As of this week, we have 19 communities that have received vaccine. by next week it will be closer to 60, McDonald said. The province has committed to ensuring that all of the roughly 55,000 people living on 203 reserve communities in the province will be able to get vaccinated against the disease if they choose to, McDonald said. Remote and rural First Nations – which describes many of the First Nations communities in northern B.C. – will be at the top of the list in terms of receiving doses of the vaccine, McDonald said. However, the First Nations Health Authority won t be releasing the names of the communities where vaccine is being distributed, she said.
VANCOUVER - Doses of COVID-19 vaccine are expected to reach close to 60 First Nations in British Columbia by the end of next week.There have been significan
Gleeson
MOUNT VERNON – Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson correctly barred testimony of orthopedic expert Peter Anderson as a sanction for discovery violations, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Jan. 7.
They affirmed Gleeson’s entry of judgment on a jury verdict awarding about $130,000 to Tyree McKinney for injuries from a crash on Interstate 64.
The Justices blamed both sides for discovery breakdowns that left Anderson’s status uncertain as trial began.
Justice Judy Cates wrote, “Here, the parties placed the trial court between the proverbial rock and a hard place, a situation which was easily avoidable.”
McKinney sued Daniel Newgent in 2018, after Newgent’s vehicle struck the rear of McKinney’s vehicle while he sat in traffic.
British Columbia has allocated 25,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to First Nations for distribution by the end of February and 19 have received doses so far
Vaccine rollout picks up speed in First Nations across Canada
January 2, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has begun to arrive in First Nations across the country as the pandemic’s second wave continues to batter many remote Indigenous communities.
In British Columbia, the Moderna vaccine arrived in 10 First Nations on Tuesday, communities that were chosen based on remoteness, need and the availability of health care staff, said Shannon McDonald, the deputy chief medical officer for the province’s First Nations Health Authority (FNHA).
Dr. McDonald declined to say which communities are getting the vaccine and how many doses are being offered.