Wabaseemoong members and leaders are asking people to stop the racial discrimination and to show compassion for those working hard to contain the outbreak. Be more understanding of their needs, said Dennie Courchene, a member of Wabaseemoong Independent Nations who has lived in Kenora for several years. It doesn t have to get racially discriminatory or ugly like that. We ve got to stand up for one another.
Isolation beds, services mobilized
Wabaseemoong Chief Waylon Scott, alongside a number of former chiefs, released a video on Feb. 10 informing the public that a number of people had tested positive for COVID-19 in the community of more than 2,000. They swiftly put the First Nation into lockdown and established a checkpoint and a curfew, among other health measures.