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Airline owner establishing program in Thompson to train Indigenous pilots

The company that owns Calm Air and Perimeter Aviation will offer pilot training in Thompson as part of a program to increase the number of Indigenous commercial pilots.

Exchange Income Corporation announced the program April 14 and said that those who compete it and receive their commercial pilot’s licence will be offered jobs with the airline it owns.

“We have had a long-standing and supportive relationship with the Indigenous communities we serve,” said EIC CEO Mike Pyle.

“Last year in an initiative with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, we further extended that support by bringing in over 1,000 members from Indigenous communities to partake in a Blue Bomber game to honour the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation and bring awareness to the Every Child Matters initiative. At that time, we said that reconciliation needed to be an ongoing process and we are putting those words into action with the establishment of the Pathway. It creates opportunities for Indigenous youth to grow and thrive, both for themselves and their greater communities, and sets them up for long-term success.”

The Atik Mason Indigenous Pilot Pathway program is being offered with support and guidance from Manitoba Keewatinowi Oikimakanak, which represents 26 First Nations in Northern Manitoba.

“The Atik Mason Indigenous Pilot Pathway will open doors for our people,”said MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee. “MKO is pleased for the opportunity to work closely with EIC to help make this program successful and empower a young generation of Canadian pilots who represent the communities they serve. We are proud to support EIC in this initiative as it’s programs like Pathway that spark discussion, bring awareness to Every Child Matters, and help the healing that is needed.”

The program is named for Timothy Atik (Tik) Mason from St. Theresa Point, who decided at age 35 to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot, a journey that was aided greatly by his receiving the first Bill Wehrle Scholarship from EIC. After attending flight school in Moncton, New Brunswick and then becoming a flight instructor there, he took a job with Perimeter Aviation, which led to him flying into his home community for the first time in a Dash 8 last October

as the first ever Indigenous pilot from one of the First Nations EIC airlines serve to work for them.

Soon, he will be one of the flight instructors, mentors and cultural leaders for program participants.

The Pathway program is designed to remove significant barriers preventing some Indigenous youth who dream of becoming pilots like Mason from pursuing that goal, including the cost as well as the need to move far away to receive flight training. Those who are selected for the program will be able to complete flight training offered by MFC Training, the same school that Mason attended, at a seasonal base in Thompson.

“We wanted to create an opportunity that overcomes many of the challenges that Indigenous people face when considering a career in aviation,” said EIC’s aviation programs director Robin Jacuzzi.

“Flight training is costly, especially so if a student has to relocate away from their family and community. Providing fully funded training in the heart of Northern Manitoba will allow Pathway members to maintain a strong connection to their homes and cultures while they challenge themselves to build the skills, confidence, and licences to fly professionally.”

Nickel Belt News photo courtesy of Timothy Mason/Instagram Timothy Atik Mason, a Perimeter Aviation pilot from St. Theresa Point, will soon be helping to train Indigenous commercial pilots at a seasonal base in Thompson through a program established by the airline’s parent company.

Hudbay bumps likely closure date for Flin Flon zinc plant to late June, 777 closure plans unchanged

BY ERIC WESTHAVER FLIN FLON REMINDER

Hudbay's operations at its Flin Flon zinc plant have been extended for a few weeks this summer, according to an employee memo sent out April 14.

According to the memo, higher-than-expected levels of zinc concentrate in Flin Flon will boost the plant for a few more

weeks, moving its expected shutdown date from the end of May until late June.

"As you are aware, our operations in Flin Flon will cease this year once the 777 mine reserves are depleted and the Flin Flon mill, zinc plant and surface utilities will close," reads the memo, signed off by Hudbay Manitoba busi-

ness unit vice president Rob Carter.

"However, Hudbay can confirm we are adjusting plans for the zinc plant, which will now remain operational until the second half of June.

As we approach closure, we have been able to better determine levels of zinc concentrate and we have found higher levels

of concentrate than had been forecasted, enough to merit extending operations for a few weeks.”

The rest of the company's Flin Flon-area closure plans remain unchanged as of April 14, with 777 mine expected to hoist up its very last tonne of ore in mid-June.

Decommissioning of the mine, according to Hud-

bay, will then start and is expected to take place until September, with the Flin Flon mill expected to be closed and put on care and maintenance starting in late June.

Hudbay has contracted an Ontario-based auction and asset sale company to sell off much of its remaining Flin Flon assets, moving most things to

Snow Lake but selling off the rest through private, brokered sale and a likely auction sale this summer.

Some areas of Hudbay's Flin Flon operations will stay open, including the company's fabrication shop and administration offices. The zinc plant is expected to close down starting in late June and be fully shut by October.

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To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the world’s greenhouse gas emissions need to start falling before 2025, which requires a swift move away from fossil fuels and increased investments in renewables, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said high-emitting governments and corporations are “adding fuel to the flames” in a speech April 4. The latest IPCC report examines current emissions trends and projected levels of future warming and lays out how the world can transition to a low-carbon economy "The truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels," Guterres said.

"Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness."

Though he stopped short of calling out specific countries, Green Party interim leader Amita Kuttner says Canada is a clear culprit.

“Within the IPCC deliberations, it was reported that pro-fossil fuel countries, including Canada, tried to water down the language,” Kuttner said in a press release. “So we stand accused as ‘dangerous radicals.’”

Oil and gas production in Canada is projected to increase 21 per cent by 2030, according to the federal government’s new climate plan.

In his speech, Guterres warned that increasing production will only make matters worse. Instead, he said, “we must triple the speed of the shift to renewable energy,” which means immediately moving investments and subsidies from fossil fuels to renewables.

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investments in fossil fuel infrastructure are undermining the massive curb in emissions needed to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below 2 C, preferably 1.5 C. It also said emissions from "existing fossil fuel infrastructure could single-handedly exhaust the remaining carbon budget," meaning there is no place for new fossil fuel infrastructure in a climate-safe future, confirming previous findings from the International Energy Agency.

The IPCC report comes less than two weeks before Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected to announce whether Bay du Nord — which could become Canada’s first deepwater drilling project — will be rejected or approved. To the Sierra Club Foundation and other environmental organizations, this report makes clear that approving Bay du Nord and the 200,000 barrels per day it will extract off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador is incompatible with meeting global climate targets.

“Any expansion of oil and gas production at this point is an open declaration that our climate targets do not matter,” Heather Elliott, Newfoundland and Labrador campaigner with the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, said in a press release.

“Any money invested into developing large-scale projects, like Bay du Nord, is money we will not see returned when these projects are abandoned.

We need immediate and decisive change, or we will be beyond the point of no return.”

In response to the IPCC report, the NDP’s critic for environment and climate change, Laurel Collins, said the party will use its power to work towards stronger climate action, including the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies.

The Liberals’ new emissions plan is heavily dependent on massive subsidies to Big Oil and implementing carbon capture technology — a strategy that has been denounced by scientists because it mostly benefits big oil companies, Collins’ statement reads. The upcoming federal budget will “be an important opportunity for the government to show that it takes the climate emergency seriously,” her statement said.

There are solutions for every sector Despite the grim outlook, this IPCC report focuses on addressing climate change and is “the most comprehensive, most complete report on solutions,” Eddy Pérez, international climate diplomacy manager at Climate Action Network Canada, told Canada’s National Observer.

The report sets out realistic options for every sector to keep the possibility of limiting warming to 1.5 C alive, Guterres said April 4.

Among the solutions recommended are a rapid shift away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy such as solar and wind, the electrification of transport, more efficient use of resources and massive financial support for poor countries unable to pay for such measures

without help.

“Technology is not the limiter anymore,” Chris Bataille, an author of the IPCC report and an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, told Canada’s National Observer. “It's the political and infrastructure co-ordination to make it all happen, really.”

Over the last decade, there have been huge cost reductions in solar and wind power, the report says, and in a 1.5 C future, almost all electricity must be supplied by zero- or low-carbon sources by 2050.

Bataille said the challenge with wind and solar is often getting the electricity on the transmission grid, which is something the government can help with by upgrading our transmission system. For short-term emissions reductions, he said Canada should focus on tightening methane regulations, getting a net-zero building code in place as soon as possible and showing wind and solar the same support carbon capture utilization and storage is receiving from the government.

The federal government recently committed another $600 million to support renewable electricity and grid modernization projects in addition to $960 million over four years that was announced in 2021. The costs of ramping up solar and wind to decarbonize Canada’s electricity grid will far exceed these investments though, and the IPCC report calls for governments to invest heavily in renewables instead of fossil fuels.

Methane reductions are critical and easy to implement To hold global warming to 1.5 C, the world will have to reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions 48 per cent and methane emissions by onethird by 2030, the report found.

Tackling emissions from highly potent but short-lasting methane is key, and many solutions already exist, like plugging methane leaks from mines, wells and landfills and putting strict regulations in place.

Canada has signed a Global Methane Pledge to reduce overall methane emissions by 30 per cent from 2020 levels by 2030 and has set a national target of a 75 per cent reduction in methane emissions from oil and gas by 2030 relative to 2012 levels.

Methane reductions in the oil and gas sector are easier and less expensive to achieve than those for sectors like agriculture, said David Risk, a professor of earth sciences at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia and head of the FluxLab at the university.

He says Canada is making some good progress with its federal methane regulations, which are now a year old, but our success will depend on whether companies comply and the accuracy of the measurements off which we are basing our actions.

A 2020 study from McGill University found annual methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells might be underestimated by as much as 150 per cent in Canada, and a 2021 study by Risk’s research group found methane emissions are at least 1.5 times high-

er than what's being reported in official inventory reports.

In a previous statement to Canada’s National Observer, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s press secretary, Kaitlin Power, said the federal government is working on improvements to Canada’s methane emission estimates.

These improved estimations “will result in an upward revision in methane emissions reported in Canada’s 2022 national inventory” and will include updated emissions for 1990 to 2020, she said.

Canada’s climate roadmap the ‘plan of a petrostate’ Canada’s new climate plan charts a course to reduce emissions 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and is the best climate plan the country has ever seen, but politicians and environmentalists have criticized the federal government’s decision to shoot for the low end of its international commitment to a 40 to 45 per cent reduction.

When asked why the federal government opted to aim for 40 per cent instead of the higher end of its international commitment, Power said the sector-by-sector projections may shift as the country decarbonizes and costs of technologies change.

“The government of Canada expects that complementary climate actions from the provinces and territories, municipalities, Indigenous Peoples, and businesses — as well as with the acceleration of clean technology innovation and deployment — would lead to further emission reductions in the lead-up to 2030,” Power’s statement reads.

The new climate plan has “such a long way to go before” before it will really contribute to limiting global warming to 1.5 C, said Perez.

“This is the emissions reduction plan of a petrostate,” said Pérez, pointing to the projected increase in fossil fuel production.

As a wealthy nation, Canada has the ability and capacity to undertake an energy transition and still provide services to communities, but energy policy is highly polarized, said Pérez.

“We have given ourselves a couple of very ambitious targets, such as stopping international support for oil and gas internationally and ending inefficient fossil fuel subsidies,” he said. “And at the same time, we know that our political leaders, members within the government, continue to see the oil and gas industry as an ally.”

Faced with the drastic changes the IPCC report calls for, Canada has two choices, said Pérez.

We can continue to build a fossil fuel economy with “destructive” results both for the climate and for our economy, or “we could decide to embark on a transformational pathway where we cut emissions by half by 2030, we're able to shift away from the fossil fuel economy, shift away from fossil fuels, and really use the solutions that are in this report,” he says.

– with files from the Associated Press

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Canada's emissions reduction plan’s reliance on carbon capture called ‘not at all realistic’

BY NATASHA BULOWSKI

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, CANADA'S NATIONAL OBSERVER

Canada’s new climate plan is banking on carbon capture to cut nearly 13 per cent of the oil and gas sector’s projected greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. But a new report reveals billions of public dollars already spent on the technology aren’t yielding substantial reductions.

“It's not at all realistic,” said Julia Levin, senior program manager at Environmental Defence and author of the report. “Globally, this is not a new technology.

This is technology that's been around for 30 years, (with) billions of dollars going into (it) and we're still only capturing less than 40 megatonnes … that's 0.001 per cent of our global emissions.”

Carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) projects only capture 0.05 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, or around 3.55 million tonnes of carbon per year, according to the new report, published March 31 by Environmental Defence.

The report provides the first estimate of public funding for CCUS projects in Canada. It found federal and provincial governments have provided approximately $5.8 billion since 2000, and this number stands to grow in the soon-to-be-announced federal budget.

Just last fall, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told the Canadian Press that "at this stage in Canada, CCS technology has not reached the level of commercial maturity nor cost maturity that is likely going to be a solution before 2030." At the time he noted it will play a role in Canada's emissions reductions, but it's not a solution for everything, and would only be supported if it captures all emissions.

Levin says the government's projection that CCUS will reduce the oil and gas sector's emissions by nearly 13 per cent by 2030 is unrealistic given the high cost of the technology and meagre emissions reductions it yields.

The climate plan includes the federal government’s proposed investment tax credit for CCUS, which will be designed to reduce emissions by at least 15 million tonnes per year, with more details appearing in the April 7 federal budget.

In a statement to Canada's National Observer, Wilkinson's spokesperson

Ian Cameron clarified that the minister "has always been clear that CCUS is an important part of a broader climate plan – a position that is supported by reports from the International Energy Agency, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices."

More than 400 academics, 500 organizations and 30,000 Canadians oppose the proposed tax credit and warn it will lock in oil and gas production and amount to a new fossil fuel subsidy.

Bloc Québécois, NDP and Green politicians are also critical of the proposed tax credit and new climate plan.

CCUS involves trapping carbon dioxide released during industrial processes to prevent it from being emitted into the atmosphere, where it contributes to global warming. Once captured, carbon dioxide can be stored indefinitely underground or transported through pipes for different industrial uses — most often to extract more oil.

This is the case with 70 per cent of captured carbon in Canada, resulting in increased oil production, the report says. Opponents of the tax credit stress that even if emissions from the production and refining of oil could be brought to zero, 80 per cent of the oil and gas sector’s pollution comes when its product is ultimately burned, and there is still no way to trap the carbon that comes out of a tailpipe.

The report also notes carbon capture rates aren’t always what they seem.

Shell’s Alberta-based Quest CCUS project has a capture rate of 80 per cent, but a recent report by Global Witness found the facility — which produces blue hydrogen — actually emits more carbon than it captures. It found only 48 per cent of the plant’s carbon emissions are captured, with that number falling to 39 per cent when other greenhouse gas emissions from Shell’s project are included.

The emissions reduction plan also says 10 per cent of the oil and gas sector’s reductions will come from hydrogen, which means we’ll have to rely even more on carbon capture, said Levin.

This is because Canada's hydrogen strategy centres on blue hydrogen, which is produced from natural gas with carbon capture, as opposed to green hydrogen, which is made with renewable electricity, or grey hydrogen, which is made from natural gas with no carbon

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capture. A meeting note obtained by Canada’s National Observer through a federal access-to-information request revealed the Liberal government intends to use existing infrastructure and grey hydrogen production to “kick-start Canada’s hydrogen economy” in the short term.

This is why over 400 academics wrote to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland urging her to scrap the proposed CCUS tax credit or at least limit it to sectors with no decarbonization options, such as cement, and exclude any fossil fuel, plastics or petrochemical production.

“For Canada to ignore what the science is saying and double down on a risky technology is gambling with all of our lives,” said Levin.

Between 2018 and 2020, Canada provided 14 times more public finance to fossil fuels than renewables, according to a 2021 study

by Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. “At a time when the oil and gas industry is flush with cash, if they want to take bets that they can meet their mission targets with CCS, let them pay for it,” said Levin, also noting the emissions reduction plan urges the sector to use its profits to reduce emissions.

“But we should definitely not be using taxpayer dollars and we also shouldn't be baking it into our climate plans.”

The federal government’s promised cap on oil and gas emissions is still being discussed, but Levin says it needs to be “way more ambitious” than the 31 per cent reduction under 2005 levels by 2030 outlined in the emissions reduction plan.

“Then, oil and gas companies can figure out how

to reach that target. If they can't do it through CCS, then they're going to have to

ramp down production,” she said. “And we know that's what needs to happen.”

— with files from John Woodside and the Canadian Press

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To reach net-zero, experts say we must address energy poverty

Nickel Belt News photo by TomTookit/Pexels/Local Journalism Initiative People who spend six per cent or more of household income on energy use — two times more than the average household — are considered to be experiencing energy poverty.

BY CLOE LOGAN

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, CANADA'S NATIONAL OBSERVER

One in five Canadians lives in energy poverty, meaning they spend a disproportionately high percentage of their income on home energy bills.

Despite the numbers, federal support for energy poverty is lacking, said Abhilash Kantamneni, a research associate at Efficiency Canada, which recently released a report looking at the state of energy poverty programs across the country.

Households experiencing energy poverty face challenges meeting their homes’ energy needs. In some cases, it means people in a household not being able to pay bills or not having the means to adequately heat or cool their homes.

It’s caused by high energy rates, low incomes and inefficient homes, explained Kantamneni.

People who spend six per cent or more of household income on energy use — two times more than the average household — are defined as spending a disproportionate amount. Many people who are energy poor pay their energy bills and choose between other essentials like medicine, food or rent.

A November 2019 report from the Canadian Urban Sustainability Practitioners broke down numbers across the country and found Atlantic Canada had the highest rates of energy poverty, with 41 per cent of residents in Prince Edward Island dealing with high energy

cost burdens. Ontario had the highest overall numbers at 1.1 million households.

The report concludes that if Ottawa spent more on programs to address the growing disparity, it would go a long way to help Canada reach its climate targets.

How much money Canadians spend on energy is the closest metric we have to measuring energy poverty, explained Kantamneni.

In its report, Efficiency Canada calls for $2 billion in this month’s federal budget to support low-income energy efficiency programs in collaboration with provinces and territories, noting that figure is similar to the current funding available for commercial and residential retrofits for higher-income households.

“In order to reach our climate goals [and] energy transitions to be broadly accepted, they have to be fair and just,” he said.

“So focusing on energy efficiency helps us lock in savings for the long term for households and also helps us reach our climate targets.”

The report, co-authored by Kantamneni and Efficiency Canada policy director Brendan Haley, goes over existing provincial programs that address energy poverty. It found 55,000 households participate in low-income energy efficiency programs per year, reaching two to three per cent of eligible people.

All provinces and territories, except Alberta, have at least one program in place.

The programs tackle energy poverty in different ways

— through credit on bills, money towards retrofits and other measures.

Aiming for programs to reach five per cent or more of people who need them would “accelerate emission reductions” and protect them from inevitable energy price inflation, said Kantamneni.

As co-founder of the Low-Income Energy Network at the Canadian Environmental Law Association in Ontario, Theresa McClenaghan agreed: if provincial programs were bolstered, it could make existing efforts reach further.

Much of Ontario’s lower-income housing and social housing was built in the 1970s and 1980s and was outfitted with electric heat, assuming it would be cheaper. Combined with poorly insulated walls and inefficient appliances, it means high energy costs for many low-income residents.

A good example of how costs have been alleviated is through the Ontario Electricity Support Program, which puts credit on low-income people’s electricity bills, and rate subsidies, which have saved both low- and high-income people money, explained McClenaghan.

“So, that's why I really appreciate this point in this report about building on the programs that are already underway, relationships that are already underway,” she said.

Another point that stood out for McClenaghan was the report’s emphasis on the need for deep energy retrofits. Programs such

as BC Hydro and FortisBC’s free energy-saving kit, which includes LED bulbs and high-efficiency showerheads, are broadly available, but don’t always result in long-term savings.

The report found few people install the kits and that the effects are temporary. For example, an energy-efficient lightbulb that burns out often isn’t replaced with another.

On the other side of the spectrum are more permanent solutions that lead to long-term energy efficiency in homes. The report found deep energy retrofits are necessary to reach net-zero goals and that higher government investments ($8,500 to $11,000 per participating household) would pay off in the long run. Although the initial output is high, so, too, are the savings, she noted.

“They stay with that household, so the next set of tenants or the next homeowner,” she said.

“You've got the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and the improvements in health and safety for residents of the house long term. And it’s for people who would never otherwise be able to do it.”

The need to fuel-switch There is no question that to reach Canada’s commitment of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and a 40 to 45 per cent reduction in 2005 emissions by 2030, fuel-switching homes through efforts like installing heat pumps is necessary, the report states.

“Enabling low-income households to access low-

er-carbon heating sources reduces GHG emissions.

Furthermore, access to zero-carbon fuels will increasingly become both an energy poverty and a just transition issue,” reads part of the report.

The authors found two examples of low-income provincial programs that addressed switching from fossil fuels to heat pumps: the Winter Warming program in P.E.I. that gives people free or low-cost heat pumps and CleanBC’s Income Qualified Rebate program, which allows low-income households rebates that cover 60 to 95 per cent of the cost of switching to a heat pump or other energy-efficient heat source.

Federal money towards energy poverty so far Canada’s Emissions Reduction Plan referenced support for improving low-income energy efficiency, but through a $458-million loan program that would require people to pay back the money. Efficiency Canada notes that figure is around a quarter of the money the government is currently spending on commercial and residential retrofits for higher-income households.

“Loans will not work,” said McClenaghan. “... Even relatively small upfront expenditure with a big gain will not work. Even leaving any of the job for the homeowner to do will not work.”

Efficiency Canada also notes the federal Greener Homes program, launched in June 2021, which “requires homeowners to pay upfront before receiving

grants. It provides an incentive for those who can afford the upfront costs, but is inaccessible to lower-income households.”

The group also notes Canada’s Net Zero Advisory Panel recommendation that government “develop federal programs and leverage existing provincial programs to be accessible to lower-income Canadians who are the most likely to experience energy poverty.”

In response to questions from Canada’s National Observer on the criticisms around loans for low-income energy users and the government’s overall stance on energy poverty, Natural Resources said both the Greener Homes Grant and the Greener Homes Loan program (which commit $4.4 billion over five years to fund retrofits for homeowners) are examples of the government’s commitment to increasing energy efficiency.

“By helping Canadians make their homes more energy-efficient, the government of Canada is making it easier for them to reduce their energy bills and making their lives more affordable,” said Keean Nembhard, press secretary for the office of Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.

He said the loan program will be launching in the near future and “will also include a dedicated stream of funding to support low-income homeowners and rental properties serving low-income renters, including co-operatives and not-forprofit owned housing.”

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Pope’s pending visit to Métis territory about the survivors, not politics, says MNO president

BY SHARI NARINE

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINDSPEAKER.COM

Métis Nation of Ontario President Margaret Froh says the anticipated visit from Pope Francis to Canada—possibly this July— is about residential school survivors and not about politics.

“It really truly is all about the survivors. It’s about how can we move that dialogue with the (Catholic) church forward in a way that focuses on truth, on reconciliation, on healing and on justice. That’s what matters from where I’m sitting. It’s all about the survivors,” said Froh in an exclusive interview with Windspeaker.com.

She says the pope’s visit should be to where he can meet the most survivors and experience Métis communities.

That means the pope should be heading to Manitoba, says David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF).

“I want to assure our citizens that one of the important messages we will carry forward to His Holiness is the urgency of coming to the heart of the homeland of the Red River Métis to bless the final resting place of our great leader, Louis

Riel,” said Chartrand in a statement last week. “His faith played a critical role in the evolution of our nation. The Red River Métis, Riel’s people, will begin to find peace and justice through this important act of reconciliation.”

The MMF will be having a private audience with the pope in the Vatican on April 21. That meeting comes about three weeks after delegations from the Métis National Council (MNC), the Assembly of First Nations and the Inuit each had private audiences with the pope the last week of March.

The MMF split from the MNC last September.

Froh, whose MNO is one of the four Métis governments that now comprise the MNC, says that is not a call the MMF can make and that MNC President Cassidy Caron will be speaking with the Vatican about where the pope should visit.

“I think that there’s certainly some challenges that we are having … with the Red River Métis sort of fishing in our ponds; this argument that there is only one democratically elected government and that it’s the MMF, obviously, is false. I think that’s a very political issue … (and) the

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visit from the pope is not, and it should not be, about politics,” she said.

The connection between the pope and Métis residential school survivors is particularly important in light of how Métis have been excluded from much of the work undertaken by the federal government to make amends for Canada’s role in the Indian residential school system, which operated from the 1880s to the last one closing in 1996, says Froh.

In its final report, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the legacy of Indian residential schools included an entire volume titled “The Métis Experience.” The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) pertained to Indian residential schools that were federally funded and church-run.

While many Métis attended these schools, they also attended church-run schools that were not federally funded and, as such, Métis were not fully included in the IRSSA. “It is an ongoing shame that this damage has not been addressed and rectified,” wrote the TRC, which called on the churches and particularly the federal government to take the neces-

sary steps to address and rectify the omission.

When the pope is on Canadian soil, Froh says she is hopeful he will give a “full formal apology that includes a reference to the role the churches played.”

On April 1, in a general audience with all three Indigenous delegations, Pope Francis said, in part, “For the deplorable conduct of those members of the Catholic Church, I ask for God’s forgiveness and I want to say to you with all my heart: I am very sorry.

And I join my brothers, the Canadian bishops, in asking your pardon.”

That expression of sorrow was unexpected, admits Froh, who thinks the pope was so moved by the stories of survivors that he needed to reach out.

“I think he spoke from his heart. I think he definitely acknowledged and spoke about his sorrow in the role that Catholics played within the system. What I didn’t hear him talk about was the role of the institution of the church,” she said.

Froh was not one of the eight MNC delegates that made the trip to Rome to meet with the pope. She says with so few delegates, priority was given to elders and residential

school survivors as well as intergenerational survivors.

The delegation was led by Caron, who Froh applauds for being a strong voice.

Froh was in contact with delegates via text and watched television coverage of the events. She says she was moved to tears when someone sent her a video of two youth who jigged for the pope.

“A real celebration of our culture in front of the pope was yet another opportunity to share with him just some of our culture as Indigenous people, much of which was taken away through those institutions. I think it’s a celebration of our resilience as Métis people and a sharing of our culture,” said Froh.

She credits the uncovering of unmarked graves at former residential schools last summer as also spurring the pope to his personal apology.

She says those graves have also created an awareness with the general Canadian public, evidenced with the inability to find orange T-shirts when the first annual National Day of Truth and Reconciliation was marked last September.

“Suddenly we’re talking about children’s remains and that I think was the first

time for many Canadians when this turned from a historic sort of facts to something that was very real and that they could relate to,” she said.

Froh recalls the words of TRC Chair Murray Sinclair who said success would be based on the extent to which the average Canadian can be engaged in understanding and feeling they want to do something.

Froh says it will be the work of Indigenous groups to keep Canadians involved in this road to reconciliation when more and more graves are uncovered and Canadians start to “turn off” in an effort to cope with “really challenging information.”

She adds that the visit to the Vatican, the pope’s apology and “very positive” coverage of the events by mainstream media “is another really important step in moving that work forward” and keeping Canadians focused on the issue.

Froh says records from the Catholic church of Métis students who attended both residential and day schools, as well as the repatriation of artifacts and cultural items are also important next steps in the process of reconciliation and healing.

With papal apology, Catholic Church can’t deny role in residential schools: Manitoba NDP MLA

BY DAVE BAXTER

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG SUN

The April 1 apology to residential school survivors from Pope Francis was a hugely important moment according to one Manitoba MLA, because now that the apology has come, she said the Catholic Church can no longer deny the role it played in the abuse and mistreatment that so many faced for decades in residential schools.

“Why was an apology from the pope so important to so many survivors?”

NDP MLA Nahanni Fontaine said in the Manitoba legislature April 4, while reacting to the previous Friday’s apology from the pope in which he said he was “very sorry” for the “deplorable” actions of

some within the Catholic Church who were involved in Canada’s residential school system.

“It is because of the denial that is colonial history, the denial of our humanity as Indigenous peoples, the denial of the torture and trauma bestowed by the state and the church on little children including our little ones in unmarked graves, the denial of the intergeneration impacts of residential schools.”

Fontaine also took time on Monday to acknowledge the decades of work that long-time Indigenous leader and residential school survivor Phil Fontaine has put into bringing awareness to the horrors and abuses that took place in residential schools, and she said he helped to pave the way for

the papal apology.

“In 1990, Phil Fontaine did an interview disclosing the abuse he suffered at Indian residential schools,” she said. “It was a pivotal moment in Canadian history, as it marked the first time a leader spoke publicly of the horrors occurring in these institutions.

“That interview, along with all the work of courageous survivors, led to the Indian Residential School Settlement, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the 94 Calls to Action, and now ultimately to last week’s papal apology.”

She said now that the pope has apologized, the Catholic Church must now take real steps to atone for what so many survivors dealt with, and the trauma that has been inflicted on

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generations of Indigenous people through residential schools.

“Quite obviously the best apology is one that is married to action,” Fontaine said.

Fontaine also acknowledged that she is one of five current members of the NDP caucus with direct family ties to residential school survivors.

“Five of us in this caucus are the children and grandchildren of survivors,” Fontaine said. “We are only here because they lived, and for that we are forever grateful and in awe.”

— Dave Baxter is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of the Winnipeg Sun. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the government of Canada.

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Accountability sought for mining companies

BY CARL CLUTCHEY

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, THUNDER BAY CHRONICLE-JOURNAL

MARATHON, ONT. — Proposed federal legislation could make it tougher on Canadian mining companies if they violate human rights and environmental regulations when operating at home and overseas.

“No one should be suffering abuse at the hands of a Canadian company,” Edmonton-area NDP MP Heather McPherson said in a news release in late March.

In the House of Commons on March 29, McPherson and her Vancou-

ver-area colleague, MP Peter Julian, tabled two bills aimed at strengthening the office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), and providing the legal tools “to hold Canadian corporations accountable for their actions” when they are operating at home and abroad.

“While the CORE (office) has been operational for nearly three years, the (federal government) has failed to give it the powers that were promised,” McPherson said.

“Canada must live up to its international human rights obligations and stop putting corporate profits

ahead of human rights and environmental protection,” she said.

According to Julian, current federal legislation that applies to Canadian-owned overseas mining operations allows human rights abuses and environmental violations to be addressed on a voluntary basis.

The changes being proposed by the NDP “would require companies to identify, prevent and mitigate human rights abuses, and provide for liability when companies cause harm in their global operations,” Julian said.

Watchdog groups said beefed-up legislation is long overdue.

“Egregious human rights abuses and environmental impacts . . . keep happening because our companies operate without serious consequences for the harm they do, and because Canada has consistently failed to create accountability at home,” MiningWatch Canada spokeswoman Catherine Coumans contended.

The Canadian Labour Congress applauded the two NDP bills, saying the status quo allows Canadian companies to “put profits

before people.”

Some Canadian mining companies say they are being proactive in the area of human rights and environmental regulations.

“Our policy, simply put, is to respect the human rights of all individuals impacted by our operations, including employees, contractors and external stakeholders,” Barrick Gold president Mark Bristow said in a company news release issued in December.

“Wherever we operate,

we seek to avoid causing or contributing to human rights violations and to facilitate remedial action,” Bristow added. Barrick is headquartered in Toronto.

Barrick said it conducts a human rights assessment at its overseas mines every two to three years.

In 2021, the company completed medium to high-risk assessments at its operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali, its news release said.

CAREER OPPORTUNITY Residential Care Worker A Culturally Diverse Organization

Location: 90 Princeton Drive Thompson, Manitoba Facility: Eaglewood Posting Date: April 12, 2022

JOB POSTING NUMBER 2022-066 POSITION CODE RCW DEPARTMENT Eaglewood In-House Program JOB STATUS/FTE Full-Time Permanent ANTICIPATED Rotating Shifts SHIFT D8/E8/N8 UNION MGEU WAGE RANGE $17.22 to $21.55/hr (under review), plus remoteness allowance if applicable AFFILIATION As a result of the Health System Transformation, this position falls within the above noted existing Collective Agreement and will be administered by the successor union until a new Collective Agreement is negotiated and ratified. If you have any questions, please contact your Human Resource Department.

POSITION SUMMARY Reporting to the Supervisor, In – House Programs, Residential Care Workers provide client and facility support. These positions require a commitment to a client centred philosophy and approach to the development and support of AFM programs and client services.

The Residential Care Worker will demonstrate the following: • Ability to communicate respectfully and positively with clients and staff and presents self in an approachable and friendly manner.

• Demonstrates a genuine enthusiasm for client-centred care and demonstrates empathy and compassion.

• Exhibits the ability to respond to client requests in a responsible, timely and flexible manner.

• Demonstrates the ability to consider the needs of clients, other staff persons and the organization when making decisions within the role.

• Demonstrates enthusiasm for ongoing professional development activities and engages in reciprocal learning experiences with colleagues and supervisors.

• Recognizes the importance of regular supervision meetings.

• Demonstrates active listening abilities, is coachable and responds positively to supervision.

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to personal and professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.

• Ability to manage own emotions and strong feelings; maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances; think clearly and stay focused under pressure.

Responsibilities: • Provide support and be present where clients are.

• Respond warmly, politely and helpfully to everyone, including all visitors to the building.

• Respond appropriately to emergency crisis situations, modelling to clients how this is done in a positive way.

• Conduct facility orientations.

• Facilitation of educational sessions and client house meetings.

• Ability to work in an environment where traditional practices, such as smudging occurs.

• Performing light housekeeping/maintenance.

• Building security duties.

• Coordination and distribution of client and program supplies.

• Copying program materials.

• Responding to telephone calls.

• Documentation according to role requirements.

• Demonstrates the ability to operate Microsoft software applications, internet and email communications.

Qualifications: • Grade 12 education.

• Suitable combination of education and experience working in a residential facility, addictions related employment experience and/or volunteer work.

• Experience working from a client centred perspective.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• The ability to work within and contribute to a positive team environment.

• An understanding of, and sensitivity to, working with culturally diverse populations is essential.

• Valid CPR-C with AED training and First Aid certification are required prior to beginning work.

• Knowledge of the addictions field is required.

• Fluency in English (French verbal and written an asset).

Apply on or before April 29, 2022 to: ATTN: Director, Northern Regional Health Authority 90 Princeton Drive Thompson, MB R8N 0L3 Fax: (204) 677-7328 E-mail: afmnorth@afm.mb.ca From this competition a three-month eligibility list will be established for term and casual positions within the same program, work location and job classification.

Northern RHA strives to have a diverse workforce in an inclusive and accessible workplace, which provides opportunity for reasonable accommodation.

Indigenous applicants are encouraged to self-declare when submitting applications & resumes.

We thank all candidates for applying. Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Electrician Regular/Full-Time Manitoba Labour, Consumer Protection and Government Services, Thompson, MB Advertisement Number: 38852 Closing Date: Open until filled Salary Range: $60,000 - $71,103 (plus remoteness allowance, if applicable).

The Manitoba government recognizes the importance of building an exemplary public service reflective of the citizens it serves, where diverse abilities, backgrounds, cultures, identities, languages and perspectives drives a high standard of service and innovation.

The Manitoba government supports equitable employment practices and promotes representation of designated groups (women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, visible minorities).

This is a preference competition. All applicants are encouraged to apply, however first consideration for this competition will be given to women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and visible minorities. Applicants are requested to self-declare at the time of application.

This advertisement will remain open until the position is filled and applications will be reviewed periodically.

Qualifications: Experience operating and maintaining electrical systems in a large commercial, industrial and/or institutional facility. Experience working with electrical legislated codes and regulations. Must be eligible to work in Canada. Must possess a valid Interprovincial Class H Journeyperson Electrician license. Must have a valid Class 5 driver’s license. Must be able to provide a satisfactory Criminal Record Check.

For the full listing of qualifications and conditions of employment, please visit http://www.manitoba.ca/govjobs/.

The Manitoba government has a comprehensive benefits package which includes extended health, health spending, dental, vision, long term disability, supportive employment program, maternity and parental leave, and a defined pension plan. The department provides ongoing professional and educational development for its employees.

Duties: The Electrician is responsible to maintain, repair and install electrical equipment and related systems at different facilities within the District. The Electrician’s primary responsibilities include maintenance of electrical equipment and systems, repair and installation of electrical equipment and systems, maintenance of life safety equipment, consultation and direction on electrical work being performed by outside contractors, and participating in safety training and meetings.

Apply to: Advertisement No. 38852 Service Centre 3 Human Resource Services 600-155 Carlton Street Winnipeg, MB, R3C 3H8 Phone: 204-945-8819 Fax: 204-948-3382 Email: govjobs@gov.mb.ca Applicants may request reasonable accommodation related to the materials or activities used throughout the selection process.

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Friday, April 22, 2022

Province allots $7M for special needs education

BY MAGGIE MACINTOSH

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

School divisions will soon receive extra dollars for more educational assistants and other resources to support students with special needs, following two years of COVID-19 disruptions that have impacted Manitoba’s most vulnerable learners.

During a midday news conference at General Byng School in Winni-

peg April 7, Education Minister Wayne Ewasko announced $7 million in new provincial funding is being allocated for resources for students with special needs in 2022-23.

“We are supporting students … to have full access to education and a sense of belonging in their communities — and in doing so, we will strengthen our capacity to provide a foundation for a richer and better future for us all,” Ewasko told reporters

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

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Family Outreach Coordinator Contract Position-Term-Out of Scope Celebrate Education Week: April 16-20, 2018 Start Date: To be determined End Date: June 30, (with possibility extension) The Board of 2023 Trustees invites you to of celebrate Job Posting # AD20220418001 Education Week 2018 in our schools.

Happy Education Week to all of the District staff.

Major Emphasis of Position: It takes everyone to support our a cluster The Family Outreach Coordinator would serve studentsThe in their learning.will work with of schools as assigned. coordinator Thank you forcommunity all that you do to to identify schools, divisional staff and agencies enrich the lives of ourofstudents. coordinate and establish a menu resources, learning opportunities and workshops that help build capacity in “You can teach a student a lesson for aassets day; and ways that address family-school-community needs. but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process Facilitate programs and services that would be aligned with as long as he lives.” Clay P. Bedford school and divisional goals, connect families to teaching and learning goals for students and help them assume greater Thank you. involvement in their children’s’ healthy development and learning.

Board of Trustees Develop programs and District servicesofthat would draw upon The School Mystery Lake natural support systems and existing organizations and resources in our community.

Qualifications: A Bachelor of Social Work Degree, Bachelor of Education Degree is an asset, other experience will be considered, and ability to speak Cree will be considered an asset.

For a full list of duties and responsibilities and to view the job posting please visit the School District of Mystery Lake website at Job Postings (mysterynet.mb.ca)

CREE NATION CHILD & FAMILY CARING AGENCY Child In Care Accounts Payable Technician – Term Position OFFICE: Finance Opaskwayak, Manitoba Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency (CNCFCA) is responsible for administering and providing for the delivery of Child and Family Services. CNCFCA is dedicated to providing comprehensive CFS Services that are community-based and incorporate both protection and prevention services.

Our agency will strive to maintain family unity.

POSITION SUMMARY: Reporting directly to the Accounting Supervisor, the Accounting Technician will provide financial support to CNCFCA. RESPONSIBILITIES: § Prepare, verify and maintain supplier payables; § Petty cash; § Void/cancel cheques; § Completing monthly reconciliation; § Audit preparation; EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE § Business Administration Diploma; § Extensive working knowledge of FACTS; § Three (3) years Accounting experience; § Excellent knowledge of various software.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT § Must pass a criminal records check, child abuse registry check and prior contact check; § Cannot be active on a protection case; § Must maintain absolute confidentiality in accordance with agency requirements; § Other duties relating to the position may be assigned by the Accounting Supervisor.

Deadline: April 26, 2022 @ 4:00 pm SUBMIT RESUMES ALONG WITH THREE (3) REFERENCES MARKED “PERSONAL & CONFIDENTIAL” TO: Human Resource Manager Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency Box 10130, Opaskwayak, MB. R0B 2J0 Fax: 204-623-3847 Email: hr@creenation.ca We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

“Please visit our website at www.https://creenation.ca” Our office ensures that best practices in COVID-19 are observed. Under Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency’s COVID-19 vaccinations policy, all applicants are required to be fully vaccinated.

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Louisiana-Pacific, Employer of Choice, a leader in the forest products industry known for the development of innovative, affordable, environmentally friendly building products and for excellence in Safety and Quality is currently seeking Labourers at our Swan Valley SmartSide®, Swan Valley, Minitonas operation.

Qualifications: CREE the NATION CHILD The successful candidate must possess following & FAMILY CARING AGENCY qualifications; • Good written and verbal communication skills JOB OPPORTUNITIES • Physically fit to perform all duties • Ability to multitask and problem solve • Ability to operate equipment as required • Computer literacy will be considered an asset Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency (CNCFCA) is responsible • Valid driver’s license for administering and providing for the delivery of Child and Family • Shiftwork Services. CNCFCA is dedicated to providing comprehensive CFS Th e successful will joinand a dynamic team inprotection providing Services that arecandidates community-based incorporate both support to the facility located in thewill beautiful Swan Riverfamily Valley and prevention services.

Our agency strive to maintain as it embarks on a new and exciting journey of producing siding unity. for a growing market.

Cree Nation Child and Family Caring Agency is currently hiring for Louisiana-Pacifi c offers a competitive wage and benefit package in the following positions: accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. LouisianaChild Family Service WorkerPermanent – Shoal River Pacifi c is&an equal opportunity employer.

Intake Worker – Permanent – Shoal River We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for Child & Family Worker Candidates – Permanentwill – Swan River interviews will Service be contacted. be subject to successful completion comprehensive background Deadline: April 25, 2022 @ 4:00ofpm screening and health checks.

Submit cover letter & resume along with three (3) references marked Please forward your coverto: letter and resume to: “personal & confidential” Lorraine Schneider Human Resource Manager Resource Generalist I CreeHuman Nation Child & Family Caring Agency c Canada Ltd. BoxLouisiana-Pacifi 10130, Opaskwayak, MB. R0B 2J0 P.O.204-623-3847 Box 189, Minitonas, MB R0L 1G0 Fax: Email: hr@creenation.ca Phone: (204) 525-2479 Ext. 2104 Fax: (866) 678-5969 We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected e-mail : lorraine.schneider@lpcorp.com for further consideration will be contacted.

Our office ensures that best practices in COVID-19 are observed.

Under Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency’s COVID-19 vaccinations policy, all applicants are required to be fully vaccinated.

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We appreciate the interest of all applicants, however only those schooling.

With the funding model individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

The president of the review underway, Bedford Student Services Admin- also noted approximately istrators’ Association of two-thirds of the annual Manitoba expressed ex- money that supports stucitement April 7 about dents with special needs the province developing and student services an equitable formula for comes from local educainclusive education dis- tion property taxes. He bursements to replace the raised concerns about existing block funding Home Care NurseExternal plans Postingto eliminate those model. fees when there is no provMarcel Colombthe First Nation Health is seeking a Also during media incialAuthority blueprint to replace qualified individualGowlto fulfill thethat role of Home Care Nurse. event, Kendra revenue. er applauded the provMeantime, Ewasko, who Job Summary ince’s new one-time had a career in student commitment. services before entering Reporting to the Home Care Manager, the Home “It invests in our chil- politics, touted inclusive Care Nurse is responsible for promoting, protecting dren& preserving with diverse learn- education as a “priority” the health of Marcel Colomb community ingmembers needs through who require for his services directed to government. home care andclients. benefitThefrom that On theholistic subject Home CareinNurse provides careof& pantentional, demic operations, he told practicesstudent-specifnursing as defined by the Registered Nurses ic planning and deserve reporters officials conAct & in compliance with athe College of Registered system that wraps around to listen to public Nurses of Manitoba Standardstinue of Practice & Canadian Nurses Association Code cares for & directs them and their families inof Ethics; health advice and allow the overall care ofGowler clients; is responsible for advocating, support and care,” school divisions to make providing information, educating & supporting clients to as said. calls about items such ensure that the highest possible standard of service is Alan Campbell, presi- mask mandates. The minprovided; follows Marcel Colomb policies & procedures; dent of the Manitoba ister acknowledged a trend works in a multidisciplinary team & may be called School Boards Associ- of cases increasing a bit upon to assist with other duties within the scope of the ation, called the minister’s across the school system department. recognition that students and society, but indicatwith special needs have ed public health is saying Position Requirements: been negatively affected numbers will soon plateau. by •the Registered COVID-19 panAnswering Nurse or Licensed Practical a question how parents can demic • “good CRNM news.” or CLPN – Activeabout Registration • Valid Manitoba Class 5 Driver’s gaugeLicense the risk of sending “Every new investment • part Dailyof access to a vehicle children to school after the on the the govern• when Criminal record child abuse registry checks ment it comes to&speremoval of the COVID-19 2 years of related nursing experience cial•needs requirements in online dashboard and • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook education is good news, other data, Ewasko sug• record up to date mostly Immunization because special gested: “There is still a needs funding has been lot of information on the Closing Date: January 5, 2018 at 4pm. No late (almost) flat will since this health website.” submissions be accepted. government took power “I wish I had a crystal (in Applications 2016).”

Must Include: ball or a (time machine) Campbell said many of to either jump forward or the •challenges he added.

A cover that letterexisted that clearlyreverse,” indicates how you meet the position requirements pre-COVID-19 have been “We do have to listen to • Resume exacerbated over the last public health advice and, Copy of credentials training, education) 25 • months, including(licenses, again, in regards to fol• Three references (colleague, supervisor or manager) lengthy wait lists for lowing the fundamentals: and contact information assessments. staying home when you’re • Criminal record check & child abuse registry checks The Manitoba Teach- sick, washing your hands, (or indication that they have been applied for) ers’•Society echoed those social distance, mask if Personal contact information (phone & email) you feel it’s necessary for sentiments.

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