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It’s been almost a quarter century since the Supreme Court of Canada told us that Indigenous oral traditions must be considered “on an equal footing” with other types of historical evidence. Alas, as the attack on famed Canadian filmmaker Michelle Latimer shows, the CBC still hasn’t gotten that memo. Thus does it fall to me to pour my emotional labour into educating the cultural reactionaries who staff our national broadcaster.
As a genealogical investigation performed by two university professors has now confirmed, Latimer traces her Indigenous ancestry, through both maternal and paternal grandparents, to an area of western Quebec that has long been home to Algonquin and Métis communities. The 1927 flooding of that region (known as Baskatong) generated diaspora groups whose histories we can piece together through evidentiary fragments. This kind of example shows why even imperfect family accounts, such as those that Latimer learned at home as a child, are
Western Quebec
High schools, gyms, theatres, personal care services and non-essential businesses are closed in Gatineau, the Pontiac and Collines-de-l Outaouais until Monday.
Private gatherings are banned in those areas, except for a person who lives alone seeing one other household. Distanced outdoor exercise is allowed in groups up to eight people.
The curfew is from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Vallée-de-la-Gatineau and Papineau are red zones with looser restrictions, meaning a 9:30 p.m. curfew and allowing secondary schools and non-essential businesses to reopen.
The rest of the region joins it next week.
The Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., will reopen on June 2. Visitors will need to buy a time-stamped ticket in advance and the Canadian Children’s Museum remains closed.(Jonathan Dupaul/Radio-Canada)
Western Quebec
Premier François Legault has said the situation is critical in Gatineau and is asking people there to only leave home when it s essential.
High schools, gyms, theatres, personal care services and non-essential businesses are closed in Gatineau, the Pontiac and Collines-de-l Outaouais until Monday.
Private gatherings are banned in those areas, except for a person who lives alone seeing one other household. Distanced outdoor exercise is allowed in groups up to eight people. The curfew is from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
A person stands along the shore of the Ottawa River in Britannia Park on a sunny spring day on May 12.(Francis Ferland/CBC)
Western Quebec
Premier François Legault has said the situation is critical in Gatineau and is asking people there to only leave home when it s essential.
High schools, gyms, theatres, personal care services and non-essential businesses are closed in Gatineau, the Pontiac and Collines-de-l Outaouais until Monday.
Thurso, Que., salon owner Lucie Lemery was so busy May 10, 2021, the first day local non-essential businesses could reopen, she only agreed to an interview with Radio-Canada if she could keep working while talking to a reporter.(Christian Milette/Radio-Canada)
Private gatherings are banned in those areas, except for a person who lives alone seeing one other household. Distanced outdoor exercise is allowed in groups up to eight people. The curfew is from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.