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Close to 400 vaccinated as clinic launched for Thunder Bay s urban Indigenous population
The head of the Ontario Native Women s Association says its first vaccine clinics for Thunder Bay s urban Indigenous population were launched with success this week.
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Posted: Mar 13, 2021 8:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 13
Cora-lee McGuire-Cyrette is the executive director of the Ontario Native Women s Association, which is running the Mindimooyenh Vaccination Clinic in Thunder Bay, Ont. in partnership with Dilico Anishnabek Family Care and the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. (Chondon Photography)
The head of the Ontario Native Women s Association (ONWA) says its first vaccine clinics for Thunder Bay s urban Indigenous population were launched with success this week.
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Thunder Bay’s Crown attorney Trevor Jukes is seeking an eight-to-12-year sentence for Brayden Bushby, who was convicted of manslaughter after throwing a trailer hitch at Barbara Kentner, and says his actions were motivated by bias against women, not Indigenous people.
However, victim and community impact statements delivered in Ontario Superior Court on Wednesday said Indigenous communities and groups in Thunder Bay, as well as across the country, feel the attack was fuelled by racism in a city where First Nations people have had items thrown at them for decades.
Newly-announced funding from the province will help the Ontario Native Women's Association in its efforts to stop human trafficking in Thunder Bay and northwestern Ontario.