Between helping with vaccine distribution, to operating COVID isolation centres, to providing paramedic, housing and children s services — the Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board (CDSSAB) has a lot on its plate.
SUDBURY One person has died from COVID-19 in the Timmins area, the Porcupine Health Unit announced Tuesday. There have now been 27 deaths related to the disease in the health unit s coverage area since the start of the pandemic, the second-highest number in northeastern Ontario behind Public Health Sudbury & District, where 30 fatalities have been reported. Also Tuesday, the health unit announced another seven new COVID-19 cases, including five in Timmins and two in the James and Hudson Bay region. All cases are under investigation, the health unit said in a news release. There are currently 302 active cases in the area, after 35 cases were resolved Tuesday.
SUDBURY The numbers are heartbreaking. New data from Statistics Canada reveals that more than six in 10 Indigenous women report having been physically or sexually assaulted at some point during their lifetime, compared to more than four in 10 in non-Indigenous women. There’s always that initial emotional response that’s hard to hear for any of us in Canada or North America or wherever in the world, right tragic statistics, said Delaney Campbell, sexual assault and domestic violence counsellor at Noojmowin Teg Health Centre on Manitoulin Island. My second reaction is not really surprised. It’s something that we see represented in our clinical experiences.
SAULT STE. MARIE An Indigenous artist in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., is getting some world recognition for his artwork. Several of Thomas Sinclair s pieces have been picked up by galleries throughout Europe, where they will be on display this summer. But according to Sinclair, all he wants to do is help give back to his community. I m receiving so much success and such an abundance of it, that I have to give back, I have to share it, he said. Sinclair s art will be featured at the Venice International Art Fair in Venice, Italy through June. He s also collaborating with the Van Gogh Art Gallery in Madrid, Spain.