A familiar face is leading Walpole Island First Nation. Dan Miskokomon started another two-year term on Monday as the chief of the southwestern Ontario community after being elected on Saturday.
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Acting Chief Burton Kewayosh and Walpole Island First Nation’s council announced the emergency on Thursday. It’s the second recent emergency declaration at Walpole – an island reserve between Chatham and Sarnia at the mouth of the St. Clair River – following one issued in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“We are grappling with a drug pandemic that has affected communities across Canada,” Kewayosh stated in a release Friday. “We have seen the evidence of harmful drug addictions and the deterioration of mental health across our community, and the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend.
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