Posted: Feb 24, 2021 1:58 PM CT | Last Updated: February 24
A troupe of caribou on December 4, 2018, along the Hudson Bay coast, near Whapmagoostui/Kuujjuarapik, Que. The Cree in northern Quebec are concerned over a recent hunt by an Innu hunting party in the far eastern reaches of Cree territory.(Matthew Mukash)
A community caribou hunt organized in northern Quebec by some Innu hunters from Matimekush-Lac John, near Schefferville, Que., has some Chisasibi tallymen and Cree government officials worried.
The hunt happened on lands west of Schefferville and east of Chisasibi, northwest of Brisay, in northern Quebec between the end of January and mid-February. The area is more than 1,800 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
Posted: Jan 06, 2021 1:08 PM CT | Last Updated: January 6
Laura Brien, a resident of the Mistissini Elders Home, was the first person in Eeyou Istchee to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Brien received the Moderna vaccine from local nurse April Iserhoff. On Tuesday, residents of the Elders Home, front-line health-care workers and first responders were vaccinated as part of this preliminary effort to prepare for the main campaign.(CBHSSJB/Joshua Loon)
Quebec Cree communities are set to begin an eight-week, region-wide vaccination campaign against COVID-19.
The official campaign is expected to launch next week, but a small shipment of the Moderna vaccine arrived in Mistissini, Que., on Tuesday and began being administered to elders and front-line workers. Officials say it is a chance to test procedures and protocols in advance of the full rollout next week.