Winnipeg Free Press
Military personnel land in Red Sucker Lake to help community manage outbreak By: Cody Sellar | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020
Alaya McIvor’s two cousins died from COVID-19 within four hours of each other Wednesday.
Both times, she and her family watched via FaceTime as one nurse held the phone and another removed the ventilators from her cousins’ mouths. Both cousins were residents of Sandy Bay First Nation.
Candy Beaulieu
Candy Beaulieu was 38. Doot McIvor, 43. Our family’s in shock and in disbelief, she said Thursday, struggling at times to order her thoughts.
But she stressed her cousins deserved to be remembered for who they were as people, not as COVID-19 statistics.
Canadian military sends 35 to COVID-beset Red Sucker Lake First Nation
The federal government has beefed up its military response in northern Manitoba s Red Sucker Lake First Nation, where more than two dozen people have fallen ill from COVID-19.
Social Sharing
CBC News ·
Posted: Dec 17, 2020 1:25 PM CT | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
Military members arrive in Red Sucker Lake First Nation on Monday to assess the COVID-19 situation.(Submitted by Samuel Knott)
The federal government has beefed up its military response in northern Manitoba s Red Sucker Lake First Nation, where more than two dozen people have fallen ill from COVID-19.
Some 35 Canadian Armed Forces members arrived in the community, about 535 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, on Thursday after receiving a request for help from the First Nation, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair both tweeted.
WINNIPEG Members of the Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to help with the COVID-19 situation on a remote Manitoba First Nation. On Thursday, approximately 35 personnel were sent to Red Sucker Lake First Nation. The remote fly-in community declared a state of emergency on Friday, Dec. 11. A National Defence spokesperson said the group sent to help consists of a medical team, support and general duty personnel, and leadership from CFB Shilo and CFB Edmonton. The spokesperson noted a liaison and reconnaissance team from CFB Shilo were dispatched on Monday, alongside other federal, provincial, and community partners. Along with the state of emergency, Red Sucker Lake First Nation also issued a full lockdown order.
COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: 2,477 active cases on-reserve
New and active cases in First Nations communities continue to rise at the alarming rate according to data from Indigenous Services Canada
Social Sharing
CBC News ·
Posted: Dec 16, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
Photos taken on the Shamattawa First Nation in Manitoba on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. The military sent more resources to the remote fly-in community that is dealing with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in Manitoba. The community s chief says the test positivity rate is between 70 and 80 per cent and everyone is now assumed to have contracted the virus. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)
Over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on First Nations reserves over the last week, according to the latest data from Indigenous Services Canada.
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 7:57 PM CT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Military members onboard a Hercules aircraft arrived in Red Sucker Lake First Nation Monday to help the community control a COVID-19 outbreak.(Submitted by Samuel Knott)
Members of the military have arrived in another Manitoba First Nation to assess a COVID-19 outbreak and help that might be needed.
A military Hercules aircraft arrived Monday in Red Sucker Lake First Nation, where Chief Samuel Knott says 28 people have tested positive for COVID-19. There was a slight comfort [with] the help being deployed in to assist our situation, said Knott, who is himself recovering from the disease.