Labrador youth with collapsed lung told to travel long distance to hospital
May 7, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A Labrador family wants answers about why a 15-year-old with a collapsed lung had to be driven to a hospital 40 kilometres away rather than waiting for an ambulance.
Peter Penashue @PeterPenashue · May 6 Meshkuss left last night around midnight for Janeway Hospital in St. John’s NL. Not sure when he will have his surgery. Will keep you updated.
Peter Penashue of Sheshatshiu took to social media on Tuesday to express his concern over what happened when his 15-year-old grandson, Meshkuss, was rushed to the Mani Ashini Community Clinic in the Innu community.
Posted: Apr 28, 2021 4:39 PM NT | Last Updated: April 28
Innu Nation elder Sebastien Penunsi, right, and former MP Peter Penashue sit together at the Muskrat Falls inquiry, where Penunsi gave an oral history of the Innu s links to Churchill River and Lake Melville.(Terry Roberts/CBC)
Innu in Labrador are paying their respects to a renowned elder, Sebastien Penunsi, who bridged eras of dramatic change while gathering knowledge that was critical to land claim negotiations.
Penunsi, 91, died late last week.
Born in 1930, Penunsi lived much of his life on the land, and was perhaps the last nomadic Innu to have followed the caribou herds as they traveled vast distances across Labrador.
Update:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper named his cabinet Wednesday morning, and Cathy McLeod was not among the appointees.)
A new federal cabinet will be sworn in this morning in Ottawa and MP-elect Cathy McLeod is rumoured to be among the appointments.
The Prime Minister s Office confirmed Tuesday that Stephen Harper will announce the new lineup at the Governor General s residence late in the morning.
Never one to go for major cabinet overhauls, the prime minister is expected to keep many of the same faces in their current roles including Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Environment Minister Peter Kent.