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The province has sidelined Métis in matters related to COVID-19 vaccination, according to the Manitoba Metis Federation.
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The province has sidelined Métis in matters related to COVID-19 vaccination, according to the Manitoba Metis Federation.
In an interview in which he called Premier Brian Pallister cruel, the federation’s president David Chartrand said the premier is playing politics with the lives of his people.
In an interview in which he called Premier Brian Pallister cruel, the Manitoba Metis Federation’s president David Chartrand said the premier is playing politics with the lives of his people. Chartrand says there is no plan in place to vaccinate vulnerable Métis. (Winnipeg Free Press)
Additional Federal Funding to Support Indigenous Communities’ COVID-19 Response
During a news conference on Parliament Hill, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller provides an update on the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic, focusing on its impact on Indigenous communities in Canada and on vaccine distribution in these communities. He is joined by Valerie Gideon (Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Indigenous Services Canada) and Dr. Tom Wong (Chief Medical Officer of Public Health, Indigenous Services Canada). Minister Miller announces an additional $1.2 billion in funding to support the public-health response to COVID-19 in Indigenous communities. The federal government is also injecting $380 million into the Indigenous Community Support Fund. (January 13, 2021)
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The Canadian Press
When the Moderna COVID-19
vaccine arrived in Pimicikamak Cree Nation last week, the chief asked for 10 elder volunteers to receive the first doses. Almost immediately, there was a lineup at the nursing station, Chief David Monias says.
Active cases on reserve in First Nations communities across Canada has reached an all-time high with 4,384 reported as of Jan. 12. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) announced Wednesday $1.2-billion in new funding for Indigenous communities to continue fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winnipeg Free Press
Care homes, First Nations ready for innoculations
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
Elders at Ochekwi Sipi Personal Care Home in Fisher River Cree Nation will get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday as doses are rolled out to select homes in Manitoba. (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
Elders at Ochekwi Sipi Personal Care Home in Fisher River Cree Nation will be among the first long-term care residents in Manitoba to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday as doses are rolled out to select homes in Manitoba.
Elders at Ochekwi Sipi Personal Care Home in Fisher River Cree Nation will be among the first long-term care residents in Manitoba to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday as doses are rolled out to select homes in Manitoba.
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