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Manitoba First Nations are turning to social media influencers to reach their younger populations to encourage them to get the vaccine.
The Protect Our People MB campaign has been launched by the Southern Chiefs Organization, Manitoba Keewatinowi, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin Inc., the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba and the provincial government.
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The campaign will include comedian and TikTok influencer Sherry Mckay (Sagkeeng First Nation), musicians William Prince (Peguis First Nation) and Leonard Sumner (Little Saskatchewan First Nation), entrepreneur Brandi Woodhouse (Pinaymootang First Nation), TikTok star Michelle Chubb, actor and comedian Ryan McMahon, comedian Ken Bighetty, and community organizer and public speaker Michael Redhead Champagne.
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The official narrative of what happened to Will Ahmo an Indigenous inmate at Headingley Correctional Centre and how he ended up in a Winnipeg hospital on life support with brain and spinal injuries, is virtually non-existent.
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OTTAWA, ON, April 23, 2021 /CNW/ - Please be advised that the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services, the Honourable Daniel Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, and the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, along with the Grand Chiefs of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Manitoba Keewatinook Okimakanak, and the Southern Chiefs Organization will share details of the collaboration between partners in Manitoba, and answer questions on Budget 2021 investments on the efforts to fight against coronavirus (COVID-19).
Date: April 23, 2021
Location: Virtual participation only via Zoom.
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One day before he was found dead inside Stony Mountain penitentiary, Dwayne Simard told his lawyer he was suffering from opiate withdrawal and thought he was dying.
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