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Sixteen Manitoba First Nations people living off-reserve have tested positive for COVID-19 as of May 12

Sixteen First Nations people living off-reserve in Manitoba tested positive for COVID-19 between March 27 and May 12, said the Manitoba First Nations Pandemic Response Co-ordination Team May 15.

Fourteen of them were residents of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority area. The others were residents of the Interlake-Eastern health region and the southern health region.

Thirteen of those who tested positive were female and three were male. Nearly three-quarters acquired the virus through close contact with a known positive case while 27 per cent were exposed to it through travel.

Fourteen of the First Nations members who tested positive are now listed as recovered, while two are still considered active.

None of those infected required hospitalization. The most affected age group is people between 20 and 29 years old.

No positive tests for COVID-19 have been recorded among Indigenous people living on First Nations to date. So far, 1,488 First Nations people living

on-reserve have been tested for the novel coronavirus.

“I’m thankful to know there are no identified cases of First Nations people in the Northern Health Region,” said Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee in a press release. “I commend the chief and councils of First Nations in Manitoba for working diligently to implement measures that have helped to keep COVID-19 out of our communities. I want to encourage people to continue to limit their travel and be vigilant when it comes to observing public health measures that exist to help limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Let’s work together to keep this virus out of Northern Manitoba.”

Manitoba’s public health department has been asking people who test positive for COVID-19 about their Indigenous identity since April 3, though the information is only being shared with Indigenous partners.This data collection is intended to help monitor the introduction and spread of COVID-19 among Manitoba’s Indigenous population both on and off-reserve, said a May 6 press release from MKO.

The agreement with the province to collect and share this data was negotiated between the government and the Health Information Research Governance Committee (HIRGC), made up of First Nations health directors and First Nations academics, which was established in 1998.

“The data sharing process was approved by our committee and authorized FNHSSM [First Nations Health and Social Secretariat] to negotiate and begin working with partners to develop a critical data gathering tool and process to support First Nations and other organizations in their planning and monitoring of First Nations COVID-19 cases,” said HIRGC co-chair Doris Young of Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN). “This is a collaborative partnership with the province that recognizes First Nations self determination and governance of our own data and utilizes the OCAP [ownership, control, access and possession] principles to determine the standards and parameters of how First Nations data is used for the benefit of our people.”

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Nickel Belt News photo courtesy of Manitoba First Nations Pandemic Response Co-ordination Team Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas said any First Nations person with possible COVID-19 symptoms such as a cough, runny, nose, fever or shortness of breath should get tested as soon as possible.

“Continue to practise safety measures at home, in your First Nation and when you have to leave,” said Dumas. “And as part of that, listen to directions provided by chiefs and councils as well as public

health officials as they are working to keep us all safe from this virus.”

Any Manitoban with possible COVID-19 symptoms can now go to a testing centre to be tested without having to be referred via Health Links.

“We encourage people to continue to be diligent about following the effective public health measures to stop the spread and minimize the risks,” said FNHSSM chairperson Chief Sheldon

Kent. “I’d like to remind everyone of the public health measures, which include following physical distancing whenever you are outside of your home; limiting the size of your gatherings to less than 10 people; staying outside as much as possible if you are visiting with others (and still keep visits to less than 10 people); wash your hands frequently; and limit non-essential travel outside of or between communities.”

MP says increasing workforce at Manitoba Hydro’s Keeyask dam construction site poses risk to northern First Nations

BY IAN GRAHAM

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Northern Manitoba’s Member of Parliament says Manitoba Hydro’s plan to return the workforce at its Keeyask generating station to its pre-pandemic levels could put northern First Nations at risk from COVID-19.

Churchill-Keewatinook Ask NDP MP Niki Ashton wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau May 12, asking him to intervene on behalf of four First Nations who have expressed concerns with Hydro’s plan to build the Keeyask workforce back up to about 1,200 people, some from other provinces.

“First Nations are particularly concerned they are at risk as a result of the continued operation of work camps in their territories, which include workers from their communities,” wrote Ashton. “Most of the contractors arriving at Keeyask would be arriv-

ing from jurisdictions that have far more cases of COVID-19 than Manitoba.

They would also be coming to our northern region which is under a travel ban on non-essential travel. Our region is extremely vulnerable. We cannot afford to see the virus spread in Northern Manitoba at a time when we need to be doing everything we can to remain vigilant.”

The Winnipeg Free Press reported May 8 that a Manitoba Hydro memo to workers at the Keeyask site said the Crown corporation plans to return to standard work rotations around May 19.

Tataskweyak Cree Nation, York Factory First Nation, War Lake First Nation and Fox Lake Cree Nation wrote to Manitoba Hydro CEO Jay Grewal to say that they were not consulted until after Hydro employees were told about the plan and the Northern Regional Health Authority had approved it.

“We are currently at risk of suffering potentially devastating consequences, resulting from our lack of

inclusion in the development of the pandemic response,” said the letter. “It has become increasingly apparent that our reasonable concerns are not being considered or addressed.”

Staffing levels at the Keeyask work camp were reduced to about 700 workers in late March in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic and the workers who voluntarily remained were required to stay at the site, except in the case of emergencies. Now, the company plans to return to the practice of bringing workers in for three weeks before they return home for a week off. Hydro’s memo to employees said anyone coming from outside Manitoba would have to self-isolate in a Winnipeg hotel for a week and that anyone flying on a charter plane will have to test negative for COVID-19 and wear a mask. Hydro’s plan to ramp back up does not include on-site testing, the Free Press reported.

A Hydro spokesperson

Nickel Belt News file photo Manitoba Hydro’s under-construction Keeyask generating station as it looked in 2018. told the Free Press that the company consulted with health authorities about

their plan. The company was allowed to reopen the Keeyask cafeteria and

gym in April after being granted an exemption by the NRHA.

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Methamphetamine, cash, weapons and drug paraphernalia were seized by RCMP during a May 9 search of a God’s Lake Narrows residence.

Four men and two women are facing weapons and drugs charges following a residence being

searched by God’s Lake Narrows RCMP May 9.

Methamphetamine, weapons, cash and drug paraphernalia

were found during the search, which was assisted by the RCMP North District Crime Reduction Enforce-

ment Support Team and RCMP Police Dog Services.

The six people arrested will face char-

ges of possessing drugs for the purpose of trafficking, possessing weapons for a dangerous purpose and

possessing property obtained by crime.

God’s Lake Narrows RCMP continue investigating.

Wildfire risk high as Manitoba preps health protocols

BY SARAH LAWRYNUIK LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER -WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Most of central and estern Canada, including Manitoba, is facing a summer of “well-above average” wildfire risk, according to the latest forecasts from Natural Resources Canada.

The high-risk warnings begin in June and hold through the summer — though by August, southern Manitoba will only be looking at “above average” risk, instead of “well-above

average risk”.

The Atlantic provinces are the only ones to face average risk levels this year, according to the forecast.

“Right now, we’re seeing fairly dry conditions all across the Prairies,” said Richard Carr, a wildland fire research analyst at the Northern Forestry Centre in Edmonton.

The forecasting is purely a gauge of risk, not a predictor for the number of fires the country will experience, nor area burned, Carr said. An area can have

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high-risk determinants, but without an ignition source, no fire will precipitate, he said.

The forecasting is based on climate models, precipitation levels over the winter and soil moisture. One of the biggest factors currently leading to higher-thanusual risk is the air masses from the Arctic descending over the country this spring.

“Arctic air tends to be very dry, especially in the spring, since the Arctic Ocean is still ice-covered.

So, you don’t get much evaporation of moisture at this time of year. So if you get those Arctic air masses drifting into the Prairies, they tend to be very dry and they do have a fairly strong atmospheric pressure gradient, so it can then be windy as well,” Carr said.

Manitoba’s wildland fire service is gearing up for the summer, but despite the dire forecasts, staffing and resource levels remain at status quo.

“We take the forecasts serious, but we also recognize that they’re subject to change. They are looking quite a ways out into the year and there’s a lot of variables that come into play. Our preparation is about getting ready for the fire season like we would for any other, and if we require extra resources throughout the season, we will draw on those from

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Nickel Belt News file photo Smoke from a forest fire on the eastern shore of Burge Lake near Lynn Lake in July 2019. Most of central and Western Canada, including Manitoba, is facing a summer of “well-above average” wildfire risk in 2020, according to the latest forecasts from Natural Resources Canada. our partners in other Can- al crews might come from are also being developed adian jurisdictions,” said out-of-province, they’ve in co-ordination with fire David Schafer, director been called in early, so they services across the country, of the Manitoba Wildfire can self-isolate in Manitoba so from one province to the before beginning work. next, crew members will be Service.

“It will be a different year familiar with the practices, Schafer said the intense moisture of last fall has for us, no doubt. All of the regardless of where they helped the province get protocols that we hear about end up.

Schafer said with inoff on the right foot this in the public, we’re doing spring, with regard to wild- our best to be able to im- creased risk on the horizon plement them — social dis- and a more complicated fire risk.

However, what is com- tancing, extra cleanliness, situation due to the panpletely foreign this year, separating crews as much demic, the public should RCMP can. But there’s only try to do its part and refrain is wildfire preparations are as weThompson so much we can do.

We’ve from any unnecessary fire now being carried out amid Drug Tip Line taken all the steps that we activity. The province has a pandemic.

New protocols are being believe we can, right now,” implemented fire restrictions across all of Northern drawn up, Schafer said. For Schafer said.

The health protocols Manitoba. example, as many season-

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Exception made for Indigenous hunters from government’s assault-style weapons ban

BY NICOLE WONG LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER WINNIPEG SUN

An exception was made for Indigenous hunters from Canada’s ban on 1,500 assault-style weapons placed by the federal government May 8.

The exception was made for Indigenous people to hunt or for those who hunt to sustain themselves or their families until a suitable replacement can be found.

Manitoba Metis Federation president David Chartrand said he commends the federal government for respecting the rights of Indigenous people in the

country.

“The government are showing their respect by allowing the Indigenous government to address this issue as well as consult and advise our citizens on what needs to be done and why,” he said May 11.

Chartrand added that while he is grateful the government is respecting Indigenous rights, he said all military-style weapons should be banned for everyone including Indigenous people.

“Without a doubt, I and the (Metis) Cabinet do not support anyone owning assault weapons. We just do not believe in it,” he said.

“I think it is clear that the government is taking the right approach. Lessons are learnt and unfortunately, sometimes they are devastating lessons. The fewer weapons that are out there, the less danger and damage can be done,” he added.

As a hunter himself, Chartrand said he has not come across anyone who uses a military-style weapon to hunt.

“We use our rifles and shotguns to hunt as they are more precise so there is no need for assault weapons to be owned by anyone in Canada,” he said.

“With a military-style weapon, you would damage

the meat as you will hit the organs of the animals and destroy the meat internally.

Nobody should ever hunt like that; there is no logic behind it.”

Calgary lawyer Carly Fox said the federal government had to make an exception for Indigenous hunters in Canada.

“This is because the treaty and Aboriginal right to hunt is an existing right and it has not been extinguished. The right is protected under section 35 of the constitution.

For the right to be infringed, Canada has to be able to prove that the infringing is justified,” ,” said Fox, a partner at Fox Fraser LLP

who has advised First Nations clients on a broad of legal issues such as treaty benefits, outstanding treaty land entitlements and expropriation of reserve lands.

Fox added that she hopes the federal government consults with First Nations citizens first before doing anything that might affect their treaty rights.

“I trust that Canada will enter into deep consultation with First Nations and other Indigenous groups to determine the best way to make sure these existing Aboriginal rights are not affected,” she said.

“Maybe that could look like them working together

with First Nations or other groups or even taking a look at some of the First Nations’ laws on hunting including what weapons can be used,” she added.

Fox said the federal government should share what steps they have taken so far and what their plans for the ban are in the future to determine whether their actions are deemed appropriate.

— Nicole Wong covers northern and Indigenous issues for the Winnipeg Sun under the Local Journalism Initiative, a federally funded program that supports the creation of original civic journalism.

Impact of Hydro cuts to Northern Manitoba On Monday, May 4, phase one of the reopening of Manitoba’s economy began. Retailers, museums, golf courses, restaurant patios, therapeutic/ medical services, and campgrounds were re-

opened. However, public health guidelines and travel restrictions still remain in place.

One would think that amidst the reopening of the economy, individuals across sectors will have

more opportunity to work and continue to earn more money. However, at the direction of the provincial government, Manitoba Hydro is about to commence layoffs of 700 employees.

Currently, there is so

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much uncertainty as no one knows who will be laid off.

It is even more frustrating for Hydro employees who have not been an exception to the stresses that have come about as a result of COVID-19.

Also, northerners have raised some concerns. I have received numerous emails from community members about Hydro’s ability to respond to Hydro-related issues in the North in light of ongoing layoffs. Many are worried that there might be delayed responses to power outages in remote areas.

The impact of the layoffs on northerners may go beyond the four months as well.

This is a time in which Manitobans need jobs and not more cuts. Northerners need quick and dependable service and not delays to

FLIN FLON REMINDER

A member of Flin Flon RCMP is facing an assault charge after an arrest last October led to a 15-yearold female being injured.

The Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) began investigating the arrest last November.

The investigation left IIU civilian director Zane Tessler “satisfied there are reasonable grounds to believe a criminal offence

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Hydro issues being resolved in our communities.

We urge the province to consider the vast impact of the Hydro layoffs to individuals in Northern Manitoba and reverse them.

In the event that demand for Hydro services rises, be it for repairs, or power-related issues, northerners need to be confident that the response to these demands will be timely.

More cuts present the perfect environment for increased and heightened uncertainty. The govern-

ment has a responsibility to foster the confidence of northerners in Hydro service delivery. Right now, they are failing us. The NDP is against these job cuts and the possible reductions in Hydro services to northern communities.

If you have any questions, please email me Danielle.adams@yourmanitoba.ca or call 204677-2744. For any concerns about COVID-19, call Health Links at 204-788-8200 or 1 -888-315-9257.

Flin Flon RCMP member faces assault charge after arrest leads to injury

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occurred and accordingly has authorized a charge of assault under section 266 of the Criminal Code,” according to a statement issued by IIU May 15.

IIU investigators interviewed the officer in question, named by the IIU as Const. David Eardley, last month. According to the initial IIU report released Nov. 5, 2019, the arrest in question took place Oct. 21 when officers responded to a call for assistance at a home in Flin Flon.

“Upon arrival, officers

came into contact with a 15-year-old female, determined it was necessary to arrest her and were required to use force. She was subsequently transported to Flin Flon General Hospital where she was assessed and released back into police custody,” reads the initial report.

The IIU report states the female did not sustain any serious injuries as a result of the incident.

Eardley has been issued a summons and will make his first court appearance July 14 in Flin Flon.

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It finally happened, you’ve been fishing in this spot since you were a child, always believing the monster walleye you’ve been after has been lurking deep below. You’ve finally captured it. After taking a few pictures and measurements, you release it back into the cold September water and reminisce on the experience you’ve just encountered. An odd thought pops into your mind: “I wonder how long that fish has been down there? How old was that thing?” – Well, we’ve done the math!

Natural Resource Management Technologies students at University College of the North conducted an exercise that will allow you to estimate the age of your walleye using some simple measurements. All you need to do is measure the length of your walleye from the tip of the mouth to the inside fork of its tail, otherwise known as the total fork length (Figure 1), and input that number into the prediction equation we have created.

The equation was made by collecting the age and growth information from walleye gathered from a Northern Manitoba lake in September 2019. Walleye dorsal spines have a similar structure to that of a tree, in the sense that for each year of its life a new growth ring called an annulus will appear in the cross section.

We examined, measured and counted these annuli for 54 walleye and related them to their respective lengths. By measuring the distance between annuli, we were then able to predict the total fork length of each walleye at every year of its life. We then plotted the correlation between total fork length and age to get this equation - Fish Age = 0.0271x – 3.0936 - where x is total fork length in millimetres.

For example, imagine the monster fish you caught in the beginning of this article. You measured it to be just over the measurements required to be considered a Manitoba Anglers’ Guide master angler: - 716mm.

So, using this equation you would get the following: 0.0271(716) – 3.0936 = 16.31 years So, the answer to the question posed at the beginning is that fish has been down there for a little over 16 years. This equation is not limited to larger fish, although some inaccuracies can arise when attempting to use it for walleye that are under 100mm in length.

You may now be thinking: “So what? How can this information be useful?” Well aside from simply being an interest-

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