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Nunavut drumming group finds new way to get together, despite physical distancing
A drumming group in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is finding a new way to host its weekly drum dance, which has been going on for more than a decade. On Tuesday night, Julia Ogina hosted the gathering over Facebook Live, amid restrictions around gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada -North |
Calgary police charge man over threat to spread COVID-19 to Indigenous people
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Robson Fletcher
Canada -Calgary |
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Doctors to be assigned virtually to Manitoba First Nations during COVID-19 pandemic
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Austin Grabish
Canada -Manitoba |
Prisoner worried for fellow inmates' lives at Baffin Correctional Centre amidst COVID-19
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Thomas Rohner
Canada -North ||
Put mining on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, say Yukon First Nations
Some Yukon First Nations want the territorial government to put a stop to any mining or staking in the territory during the pandemic.
Mike Rudyk
Canada -North |
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Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland cool to Manitoba chiefs' request for Cuban doctors
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Jorge Barrera
Indigenous |
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Overcrowding, vulnerable population make COVID-19 big worry for First Nations
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Logan Perley
Canada -New Brunswick |
4 cases of COVID-19 among Cree reported in territory and Montreal
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Susan Bell
Canada -North |
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Manitoba First Nations call on RCMP, Armed Forces to monitor COVID-19 checkstops
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Austin Grabish
Canada -Manitoba |
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Manitoba First Nations ask defence minister to set up military hospital
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Murray Brewster
Politics |
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Nunavut government imposes 24-hour security quarantine on northerners holed up in Winnipeg hotel
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Bryce Hoye
Canada -Manitoba |
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Quebec's Indigenous leaders welcome checkpoints designed to limit COVID-19 spread
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Susan Bell
Canada -North |
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Hamilton police officer, Six Nations officer test positive for COVID-19
Dan Taekema
Canada -Hamilton |
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Point of View: Patience, please — waiting for cancer surgery during a pandemic
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Taionrén:hote Dan David
Canada -Montreal ||
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Long Point First Nation calls on Quebec, Ottawa for public security assistance
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Jessica Deer
Indigenous |
Yukon First Nations help citizens make ends meet during COVID-19 pandemic
Mike Rudyk
Canada -North |
Quebec couple fleeing COVID-19 'endangered' Yukon First Nation, chief says
Canada -North |
N.W.T. Métis Nation president praises 'groundbreaking' on the land funding
Canada -North |
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Young people have no 'bulletproof' protection from COVID-19 — particularly smokers and vapers
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Karen Pauls
Canada -Manitoba |
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Nunavut hamlets to deliver water to Inuit households daily for hand washing
Canada -North |
Oneida closes territory to help keep COVID-19 out
Canada -London |
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Six Nations confirms 2 cases of COVID-19, but still plans 'checkpoints' to stop visitors
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Samantha Craggs
Canada -Hamilton |
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N.W.T. mental health workers concerned COVID-19 could limit access to services
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Anna Desmarais
Canada -North |
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Muskeg Lake, Montreal Lake Cree Nations shut down borders
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Bryan Eneas
Canada -Saskatchewan |
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Curfew imposed in Salluit, Kuujjuaraapik in response to COVID-19
Canada -North |
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Medical students to become first residents in new northern medical residency program
Canada -North |
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