cases have been confirmed. The cases were reported in a letter from public health officials and the Flin Flon School Division, stating that the cases were located in the same cohort at Ecole McIsaac School. It is unknown if the cases were in students, teachers or other staff members or if the disease was transmitted to anyone else at the school. “Manitoba public health officials have advised of a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the school on Jan. 11 in the pink cohort when the individual may have been infectious,” reads the public health letter.
Posted: Jan 15, 2021 6:59 PM CT | Last Updated: January 16
Of the 191 new cases of COVID-19 reported provincewide in Manitoba on Friday, about 60 per cent (114) were among First Nations people.(Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
First Nations people make up an increasing proportion of COVID-19 cases in the province, one of the physicians leading Manitoba s First Nations Pandemic Response Coordination team said Friday. When we see the numbers that we re seeing right now … we know there s a lot of the virus circulating, Dr. Marcia Anderson said during the team s update via Facebook Live. It becomes more important than ever that we are very diligent with those public health measures.
The hands-on land-based training will begin immediately, supervised by elders and subject experts, who will take a holistic approach incorporating traditional practices and ceremonies as participants learn to construct a cabin and build a new trail to provide access to Chepil Lake on the north side of the Black Sturgeon Reserve. “With Alamos Gold’s proposal to build the Lynn Lake gold project in our traditional territory, our collaboration is vital,” Chief Chris Colomb of MFCN, which has about 450 members. “This program provides our youth with the opportunity to gain hands-on skills and knowledge in a way that lends well to future employment with the project. It is also an opportunity for elders, knowledge keepers and mentors from the community to guide youth through the project.”
WINNIPEG A Canadian-based gold producer and a northern Manitoban First Nation are collaborating to provide Indigenous youth with employment opportunities while honouring traditional ceremonies and practices. Alamos Gold Inc. and Marcel Colomb First Nation (MCFN) announced Wednesday they are launching a youth development project, funded in part by a $30,000 Manitoba Mineral Development Fund. The project will support two local Indigenous youth to work full-time with guidance from local elders and experts. The youth will learn to build a new trail and construct a cabin that others can also access near Chepil Lake on the north side of the Black Sturgeon Reserve, said Rebecca Thompson, vice president of public affairs at Alamos Gold.