November 20 2020

Nickel Belt News Volume 60 • Issue 47

Friday, November 20, 2020

Thompson, Manitoba

Serving the Norman Region since 1961

Northern Manitoba passed 500 total cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began Nov. 14

Region passed the 100-case mark only three weeks earlier

BY IAN GRAHAM

EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

It doesn’t take advanced math to recognize that the trend of COVID-19 cases in the north and Manitoba as a whole is rising alarmingly, but a look at the data shows how quickly the situation has gone from one of mild concern to one that required the stringent restrictions put in place at 12:01 a.m. Nov. 12, when the entire province was moved to the red/ critical level of the provincial government’s Pandemic Response System.

In the north, it took 209 days from the time the first positive test in the region was reported on March 29 to breach the 100-case barrier on Oct. 24, when there had been 106 cases in total since the pandemic began. It took a week for that number to double to 212 on Oct. 31 and then four days for it to go past 300, with a running total of 309 by Nov. 4. Five days later, on Nov. 9, the north passed 400 total cases, reaching 411 andwas at 549 total cases as of Nov. 16.

There were only 10 days in the last 30 leading up to

Nov. 13 with fewer than 10 new cases being announced in the north and only one of those days was since Halloween.

Provincewide, the trend for COVID-19 case growth doesn’t look any better.

From March 13, when there were two cases in Manitoba, it took only 18 days to pass 100, on March 30. The 200-case mark was passed on April 4 and then things slowed down, as it took until June 3 to reach 300 cases and until July 26 to pass 400. The growth rate increased after the 500-case milestone was passed Aug. 7. Five days later there were more than 600, four days later more than 700 and four days after that more than 800. It then took only two days to pass 900 and one more to reach 1,000 on Aug. 23. The next 1,000 cases took 36 days – until Sept.

28 – but by Oct. 14 there were 3,000 and by Oct. 22 the 4,000 case mark was passed. since then it has taken less than a week for the next 1,000 cases to pop up. From the day Manitoba passed 9,000 cases on Nov.

It took Northern Manitoba more than 200 days to go from one COVID-19 case to 100, but only seven more days to pass 200. The total number of cases has more than doubled in the past two weeks.

10, it took only two more days to reach 10,000. there had been more than 11,000 total cases as of Nov. 16.

The number of deaths also increased substantially

since the end of September, when there were a total of 21 deaths since the pandemic began. Throughout October, 61 people died, and 90 have died already

in November with almost half the month still ahead.

A little over a month ago, on Oct. 10, the test positivity rate Manitoba was 3.1 per cent. It more than doubled

to 6.6 per cent in the next 12 days and reached double digits on Nov. 9 and 11 per cent two days later. On Monday, the test positivity rate reached 13 per cent.

Tadoule Lake on lockdown after confirmed case of COVID-19 in the community

BY IAN GRAHAM

EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Sayisi Dene First Nation has gone into lockdown following confirmation of a COVID-19 case in Tadoule Lake.

Chief Evan Yassie said in a message on Facebook Nov. 11 that the health centre is working to identify anyone who had been in contact with the person who tested positive.

“Our goal is to quickly contain the spread of COVID-19 and limit it to

a small number of cases or clusters,” Yassie said. “We want to prevent widespread community transmission and avoid outbreaks in settings like health care facilities and schools. We’ve also learnt from public health experts that the transmission is mostly occurring from group gatherings such as with families and friends from outside your household.”

A Facebook posting on behalf of Yassie and Sayisi Dene First Nation council

said no one in Tadoule Lake should be associating with anyone from outside their home and that $1,000 fines would automatically be deducted from employees’ salaries or from First Nation members’ social assistance if they do not follow lockdown protocol. Employees of the First Nation who do not follow lockdown rules after being verbally advised to do so could be put on probation and then terminated.

Sayis Dene First Nation has a total registered popu-

lation of 727 members, including about 300 who live on-reserve, according to the federal government. Located above the 58th parallel with no year-round land transportation links to the rest of Manitoba, Tadoule Lake is one of the province’s most northerly and remote communities.

There were three active COVID-19 cases and two recoveries in the Sayisi Dene/Tadoule/Barren Lands/Brochet/Northlands/ Lac Brochet health district

on Nov. 16, according to the provincial government, though case locations are based on the home addresses listed on the health cards of people who test positive for the virus, who may have moved and failed to update their address.

The Manitoba First Nations COVID-19 Pandemic Response Co-ordination team said Nov. 12 that there were 1,552 positive tests for COVID-19 among members of First Nations in the province, 646 of them living

on-reserve. There were 31 new cases on-reserve Nov. 12 and 79 new cases among First Nations members overall, 16 of whom have died from the virus so far in the pandemic. There were 54 First Nations members in hospital due to COVID-19 as of Nov. 12, and 12 of them were in intensive care – more than a third of all COVID-19 related intensive care patients. There are more than 1,000 active cases of COVID-19 among First Nations people in Manitoba.

Lalor mine worker tests positive for COVID-19: Hudbay

BY ERIC WESTHAVER

FLIN FLON REMINDER

A worker at Hudbay's Lalor mine, staying at the Outland camp, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the company.

Information in an internal Hudbay memo obtained by The Reminder says the company was made aware of the case at 4 p.m. Nov. 13. The

person is listed by Hudbay as "in isolation in another province"–it is unknown which province the person is isolating in.

"We will be working closely with public health in assisting them in their investigation in any way in order to keep our employees/contractors safe. We will be taking all necessary pre-

cautions and following all protocols in place to reduce the risk of COVID-19 in our workplace," reads the Hudbay memo.

The case, as it was reported in a camp resident who lives outside the Snow Lake area, will not be listed in provincial COVID-19 data in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/

Sherridon health district.

Any cases connected to the initial case at the camp, unless they are found in residents of the district, will not show up in the district's COVID-19 case count.

After an accident involving the skip at 777 last month reduced work at the Flin Flon-area mine, some workers from the Flin Flon

area–estimates range between 60 and 100 employees–were temporarily moved to the Lalor site.

In the memo, Hudbay requests that all employees and contractors within the mine stick to the company's COVID-19 procedures, including keeping two-metre distancing when possible, wearing respirators when

distancing can't be done, wearing masks in shared vehicles and shuttles and washing and sanitizing surfaces.

"Temperature taking and pre-work health screening is mandatory for the start of every shift," reads the memo.

The Reminder has reached out to Hudbay for further comment.

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COVID-19 cases surge among First Nations in Manitoba during second wave

BY WILLOW FIDDLER

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, THE GLOBE AND MAIL

The novel coronavirus is disproportionately infecting Indigenous people in both cities and on reserves in Manitoba, which has emerged as a hot spot of the pandemic’s second wave.

COVID-19 cases have surpassed 10,000 in the province since the start of the pandemic in March, with First Nations making up 16 per cent of total infections despite representing just 10 per cent of the province’s population. At least 961 infections have occurred among members living off-reserve and 667 cases have been reported on-reserve in 35 communities, most of them in the fall.

Infections among First Nations members have tripled since the end of October, leading to 1,123 active cases as of Nov. 13 and 18 deaths since March, including seven in the past week.

Marcia Anderson from the Manitoba First Nations COVID-19 Pandemic Response Coordination Team called the acceleration of infections in the past couple of months “dramatic,” particularly the sharp rise in deaths in the past week alone.

“That’s incredibly concerning when we think about what we might experience in the weeks and months to come,” she said.

Dr. Anderson, a Cree-Anishinaabe public health doctor and vice-dean for Indigenous health at the University of Manitoba, said the province is seeing a consistent overrepresentation of First Nations people in infections, hospitalizations and intensive care units, which she says are “indicators of both higher rates of disease but also increased severity of disease.”

Indigenous people represent about 23 per cent of the province’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and 38 per cent of patients with the disease

IN MEMORY

in ICUs. Manitoba is in the grips of a punishing second wave that is overwhelming some of its hospitals and has led to the strictest lockdown in the country currently.

The province was one of the first to track the race of COVID-19 patients in an effort to detect inequities in the toll of the pandemic and it remains one of the few to do so. First Nations have been collecting that data to monitor how the virus is affecting residents living on and off reserve communities.

The Manitoba First Nations COVID-19 Pandemic Response Coordination Team is made up of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin, and the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba.

Dr. Anderson told The Globe and Mail she expects the current trend will continue and they are working with partners to increase testing capacity and ensure people have supports to safely isolate at home or in “alternative isolation

accommodations.”

She said data show that the health of First Nations people in urban environments is not better than than those in rural and remote locations.

“Urban First Nations people also have higher rates of inadequate or overcrowded housing than the general population,” she said.

The acceleration of infections on-reserve is happening elsewhere in the country as COVID-19 surges from British Columbia to Quebec.

According to data from Indigenous Services Canada, on-reserve cases have quadrupled since the end of August across Canada, with 2,253 total infections as of Nov. 12. Manitoba makes up more than 25 per cent of those cases, but the federal government’s tracking doesn’t include off-reserve population in urban locations such as Winnipeg, The Pas, Thompson and Brandon.

Manitoba First Nations, like many across the country, were spared during the pandemic’s first wave last spring. Leaders attribute that success to the quick

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Spiritual Thoughts

mobilization and vigilance Exposures at funerals in of First Nations to protect Cross Lake and Lake Manitheir borders, understanding toba First Nations have also the virus would inevitably been linked to outbreaks educentr.dumont@gmail.com come from outside their in the province’s northern communities, and develop- region. ing response plans for when “We’re getting it under Sister Andrea Dumont that happens. control in the sense of proGrand Chief Arlen Dumas viding the resources and from the Assembly of Mani- logistics that we need,” toba Chiefs says the success Chief Sinclair said. from the first wave is also A rapid response team what “led to a little bit of will spend five days in the apathy” and pandemic community to do rapid testfatigue. ing and contact tracing.

“These things where Indigenous Services Caneverybody kind of loosened ada last week announced up a little too quickly,” Chief $61.4-million in immediate Dumas told The Globe. funding to support Manitoba Onekanew Christian First Nations and their panSinclair, the chief of Opask- demic response plans, folwayak Cree Nation, says the lowing the “alarming rise” community implemented a in cases.

In an interview with The number of measures, including a ”full lockdown,” after Globe, Minister Marc Miller an outbreak last month that said the pandemic teams in has led to more than 100 the First Nations are key to cases so far – about half ensuring effective responses of which are still active. It are being carried out and also resulted in the death that needs are identified by of an elder resident in the “people that have boots on community’s personal care the ground.” home, where a second outApril Sandberg is a membreak has infected all 28 ber of Opaskwayak Cree residents and 13 staff. The Nation who lives in Winnifirst outbreak was linked to peg. Her family tested posia wedding on Oct. 10 and tive for the coronavirus in a funeral on Oct. 24 in the October after her husband community of 1,500. first experienced symptoms. It wasn’t long before everyone in the north end Winnipeg household tested positive, including her kelly.bindle.mla.office@gmail.com husband, their children aged Constituency 1 and 4, and Offi her ce: husband’s Unituncle 3-40and Moak Crescent cousin.

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She says at her worst her lungs felt “full” and she had difficulty breathing. She “toughed it out" and is feeling better, but now worries about her extended family who lives in a small house in Opaskwayak, 630 kilometres north of the city. She told The Globe her brother is waiting for test results, which will affect everyone living in the overcrowded home, including her 19-year-old daughter who has asthma.

“It’s been pretty stressful just because I know how bad it gets and how quickly it spreads,” she said.

Opaskwayak Cree Nation is a major economic hub.

Chief Sinclair said they’ve restricted most businesses and put up security checkpoints at main access points.

The 60-room hotel has been turned into an isolation centre for community members.

The nearest hospital is in Thompson RCMP The Pas and the nearest ICU in Winnipeg.

Drug Tip Line “It’s really a high risk, volatile situation. We’ve got everybody all hands on deck,” he said.

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Sandra Ellen (Sangster) MacLean September 15, 1948 – November 21, 2016 The Passing of a Loved One Although mere words cannot express The depth of loss we feel, It sometimes helps to read a verse, To aid the heart to heal.

We want to hold on and not let go, The pain seems far too great.

Every fibre they mean to us, We want to store and crate.

But life goes on with unwanted change, To adapt and forge ahead.

Live the now with those still here, Together the grief will shed.

Let fond memories that you have, Heal with their warm glow; The sorrow in your laden heart, With time will surely go.

Our life on Earth is but a moment, In God’s eternal plan.

The heavenly wonders that awaits our soul, Is beyond the mortal man.

And when it’s time for us to pass, Reunions are in stall.

All of those that have gone before, We’ll meet in heaven’s hall.

Have zest for life and make it full, It’s part of God’s grand plan.

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Report explores homelessness crisis in Northern Manitoba Change: Aboriginal and Inner City Poverty” partnership grant through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

According to a press release by the CCPA, the Manitoba government has been slow to respond to the needs of vulnerable citizens

during the pandemic.

Two years ago, a multibillion-dollar national housing strategy by the federal government was unveiled in November, yet there has been little to no indication that the money has benefited Northern Manitoba.

Thompson has taken upon

themselves to play a more proactive role to develop more affordable housing options even though these efforts have met with opposition and lack of investment from the provincial and federal governments.

The city has recently changed its “land sale”

policy which will no longer subsidize market housing developments.

Nicole Wong 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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NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES TOWN OF SNOWNOTICE LAKE OF PUBLIC AUCTION

SALE OF FOR TAXES Pursuant to subsection 367(7) of The Municipal Act, notice is LANDS hereby given thatARREARS unless the taxOF arrears for the designated year and costs in respect of the hereinafter described properties are LAKE paid in full to the TOWN OF LYNN age cabb did theto Municipality the commencement of the auction, the Municipality will on the 11th day of Whyprior n the race? wi September, 2018, at the hour ofPursuant 1:00 PM, at Town of of Snow Lake, 113 Snow to subsection 367(7) The Municipal Act,Elm noticeStreet is hereby givenLake, that unless the tax arrears Manitoba, proceed to sell by publicfor auction the following described properties: the designated year and costs in respect of the hereinafter described properties are paid in full to

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the Municipality prior to the commencement of the auction, the Municipality Description Assessed Amount of Arrears will & on the 14th day of December, 2020, at the hour of 9:00 AM, at Town of Lynn Lake, 503 Sherritt Value Costs for Which Avenue, Lynn Lake, Manitoba, proceed to sell by public auction the following Property describedMay properties: be Offered for Sale

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A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) Manitoba report was launched Nov. 5 called “Displacement, Housing and Homelessness in Northern Manitoba Communities.”

The report was developed

by Lee Anne Deegan and Marleny Bonnycastle in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and Thompson since 2018.

The study aims to explore the experiences of Indigenous people with housing instability and homelessness issues as well as their knowledge of their circumstances and needs to increase awareness and support to improve conditions for people in Northern Manitoba.

“It grew out of the desire to understand and increase knowledge in the region about what is happening here and to create change,” Deegan told the Winnipeg Sun Nov. 6.

“The biggest thing that came out of the study is that we need housing, and we need to ensure that there is affordable housing in our communities. I see a lot of potentials to be able to share learning and build a better understanding.”

The research suggests a regional plan formed from meaningful reciprocal relationships with Indigenous people to ensure that everyone benefits from future work and investments in social programs and housing in Northern Manitoba.

Many were rendered homeless and living in unsafe conditions after the

fire in two large apartment blocks in Thompson last year. Since then, many have still not been able to recover from their housing situation To gather information for this study, participatory methods were used including interviews, focus groups and community cafés.

Deegan met with 22 participants to gather their stories about their experiences with homelessness.

“They are just amazing people. Imagine living without a shelter and still being so humane. The people were so friendly, kind and respectful. I felt as if they were someone who could be my friend,” said Deegan.

“No one showed any sign of distress. Several people said that is was the first time in a long time that somebody just listened to their story,” she added.

Participants noted that the cause of homelessness in Northern Manitoba was due to the impacts of colonization, including limitations of services, racism, and domestic violence.

However, the participants identified that housing shortages, overcrowded housing and being subjected to unacceptable living conditions were the main contributors to moving out of their communities and into homelessness in Thompson.

“One thing that stood out to me was how much strength there is to connections with each other. Those relationships become very important and can even make it difficult for people to leave the streets,” said Deegan.

The report was funded by the Manitoba Research Alliance “Partnering for

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Amount of Arrears & Costs Assessed $7,210.89 for Which Property May be Value Offered for Sale

L -$1,000 B -$12,600 L -$1,000 B -$7,900

FEET PERP OFAND ALLBEING THAT LOT PORTION OF27 MAPLE AVENUE LYNN LAKE 5 BLOCK PLAN 689 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, L -$1,000 30300* AT B -$18,800 (NOW CLOSED) PLANRESERVATIONS 646 PLTO (N DIV) 68-17 WPMIN THE CROWN LANDS ACT B -$6,300 AND OTHER AS ASINCONTAINED See note MINERALS WHICH LIES BETWEEN THE STRAIGHT PRODUCTIONS AND AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 96599 PLTO (N DIV) IN 90-23 WPM 583 HALSTEAD below SELY OF THE NE AND SW LIMITS OF LOT 1 BLOCK 17 PLAN

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 The purchaser of the property will be responsible for any property taxes not yet due. *Roll incurred significant damageitsinright 2020.toThe value subject to review.of the arrears and  30300 The Municipality may fire exercise setassessed a reserve bidis in the amount The taxcosts. sale is subject to the following terms and conditions with respect to each property: If purchaser the purchaser bidbe byresponsible proxy, a letter of property authorization form •  The of theintends propertytowill for any taxes not yetmust due. be presented prior to theMunicipality start of the may auction.

• The exercise its right to set a reserve bid in the amount of the arrears and costs.

Municipality makes representations or warrantiesform whatsoever concerning •  If The the purchaser intends to bid no by proxy, a letter of authorization must be presented priorthe to properties the start of the auction. being sold. makes no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning the properties being sold.

• The Municipality •  The successful purchaser must,must, at theattime the sale, in cash, certified or bank draft to the Town The successful purchaser theoftime of themake sale,payment make payment in cash,cheque certified cheque of or Lynn Lake as follows: bank draft to the Town of Snow Lake as follows: The purchase if $10,000 it is $10,000 orOR less; OR i) i)The fullfull purchase priceprice if it is or less; If the purchase is than greater thanthe$10,000, provide deposit a non-in the amount of ii)ii)If the purchase price isprice greater $10,000, purchaserthe mustpurchaser provide a must non-refundable refundable $10,000 andpaid thewithin balance of the price must $10,000 and thedeposit balanceinofthe theamount purchaseofprice must be 20 days of purchase the sale; AND be paid 20$309.75 days of($295 the sale. iii) A fee in thewithin amount plus GST) for preparation of the transfer of title documents. The purchaser will  The risk for the property lies with the purchaser immediately following the auction. be responsible for registering the transfer of title documents in the land titles office, including the registration costs.

•  The riskpurchaser for the property lies withfor theobtaining purchaser vacant immediately following the auction.

The is responsible possession.

•  The is responsible for obtaining vacantthe possession.

If purchaser the property is non-residential property, purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if • If athe property is non-residential property, the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if a GST registrant, provide GST registrant, provide a GST Declaration.  a GST The Declaration. purchaser will be responsible for registering the transfer of title in the land titles office, including costs.

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The successful candidate following and oceans by 2030.must possess the While most respondents qualifi Of cations; poll respondents, 84 had yet to hear of the creGood written and verbal communication per• cent said more land ation ofskills an Indigenous • Physically fit to perform all duties should be protected in the Protected Area under the • Ability to multitask and problem solve province — with 43 per leadership of the Seal River • Ability to operate equipment as required cent believing the federal Watershed Alliance, 73 per • Computer literacy will be considered an asset government hadlicense good tar- cent of respondents were • Valid driver’s gets• and 41 per cent saying supportive of Indigenous Shiftwork more land than that needed Areas, in general, The successful candidates will join aProtected dynamic team in providing to be protected. used to protect forest, support to the facility located in thebeing beautiful Swan River Valley Manitoba re- waters wildlife. asBroadly, it embarks on a new and exciting journey and of producing siding for a growingwere market. spondents interested Probe Research surveyed in seeing localc off people and/ 1,033 Manitobans using Louisiana-Pacifi ers a competitive wage and benefit package in a or Indigenous communities 13-minute online survey in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

LouisianaPacifiac is an equal opportunity employer. take lead in conservation August. To ensure enough projects. per northern residents were We thank Twenty-two all applicants, however, only those selected for ininterviews will be contacted. subject127 cent said Indigenous com- Candidates cluded in will the be sample, to successful completion of comprehensive munities should be the were addedbackground after being screeningof and health checks. leaders such projects, reached by phone.

Please forward to: carries a margin while 64 per your centcover saidletter theyand resume The poll Lorraine Schneider should play a partnership of error of plus or minus Human Resource Generalist I role alongside provincial 2.88 percentage points, 19 Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd. and federal government times out of 20.

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