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Friday, July 16, 2021

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Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation man with old police cruiser charged with personating a police officer

RCMP photos A Nisichawyasihk Cree Nation man with a decommissioned police vehicle complete with light bar, a BB handgun and other police-style equipment is charged with personating a police officer and possessing a prohibited weapon.

55-year-old Jack Kobliski from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) has been charged with personating a police office and possession of a prohibited weapon af-

ter Nelson House RCMP searched his residence July 7.

Police were notified last Wednesday that there was a man in NCN who had two handguns and a decommis-

sioned police cruiser with a working light bar.

The man showed up at the community’s COVID-19 checkstop shortly after in a white Ford Crown Victoria with a red-and-white

light bar on the roof. He reportedly told people at the checkstop that he would be conducting patrols in the community.

RCMP found a BB replica handgun, bear mace

Oxford House search results in cocaine seizure, one arrest

wrapped in black tape, police-style flashlights, a tactical-style vest, handcuffs, assorted ammunition and the vehicle when they searched the man’s residence.

Investigation determined that the vehicle is a decommissioned police vehicle.

Kobliski remains in custody and Nelson House RCMP continue to investigate.

Fishing in closed area on Wekusko Lake results in fines and fishing rod confiscation A boatful of anglers had their fishing rods confiscated and more than $2,000 in fines and restitution levied when they were found fishing in a closed area of Wekusko Lake June 26.

Snow Lake District conservation officers received a tip that people were fishing in an area of the lake closed April 1 to June 30 to protect spawning walleye. The officers conducted an aerial patrol and saw the people in the closed area, then sent out a boat to intercept the anglers, who were found several kilometres into the closed area.

Seventeen walleye and five fishing rods were confiscated.

The anglers were fined a total of $1,435 and ordered to pay $714 in restitution.

The seized fish were donated to people in need in Snow Lake.

RCMP photo Oxford House RCMP seized cocaine, pills and cash during a June 19 search related to an ongoing investigation.

A search of an Oxford House residence June 19 led to the seizure of cocaine and the arrest of one woman.

Oxford House executed a search warrant as part of an ongoing in-

vestigation and seized 10 grams of cocaine, a large number of illicit pills, more than $10,000 in cash and drug-related paraphernalia.

Laura Wood, 37, was arrested on three charges of possessing

drugs for the purpose of trafficking as well as a count of possessing property obtained by crime. She was in custody with a court date scheduled for July 9 and police continue investigating.

Allegation of sexual assault by on-duty RCMP officer in Northern Manitoba under investigation

Manitoba’s police watchdog agency is looking into an allegation that an RCMP officer in Northern Manitoba sexually assaulted someone while on duty.

The incident, which occurred June 27, was reported to an RCMP detachment July 7. The RCMP notified the Independent Investigation of Unit of Manitoba (IIU), which investigates serious incidents involving on- and off-duty police officers in the province, the following day.

The IIU civilian director determined that it is in the public interest to conduct an independent investigation.No further details are being provided while the investigation is underway.

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Responsibility for court worker program shifting to Indigenous organizations

BY IAN GRAHAM

EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Four organizations representing First Nations and Métis people in Manitoba are taking responsibility for the Indigenous court worker program, the provincial government announced June 29.

Indigenous court workers help people accused of crimes navigate the court system and provide support to their families. They also help courts and lawyers understand what resources are available in an accused person’s community and help ensure victims and their families are connected with Victims Services and other organizations.

“We understand that when these supports are offered at the earliest point possible it provides the greatest potential for connection to restorative justice programming,” said Manitoba Justice Minister Cameron Friesen at a June 29 announcement. “It helps [accused persons] understand what happens when they are charged and explains what they might go through as they move through the courts.”

A cost-shared agreement between Manitoba and the federal government will

provide a total of about $1 million in grants to Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimanakak (MKO), the Southern Chiefs’ Organization, the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) and the Island Lake Tribal Council for each of the next two years, slightly more than what the province has spent on the program over the past few years. Friesen said this is the model in other Canadian jurisdictions and that the government no plans to reclaim the programs at the end of the current funding cycle.

“When two years is up we’ll re-sign with the fed-

eral government and keep going.”

Even if the funding is slightly higher than it has been, it is still inadequate, said NDP justice critic Nahanni Fontaine.

“Indigenous people who come into contact with the justice system deserve support to help them navigate the system and advocate for themselves,” she said. “But after five years of PC cuts, this program lacks the staff and the funding to deliver.

Now the PCs are handing off a program that’s starved for staff with no promise of long-term funding and additional resources. If

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Province plans to legislate 2.5 per cent annual Manitoba Hydro rate hikes for the next three years this fall The provincial government is planning to legislate Manitoba Hydro rate increases of 2.5 per cent for 2021 to 2023 when the legislature resumes sitting in the fall.

These set increases will be introduced as amendments to Bill 35: the Public Utilities Ratepayer Protection and Regulatory Reform Act. The government says by 2024, the Public Utilities Board (PUB), which sets utility rate increases, will have been altered to allow multi-year rate approvals and have the power to review any major projects and contracts worth more than $200 million.

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MMF justice minis- run the court workers proter Julyda Lagimodiere gram is only a first step says the Métis approach towards the eventual into justice has never been corporation of more Injust about the person educentr.dumont@gmail.com who digenous knowledge into commits or is accused of a the courts, which he says crime but also the family have not served Indigenous Sister Andrea Dumont and greater community as people well. well.

“Young people get “This is a natural process sucked into a system and for us but has been lost at then they never get out betimes to our people when cause there’s no restorative they interact with the crim- process in the system,” he inal justice system.” said. “If we want to remThe Indigenous leaders edy the situate we have and the justice minister all to appropriate indigenous agreed that more needs to culture into the justice sysbe done to help Indigenous tems because our systems people avoid getting entan- worked for millennia upon gled in the courts. millennia.”

Friesen said restorative “We know there’s more work to do to end the over- justice is something the representation of Indigen- province is interested in, ous people in our crim- too. inal justice system,” said “It is an area of shared Lagimodiere. interest and opportunity Settee believes having and focus for all of us to be Indigenous organizations working more on,” he said.

demic while still enabling price the PCs have picked the Crown corporation to has nothing to do with Hyreduce its debt-to-capitalizdro’s futurece@gmail.com needs. Why do kelly.bindle.mla.offi ation ratio, currently around Constituency we even haveOffi a Public ce: Util87 per cent, to 75 per cent ities Board, or an independUnitent 3-40 Moak or lower. board forCrescent Hydro, when Thompson, MB R8Nrunning 2B7 it “Manitobans deserve a the PCs are just break during the pandemic from the cabinet table?”

204-677-2066 Kelly Bindle and our government is comDuring the July 8 press mitted to keeping life more conference, Fielding and affordable,” Fielding says. Crown Service Minister Manitoba Hydro CEO Jeff Wharton repeatedly Jay Grewal told the legis- blamed Manitoba Hydro’s lature’s standing commit- high debt load on reckless tee on Crown corporations decisions by the previous June 29 that the utility was NDP government that inbudgeting using an assumed creased Manitoba Hydro’s 3.5 per cent rate increase debt load. this year.

“Let’s be honest, that’s “Management determined why rates are going up,” through our analysis that a Fielding said.

3.5 per cent rate increase If the legislative amendeffective October 2021 is ments are approved by a important,” Grewal said. majority of MLAs, it will “This is something that was be three years before Manisubmitted to Treasury Board toba Hydro submits a genin August of 2020 when eral rate application for the we were doing our initial next five-year period to the forecast. It is an assump- PUB. tion that Manitoba Hydro In May, the Consumers management believes is the Coalition, a group made rate increase required to set up of the Manitoba Branch a trajectory to achieve the of the Consumers’ Associcurrent 75/25 debt equity ation of Canada, Manitoba target that we are to reach.” Harvest and the Aboriginal Manitoba Liberal leader Council of Winnipeg, asked Dougald Lamont decried the PUB to hold a transthe government’s plans to parent review of Manitoba allowThompson rate increases without Hydro’s financial situation RCMP PUB oversight. for the first time since 2018.

“Hydro’s rates should The Crown corporation reDrug Tip beLine set by the PUB after public plied in late June, saying hearings, not figured out on that the situation has not the back of a napkin in the changed substantially since premier’s office. The actual then.

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the government is serious about reconciliation, they need to provide more funding, staff and resources to this program so that there is a court worker in every community across the province.”

MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee said he thinks having the Indigenous court worker program in the hands of Indigenous people will improve the status quo.

“It’s a very highly technical system and we need people that can break the [legal] language down into common language,” he said. “We have people who will not only understand the language but also the culture and be able to be of greater support because they know exactly where the individuals are coming from when it comes to First Nations communities.”

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Reading, writing, repeating: a year lost to COVID

BY MAGGIE MACINTOSH

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

A handful of First Nations have already decided their students will have to re-do a grade next year in order to catch up with curriculum gaps, following repeated COVID-19 disruptions in 2020 and 2021.

Garden Hill First Nation was the first to confirm plans to have elementary and secondary pupils continue the grade they were enrolled in this year in September.

Shamattawa and Cross Lake First Nations have since approved similar blueprints for the 2021-22 school year.

“They enjoyed coming

to school, whenever they came to school, but sometimes I had to close down at lunchtime and poof, because there was a case, my hands were tied. I had to look out for the safety of all the students in the school and the staff members,” said Lawrence Einarsson, principal of Kisemattawa Kiskinwahamakew Kamik School in Shamattawa.

Einarsson could not approve a single high school credit this year because of recurring closures and limited access to devices and quality internet.

The kindergarten to Grade 12 school, which has an enrolment of more than 400 pupils in a fly-in community approximately

750 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, was shuttered for more than half of the total school days allotted for 2020-21. Even during the brief stints when the building was open for inclass learning, attendance was down by 50 per cent, according to the principal.

Einarsson said he plans to resume the hot breakfast program, hire more teachers to facilitate a return of extracurriculars, and launch both a mature student program and hot lunch initiative to convince students to return in September.

Family fears about sending kids to class have resulted in learning loss across the province, said Charles Cochrane, execu-

tive director of the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre.

Deep rooted anxiety and distrust — owing to complex reasons, including the legacy of the residential school system and how Indigenous people have been historically mistreated during pandemic responses in Canada — are among the reasons for poor attendance rates.

Overcrowding only exacerbated the issue, since some leaders had to transform learning facilities into isolation hubs or lodging areas for military officials during severe outbreaks.

“A lot of communities are having issues on internet access and it’s very difficult to

Class plans hinge on health rules

BY MAGGIE MACINTOSH

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Empty classrooms will be dusted and COVID-19 signs and arrows adjusted over the summer when school buildings are closed to the public.

While the hallway chatter has ended, planning for the 2021-22 academic year is underway, ahead of a meeting scheduled between provincial officials and education leaders in mid-August to confirm a back-to-school scenario.

“Public health measures in schools will continue to mirror public health protocols and restrictions in the broader community. In the event that a full reopening is not possible, schools must be ready to plan for the caution (yellow) response level,” wrote Dana Rudy, deputy minister of education, in a recent letter sent to superintendents and independent school principals about fall planning.

In the June 17 memo, Rudy said vaccine uptake is key to reopening safely and the immunization of students aged 12 and up in the coming months may

allow for “less restrictive” measures after Labour Day, which could include ensuring high schoolers are in class full time.

Manitoba’s goal is to have 80 per cent of all residents aged 12 and up receive their first jab of COVID-19 vaccine and more than 75 per cent of that population fully immunized against the virus

by Sept. 6.

All services, facilities and businesses are expected to reopen — “with limited restrictions in some cases” — if Manitoba achieves those milestones.

In preparation for backto-school, leaders in Manitoba’s largest school board will review plans for all the coloured levels on the pandemic response system: limited risk (code green), caution (code yellow), restricted (code orange), and critical (code red).

“Over the summer, there will be a lot of cleaning being done and some of our lines, arrows, posters need to be cleaned or replaced,” added Radean Carter, spokeswoman for the Winnipeg School Division.

Based on the projected

Split Lake searches result in one arrest, seizure of cocaine and guns Thompson RCMP searched two residences in Split Lake July 8, seizing 580 grams of cocaine, guns, brass knuckles and more than $7,500 cash.

The searches were the result of an ongoing investigation and led to the arrest of one man.

Delbert Sinclair, 43, was remanded into custody on charges of possessing drugs for the purpose of trafficking, possessing property obtained by crime, unauthorized possession of a firearm or prohibited weapon and unsafe storage of firearm.

Thompson RCMP continue investigating.

580 grams of cocaine, guns, brass knuckles and more than $7,500 cash were seized during searches of two Split Lake residences July 8.

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trajectory of the pandemic and vaccine rollout, senior administration in the Louis Riel School Division anticipate social distancing and masking will remain requirements in early September.

“We are planning for caution (yellow) in schools and are hopeful that we will be able to move into limited risk (green) at some point during the 2021-22 school year,” said superintendent Christian Michalik, in a statement July 8.

Schools started in the caution phase last fall.

The basic guidelines include physical distancing “to the fullest extent possible,” by using one-way hallways and staggering exit times, and requiring masks when distancing cannot be maintained.

One of few things already confirmed for 202122 is that the Manitoba Remote Learning Support Centre will continue to serve students who are medically advised not to return to class. A total of 1,050 students accessed the centre in 2021; next year, the hub will have capacity

for up to 1,000.

It remains to be seen whether Manitoba will require school employees to be vaccinated, although a provincial spokesperson indicated July 8 there are no current considerations to require immunization as a condition of employment in any sector.

Parents, especially those who have children under 12, may feel more secure about their children’s safety if there is assurance teachers are fully protected against the virus, said Arthur Schafer, a bioethicist at the University of Manitoba. “Whether it’s reasonable to have that as a work requirement, to say, ‘You can’t do your job, we won’t let you in the school unless you’re vaccinated,’ I think that’s a judgment call,” said Schafer.

He added such a mandate should only be put in place if there is no other way to provide a similar level of protection through means that don’t restrict liberties — for instance, by requiring non-immunized staff to wear masks and take rapid COVID-19 tests daily before work.

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ters along the Milky Way along with a few star-forming regions. Hundreds of stars are can be seen at a glance. Astronomers now consider that every star has at least one planet orbiting it. A tiny fraction of these exoplanets are Earth-sized and reside far enough from the sun for water (if there is any) to stay liquid. This could be an indication that life might exist on that distant world, too far for us to travel to.

Over the next couple of months take advantage of experiencing nature whenever and wherever possible. Embrace the summer night for all it has to offer.

Till next time, clear skies.

Known as “The Backyard Astronomer,” Gary Boyle is an astronomy educator, guest speaker and monthly columnist for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. He has been interviewed on more than 50 Canadian radio stations as well as television in Canada and the United States. In recognition of his public outreach in astronomy, the International Astronomical Union has honoured him with the naming of Asteroid (22406) Garyboyle.

Follow him on Twitter @astroeducator or visit his website www.wondersofastronomy.com.