Some clarification about who or who can’t cross the Ontario/Manitoba border to work.
Inspector Jeff Duggan says they received some legal advice recently that allows all contractors to cross the border.
“The order doesn’t specify what essential work is or what is recreation versus primary residence,” says Duggan, “So as of Saturday morning we are letting those people through.”
He notes the incidence of COVID-19 variants is increasing in Manitoba, so he’s encouraging anyone who crosses into Ontario to follow our health protocols.
“Therein lies the problem is now we have people from Winnipeg coming here to work with local contractors. Although work is very important, now we have those two cross-border issues meeting and possibly spreading variants.”
A series of racialized social media posts made on a local Facebook group “Kenora Rant N Rave” have left several different communities and parties scrambling to…
Racialized social media posts spark outrage kenoraminerandnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kenoraminerandnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rise above their hate : First Nations community say Ont businesses denied them after harmful social media posts theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wabaseemoong members and leaders are asking people to stop the racial discrimination and to show compassion for those working hard to contain the outbreak. Be more understanding of their needs, said Dennie Courchene, a member of Wabaseemoong Independent Nations who has lived in Kenora for several years. It doesn t have to get racially discriminatory or ugly like that. We ve got to stand up for one another.
Isolation beds, services mobilized
Wabaseemoong Chief Waylon Scott, alongside a number of former chiefs, released a video on Feb. 10 informing the public that a number of people had tested positive for COVID-19 in the community of more than 2,000. They swiftly put the First Nation into lockdown and established a checkpoint and a curfew, among other health measures.