Posted: Apr 21, 2021 6:04 PM MT | Last Updated: April 22
A Siksika Health Services banner is on display in the lobby of the Best Western Premier, a hotel in northeast Calgary, the site of an Indigenous vaccination clinic.(Dan McGarvey/CBC)
A vaccine clinic is providing hundreds of city-dwelling Indigenous people with COVID-19 shots in a place where they can feel safe and welcomed.
The clinic, set up inside the Best Western Premier in northeast Calgary, includes Indigenous greeters and staff, as well as displays of local Indigenous history and artifacts.
It s designed to be a safe space to increase the numbers of urban Indigenous people getting vaccinated.
Exeter town manager out on voluntary leave, interim named
EXETER – Town Manager Russ Dean has been on voluntary leave for the past month, and there is no set timetable for his return, according to Select Board Chairman Niko Papakonstantis.
Melissa Roy, assistant parks and recreation director, was announced as interim town manager by the Select Board Feb. 22.
Roy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“The town is fortunate to have the resources we have,” said Papakonstantis. “In reviewing the workloads of all department heads, and given Melissa’s professional background, the Select Board felt that this selection on an interim basis would allow the town to continue operations without interruption.”
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Criticism of Kalamazoo police actions during summer protest continues at second ‘listening session’
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
Protestors stand in a wall of tear gas in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. After 35 to 40 minutes of reasoning with the police after violating curfew crowds were dispersed using CS gas and mace pellets. The City of Kalamazoo imposed a curfew from 7 p.m. until 5 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3 after late night vandalism.Joel Bissell
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KALAMAZOO, MI Residents and activists involved in summer protests in Kalamazoo had more criticism for police Monday, during the second of two listening sessions hosted by a firm hired to complete an independent investigation of the police response to those events in 2020.