VANCOUVER The University of British Columbia has inked a deal with Drone Delivery Canada to deploy drones to the Stellat’en First Nation and the Village of Fraser Lake in Northern B.C. The project is part of UBC’s “Remote Communities Drone Transportation Initiative.” The drones will be transporting medical supplies, such as personal protective equipment, COVID-19 tests and pharmaceuticals. This is a project to start our learnings on how this piece of technology can augment care in communities that are really disadvantaged in the health-care system,” said Dr. John Pawlovich, UBC chair of rural health. The Ontario-based DDC has been involved in various other projects involving First Nations before, but this will be the company’s first involving a B.C. First Nation.