September 4 2020

Nickel Belt News Volume 60 • Issue 36

Friday, September 4, 2020

Thompson, Manitoba

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Gillam-area resident who tested positive for COVID-19 had contact with someone in Thompson, Tataskweyak Cree Nation says

BY IAN GRAHAM

EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

The resident of the Gillam/Fox Lake health district who tested positive for COVID-19 after close contact with a visitor from the Prairie Mountain health region had contact with a community member in Thompson, according to a Facebook posting by Tataskweyak Cree Nation chief and council.

“An individual who resides in Gillam–Fox Lake has tested positive for COVID-19, “ reads the notice posted Aug. 24. “This individual had not visited our community however this individual did have contact with a community member in Thompson.”

The notice also says Manitoba Public Health has been in contact with those who were in close contact with the person

who tested positive and they are now self-isolating and will be tested if they develop symptoms. Manitoba Public Health does not usually issue public notices about places a person with COVID-19 attended unless the person is unable to provide them with a list of close contacts or they are unable to notify those people.

The first positive test for COVID-19 in the Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) area since early April was reported in the Gillam/Fox Lake health district Aug. 23.

The person who tested positive was a close contact of a visitor from the Prairie Mountain health region, who travelled to the northeast Manitoba town to visit family between Aug. 12 and Aug. 21. That visitor then learned that they were a close contact of another

positive coronavirus case in the Prairie Mountain region, self-isolated from their family, according to an Aug. 23 social media post

by Gillam Mayor Dwayne Forman, and were tested for COVID-19 after developing symptoms. The visitor who tested positive did not visit any local businesses, according to Forman’s post.

The TCN notice said the First Nation was encouraging community members to stay home in light of the positive test in Gillam and that masks are mandatory in public spaces. TCN offices are closed to the public and businesses in the community are limiting the number of customers allowed in stores at one time. There is also a curfew of 8 p.m. for children and 10 p.m. for adults in effect.

The fact that a visitor to the Gillam area tested posi-

tive for the novel coronavirus was made public by the Fox Lake Co-ordinated Response Team in an Aug. 21 Facebook post. They received the information about the traveller during a meeting with NRHA medical officer of health Dr. Michael Isaac and Pam Smith and Catherine Spreitzer of Indigenous Services Canada. They said the traveller had not been in contact with anyone from Fox Lake Cree Nation’s Bird reserve, anyone on the Gillam urban reserve or Fox Lake members living off-reserve. They also said there were no contacts with employees of Manitoba Hydro or its Keeyask generating station and that the risk of the public having been exposed to the virus was low.

Fox Lake Cree Nation announced an immediate lockdown of the Bird reserve in

response and banned visits to Deer Island until further notice.

The positive test also prompted Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak and the Assembly of Manitoba

Chiefs to call for the ban on non-essential travel into Northern Manitoba, which ended June 26 after having been in place for more than two months, to be reinstated.

Northern Manitoba COVID-19 case counted as recovered, no active cases left in area

Self-isolate or face fines

BY ERIC WESTHAVER FLIN FLON REMINDER

Manitoba’s chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin

BY MICHÈLE LETOURNEAU,

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, BRANDON SUN

Reports of individuals failing to self-isolate as they joined large-group gatherings in the Prairie Mountain Health region has led the province to crack down and impose a new public health order.

Beginning Aug. 28, Manitobans are required to self-isolate for 14 days if they have tested positive for COVID-19 or if they have been exposed to the virus by close contact.

Failure to do so can result in fines for non-compliance — up to $486.

"All individuals this applies to will be contacted by Public Health through the usual process," said chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin. "Once notified, the person must go to their residence or an approved self-isolation location and remain there for 14 days, or as long as directed by Public Health."

Roussin said Public Health did not necessarily confirm reports of gatherings.

"What concerned us in the Prairie Mountain Health region, especially in the Brandon region, was the number of large gatherings that we linked cases to, then reports of large gatherings that had people who should have been self-isolating in attendance," he said.

Roussin said those reports, as well as increasing numbers, led to the decision to designate Prairie Mountain Health as orange according to the province’s pandemic response system, as well as to implement a non-compliance order.

As of Aug. 28, Northern Manitoba was back to being COVID-19 free.

The latest case of COVID-19 in the region, reported in the Gillam-Fox Lake Cree Nation district, was reported as "recovered" by the provincial government as of last Friday. The region is now free of COVID-19 cases once again – the Gillam-Fox Lake Cree Nation case was the first one reported in the Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) area since early April.

The case was tied to a previous case in Prairie Mountain Health, which involved a person living in southwest Manitoba who travelled to Gillam and stayed there for several days before being notified they had been in contact with an infected person, being tested and testing positive.

The case announced in the NRHA was a close contact of the person who had travelled north before testing positive.

The positive test was first announced Aug. 23, only five days before the person’s status was changed to recovered.

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Lynn Lake Gold Project - Public Comments Invited What is happening?

August 26, 2020 – The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) is conducting a federal environmental assessment for the proposed Lynn Lake Gold Project, located approximately 1000 kilometres north of Winnipeg, near Lynn Lake, Manitoba.

The Agency invites the public and Indigenous groups to comment on the potential environmental effects of the project and the proposed measures to prevent or mitigate those effects as described in the proponent’s summary of the Environmental Impact Statement.

The Agency recognizes that it is more challenging to undertake meaningful public engagement and Indigenous consultation in light of the circumstances arising from COVID-19. The Agency continues to assess the situation with key stakeholders, make adjustments to consultation activities, and is providing flexibility as needed in order to prioritize the health and safety of all Canadians, while maintaining its duty to conduct meaningful engagement with interested groups.

How can I participate?

Comments can be submitted online during the 45-day consultation period by visiting the project home page on the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry (reference number 80140). All comments received will be published online as part of the project file.

Written comments in either official language will be accepted until October 10, 2020.

To view the summary of the Environmental Impact Statement or for more information, visit the Agency's website at canada.ca/iaac. Printed copies are available upon request. More information on the project, the review process and alternative means of submitting comments is also available on the Agency’s website.

Virtual Open Houses The Agency invites the public and Indigenous groups to attend one of the virtual open houses on the project that will take place during the comment period. The Agency will be sharing information on the environmental assessment process and next steps. Representatives from expert federal departments and the proponent will also be available to answer questions from participants.

September 10, 2020 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. CST September 15, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. CST More information on how to attend the virtual open houses is available by contacting the Agency at iaac.lynn-lake.aeic@canada.ca or 587-338-7191.

Will there be more opportunities to participate?

This is the third of four opportunities for the public to comment on the environmental assessment of the project.

Stay updated by following the Agency on Twitter: @IAAC_AEIC #LynnLake What is the proposed project?

Alamos Gold Inc. is proposing the construction, operation, decommissioning, and reclamation of an open pit gold mine and new metal mill located approximately 1000 kilometres north of Winnipeg, near Lynn Lake, Manitoba. The Lynn Lake Gold Project would involve the redevelopment of two historical gold mines (the Gordon site and MacLellan site) and have an ore input capacity of 8,000 tonnes per day over an 11-year period. Components of the project would include new mine infrastructure, open pits, an access road, a central ore milling and processing plant, ore stockpiles and mine rock storage areas, and a tailings management facility.

For more information on the Agency’s privacy policies, consult the Privacy Notice on its website at canada.ca/iaac.

UP-TO-THE-MINUTE CORONAVIRUS UPDATES AT thompsoncitizen.net/covid-19

Friday, September 4, 2020

MKO keeps SHIPP afloat for homeless in Thompson

BY NICOLE WONG,

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG SUN

The Sheltering the Homeless in Place Project (SHIPP) hosted at YWCA Thompson will receive financial support from Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO) to continue sheltering First Nations individuals living off-reserve.

The funding will allow YWCA Thompson to continue hosting 25 of Thompson’s most vulnerable residents, who in addition to having elevated risk of COVID-19 complications, have nowhere to safely shelter in place. The program has been in place since April.

“The SHIPP is a project we started with the City of Thompson. They were looking at a place for the most vulnerable in regards to their medical condition or their age,” said executive director of the YWCA Thompson Kim Hickes.

“There was some funding to bring it along until mid-June and then, the city providing more funding to let it continue till the second week of August. We didn’t have any other funding besides that, but MKO contacted us saying that they will provide the funding so we can continue with the project until October.”

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Thompson worked with the community advisory board, the Canadian Mental Health Association/ Thompson Homeless Shelter, and the YWCA to establish the SHIPP program at the YWCA. The project identified those most at risk in the vulnerable homeless population and referred them to SHIPP for immediate shelter and social service needs. MKO has been involved from the beginning providing hygiene packs, clothing and activity supplies.

“They were a great sup-

port right from the get-go, and I know that they worked hard trying to find funding for this project," said Hickes. "In reality, if the project did end, the 25 that are living at the YWCA would return to the streets.”

A City of Thompson spokesperson said the city continues to provide administrative and logistical supports, distribute funding to the project and contributes community safety officers to the SHIPP. “Community safety officers attend the facility five days a week to provide site security, as well as to interact with project clients in a non-enforcement capacity — to know the individuals and gain a greater appreciation of their challenges, needs and life stories,” they said.

MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee said the organization is aware that half of First Nations people from MKO First Nations are living off-reserve in both urban and rural settings.

Last month, the government of Canada announced that it is providing $8.4 million to 17 Manitoba organizations, including MKO, to support urban and off-reserve Indigenous people.

MKO has decided to use some of its allocated funding to help the homeless community in Thompson.

“We have been concerned that people are going to fall through the cracks when it comes to the response to COVID-19. We are pleased to have a strong partner with the YWCA Thompson; they work to ensure that people experiencing housing and homelessness issues are well cared for at all times, no matter whether there is a pandemic,” said Settee.

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.

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UCN dean receives award for service to northern education David Williamson was named university College of the North’s 2020 Lorimer Award winner Aug. 14.

Named for Dr. W.C. Lorimer, who served as Manitoba’s deputy education minister from 1967 to 1978, the Lorimer Award is pressed annually in recognition of outstanding service to education in Northern Manitoba.

Williamson’s northern education career began 30 years ago when he accepted a teaching job in Norway House, where he still lives. He was previously a Norway House community councillor responsible for the education, youth and community development portfolio and was elected to the Norway House School Authority in 2005 and has also

served as the Area V Advisory Committee chairperson since 2005.

“For three decades, David has quietly, humbly, and courageously striven to impact early childhood, kindergarten to Grade 12, and post-secondary education,” said Kenanow program instructor Ann Barbour- Stevenson, who nominated Williamson for the

award. “David has acted with integrity and committed his life’s work and his volunteer endeavours to enhancing education in Northern Manitoba.”

Kenanow Faculty of Education dean at UCN since 2013, Williamson has also published poems, many focusing on themes connected to Northern Manitoba, in regional, national and international journals.

First Nations school plans a mixed bag as officials weigh safety amid virus spike in province

BY MAGGIE MACINTOSH, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS On-reserve schools are taking an abundance of caution this fall, with many First Nations leaders still weighing the risks of a full return to classrooms next month amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in Manitoba.

Some communities are closing their physical buildings indefinitely. Others are offering blended instruction, which will see students in all grades attend school on alternating days. A few remain undecided.

Despite their differences, the consensus appears to be that all First Nations students will have an opportunity to learn remotely, if their family doesn’t feel comfortable with in-class learning.

“During this time of a pandemic, there’s already a lot of anxiety and uncertainty and fears that parents or community members may have and if we mandate that everybody come back to school — whether they like it or not — that’s just adding to their anxiety,” said Nora Murdock, director of instructional services at the Manitoba First Nation School System.

The equivalent of a provincial school division for feder-

ally funded First Nations education, the MFNSS oversees schools in 11 different First Nations, or approximately 2,000 K-12 students.

Students are expected to return part time — in classes no larger than 15 — in Bloodvein, Brokenhead, Dakota Tipi, Dakota Plains, Fox Lake and York Landing, starting on Sept. 8.

While Roseau River and Pinaymootang have delayed start times, students are also expected to do a mix of inclass and at-home learning throughout the school year.

Lake Manitoba, Lake St. Martin and Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nations do not plan to open their schools at all for the fall term, instead offering all students learning via technology and paper packages.

Murdock said each First Nation is taking into account its unique community’s needs — and in the case of Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation, leaders took into consideration the community’s proximity to Brandon when making a decision.

MFNSS is supplying its schools with guidelines and everything from masks to computers to sanitizing foggers for school buses and buildings. Murdock said an entire school will likely be

required to close for a deep cleaning if a COVID-19 case is detected.

Outside MFNSS, First Nations including Sagkeeng and Manto Sipi have yet to make a decision about reopening a little more than a week before the first school bell is scheduled to ring.

While there have yet to be any COVID-19 cases diagnosed in a Manitoba First Nation, poverty, inadequate infrastructure and underlying health conditions put Indigenous peoples at a greater risk of community transmission, which has prompted proactive measures among leaders.

“We don’t want our communities to have to experience this concern of COVID, so… if it means not opening schools, we should support the decision,” said Charles Cochrane, executive director of the Manitoba First Nation Education Resource Centre.

With that in mind, Cochrane said the centre will help provide on-reserve high school students with online learning through Wapaska Virtual Collegiate this year. Many families in communities where students typically move to urban centres to attend high school don’t feel comfortable doing that this year, he added.

Anxiety is one of many challenges communities will

face this year. Unreliable internet, overcrowded schools and teacher shortages are among others.

At Ebb and Flow School, principal Kathleen Morrisseau said that if teachers call in sick, the school will likely rely on educational assistants to fill in.

The K-12 school in Ebb and Flow First Nation will provide blended learning for students this year, starting Sept. 21 — a delay announced in light of the recent virus spike. When students do return in alternating days, there will be temperature checks on the school bus and Plexiglas shields between desks.

“It’s unusual, but I have faith in our staff and our leaders to make sure that we succeed,” Morrisseau said.

Teachers will focus on core subjects, but Morrisseau said there will also be opportunities to continue with land-based learning that encourages students to be outdoors.

Ottawa announced earlier this week a total of $112 million in funding for First Nations across the country to support measures to safely open schools.

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller confirmed the funding will be distributed “very shortly,” based on the number of students studying on-reserve.

Teachers want pause on Grade 12 provincial exams

BY MAGGIE MACINTOSH, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Manitoba teachers want the province to acknowledge standardized testing is designed for standard school years.

As Grade 12 students enter a semester unlike any other, a growing number of educators are questioning the usefulness of holding provincial exams to assess students during a pandemic that has disrupted traditional schooling and heightened anxiety.

The province called off the annual mathematics, English language arts and French tests in the spring, owing to COVID-19. The tests are worth between 20 and 30 per cent of a finalyear student’s mark in their respective course.

The exams are expected to resume this school year, with the first batch scheduled for early January.

“When (education) Minister (Kelvin) Goertzen said he was going to put mental

health at the forefront, to me, the easiest way to do that is to eliminate an exam worth 30 per cent of the final mark. Even in the best of circumstances, students feel stressed out by these exams,” said Darcia Jones, a Grade 11 and 12 English teacher in Winnipeg.

The time-intensive exams are typically written during several days. In English, students work on the test for three hours on the first day, and for one hour during each of the following three days.

The logistics of squeezing recovery learning into an already packed curriculum, while focusing course content on what will be on the provincial exams, will be a headache, as will organizing provincial exams for dozens of students with physical distancing in mind and without disrupting younger students’ alternating schedules, Jones said.

The longtime teacher’s biggest concern is the validity of the tests during the 2020-21 academic year.

Combined, the spring

school disruptions, pandemic-related stresses and an upcoming blended learning year mean incoming Grade 12s will be at a disadvantage compared to previous classes, Jones said. “I don’t think that testing in the way we’ve always done is reasonable, considering the school year isn’t going to be anywhere close to what we’ve always done.”

A spokesperson for Manitoba Education said in a statement schools will be notified if the public health situation warrants a change in the provincial exam schedule. If the exams are cancelled, other forms of assessment will be used to determine student marks, the spokesperson added. That’s what happened in June.

Aimee Kornelsen, a high school math teacher in rural Manitoba, said she would prefer to test her Grade 12s with a similar exam — likely, older versions of applied or pre-calculus provincial exams — but without the daunting provincial exam title.

“I think my students would be able to learn better if there wasn’t this provincial exam hanging over their heads,” Kornelsen said, adding that not only are students about to enter an unprecedented academic year, but they will also be doing so without extracurricular outlets since many sports and activities have been put on hold.

Jones and Kornelsen share the view that suspending the exams will not reduce the integrity of courses, but rather reduce student stress. “The focus has to be on teaching and learning, and welcoming kids back,” Jones said.

James Bedford, president of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society, said Aug. 26 the teachers’ concerns are valid.

He did not take a stance on whether the provincial exams should be held next year.

“It’s an important issue and it’s one that the society is going to be looking at in the coming weeks,” said Bedford, who represents approximately 16,000 teachers in Manitoba.

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UCN instructor’s book examines theory of evolution’s impact through the lens of Kurt Vonnegut’s writings

BY IAN GRAHAM

EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

University College of the North (UCN) assistant professor Dr. Gilbert McInnis has published a book examining author Kurt Vonnegut’s treatment of the theory of evolution as a widely accepted myth used to explain the world we live in.

“Kurt Vonnegut: Myth and Science in the Postmodern World,” published

by Peter Lang Publishing, includes chapters previously published in journals as well as previously unpublished material, says McInnis, who started working at UCN about two years ago.

“I wrote an earlier book 10 years ago about Vonnegut and this is a new book updating some of the material and really looking at the whole idea of myth and science in a postmodern world, which his novels do up until 1985,” said McInnis.

While many people think of myths as ancient tales of Greek gods or other supernatural subject matter, they are actually present in every era and function to help explain to people within a society why things work the way they do and to provide the foundation for societal

customs and norms. Another of their roles is to subtly teach people how to lives their lives in accordance with their society’s rules.

McInnis, who wrote his doctoral dissertation on Vonnegut, says the author, who earned a graduate degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago, examined how scientific ideas are integrated into society, particularly in his works published between 1952 and 1985.

“He’s kind of a mixture between Mark Twain and Philip K. Dick in the sense that he’s dealing with science fiction ideas but he’s dealing with them in a very humorous way so you’re always getting a good read in when you’re reading him. He’s very funny,” McInnis says.

McInnis wrote the book over the last two years, revising articles published between 2005 and 2012 and adding new material, thanks in part to a slightly reduced teaching load that gave him more time to write.

“My dean Harvery Briggs allowed me to sit down and put it together,” Mcinnis says. “If it wasn’t for Harvey I don’t think I would have been able to do this because he gave me

Nickel Belt News photos courtesy of Gilbert McInnis University College of the North assistant professor Dr. Gilbert McInnis, right, recently published “Kurt Vonnegut: Myth and Science in the Postmodern World,” left, with Peter Lang Publishing. a credit release for each semester to work on it so credit to him.”

Vonnegut’s view of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution changed over the course of his career.

“He says in a Playboy interview in 1972 he suspects Darwin is right in his theory but later on in his career, when he published his book of letters shortly before he died, he changed his views and he said no, it’s no longer a good theory and he lost a lot of faith in that explanation,” McInnis says. “He saw the Darwinian narrative as a grand narrative in the sense of a myth.”

Staff at Peter Lang Publishing likened McInnis’s

role in writing this book to Dorothy’s dog Toto in “The Wizard of Oz” as he pulls back the curtain on “a myth that has run rampant in the world and brought about great harm.

Scholars and students of psychology, sociology, anthropology – and a host of other fields – would benefit from reading the work done by this author in drawing attention to the motivating myths they may be unconsciously living by.”

McInnis, who has already competed two chapters of his next book, “Our Last Mythology,” which he hopes to have finished in 2021, says he thinks “Kurt Vonnegut: Myth and Science in the Postmodern World” will be the most insightful work of his career.

“What makes this book important is it really helps us understand the implications of science in the 20th century and 21st century and what we’re going through today.”

Hudbay buys in on Talbot project, purchases majority stake and becomes project operator

BY ERIC WESTHAVER FLIN FLON REMINDER 20054mc0

Hudbay has taken the lead on a mining project in Northern Manitoba, purchasing a majority interest and operation on a project located near Highway 6.

Hudbay put pen to paper on a deal to purchase an extra two per cent ownership interest in the Talbot property, owned jointly by Hudbay and junior miner Rockcliff Metals. The new purchase gives Hudbay 51 per cent of the property’s overall ownership, snagging the majority interest from previous majority owner Rockcliff and making Hudbay the operator of the project. Hudbay was given a chance to buy a majority interest in the project in an option agreement signed in

2014 between the company and Rockcliff.

Rockcliff will receive a one-time cash payment of $725,892 for the extra two per cent. If Hudbay is able to open a mine at the property, Rockcliff will keep a 35 per cent carried interest for as long as the mine is operational.

Rockcliff president and CEO Alistair Ross said his company’s exploration work at the site made it too good an opportunity for Hudbay to pass up.

“The work performed by Rockcliff over the past six years to advance our understanding of the Talbot deposit has demonstrated the significant potential of the Talbot deposit to become a producing mine,” said Ross.

“Hudbay’s early decision

to exercise of its buy-back right on the Talbot property further validates Talbot’s potential value. Rockcliff’s shareholders will benefit from Hudbay’s experience in mine development and operation, combined with its balance sheet strength, as they lead the Talbot project forward.”

The Talbot property is located between Snow Lake and Grand Rapids, close to Highway 6. Rockcliff describes the property as its “flagship gold-rich copper asset”. According to Rockcliff, the Talbot property has the fourth-largest initial pre-production resource of any northwest Manitoba mine, after the Flin Flon mine, Lalor mine and 777 mine and more than Hudbay’s previous Reed mine.

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A recent Facebook posting citing an apparent line item in a COVID-19 emergency response plan on “removal of children” has alerted the FFSD, which has sought to set the record straight locally.

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If a person who has been in a FFSD school or a close contact of that person tests positive for COVID-19, they are to contact Ballantyne immediately, with Ballantyne then contacting public health officials to come up with a specialized plan and guidance for all involved, including contact tracing. School attendance records and visitor logs will be used to help track down people who may have possibly been exposed.

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The plan cited in the post is not part of the FFSD plan, or for that matter any plan anywhere in Canada – the plan in the original post is a snippet of a regional COVID-19 plan for the Australian province of South Australia, selectively highlighted and cropped to hide certain qualifying information.

FFSD superintendent Tammy Ballantyne said she saw the post circulating online among people she knew and believed the correct information should be shown.

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Families await answers in three fatal shootings of Indigenous people by Winnipeg police this spring

BY WILLOW FIDDLER, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, THE GLOBE AND MAIL Eishia Hudson was an artist who loved sports, a 16-year-old girl raised by her grandmother in Berens River, north of Winnipeg, before moving to the city to live with her mother and siblings.

Jason Collins was a 36-year-old father of three children, full of life and love for his family and friends, a power-line worker who worked across the country. His daughter Tianna Rasmussen said he had a heart of gold.

Stewart Andrews, 22, was a young father to not only his one-year-old son, but two stepchildren he was raising with his girlfriend in Winnipeg.

All three were Indigenous, and over a 10-day period in April, all were shot and killed by members of the Winnipeg Police Service. After their deaths, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas said “First Nations have been dehumanized, mistreated and have been killed through WPS officer involved shootings” for years.

Five months later, their families are still waiting for answers as the province’s law-enforcement watchdog investigates whether police were justified in using lethal force.

Leah Gazan, an NDP Member of Parliament from Winnipeg, says it is no coincidence the three shooting deaths in April were of Indigenous people.

The MP attended one of the rallies led by Eishia’s family in June, when supporters gathered, calling for an end to police brutality amid recent police-involved deaths of Black, Indigenous and other racialized people in Canada and the United States.

Those rallies joined others across North America calling for police reform.

Ms. Gazan said Ms. Hudson was a 16-year-old girl who should have been given a chance to learn from her mistakes.

“We’re in a moment, we need to embrace this moment to make real changes, needed changes, and to ensure justice for Eishia,” Ms. Gazan said.

“If people don’t find the death of a 16-year-old girl, for whatever reason, a complete tragedy, I think we need to ask ourselves why that is and I think part of it is the normalized violence that has occurred, that has been perpetuated against Indigenous and Black lives.”

Ms. Gazan pointed to the federal government’s delay in implementing an action plan in the wake of the final report from the National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and

Girls, which calls for, among other things, establishing an independent Indigenous civilian oversight body to investigate police misconduct as well as improving victim services for Indigenous women and girls.

Manitoba’s Internal Investigation Unit (IIU) director Zane Tessler says he’s received interim briefings on each of the three cases and is satisfied with the progress investigators are making but can’t give a timeline for when they would be completed.

The IIU, which conducts investigations into serious incidents involving police, will determine if there are any grounds for criminal charges against the officers involved, something it has done only once since it became operational five years ago.

The string of Winnipeg police shootings began on April 8 after 5 p.m. Police were called to a liquor store robbery allegedly involving a group of young people who then stole an SUV from a parking lot, leading officers on a pursuit. The chase came to an end when the SUV, driven

by Ms. Hudson, crashed into other vehicles at an intersection, where police then fired at her, according to Winnipeg police. Ms. Hudson was pronounced dead at a hospital. Four survivors, ages 15 and 16, were arrested and charged with robbery and possession of property obtained by crime.

Less than 12 hours later, Winnipeg police said they responded to a domestic call at a residence where they found Mr. Collins inside with a firearm, along with a teenager and a woman who appeared to be in distress. Police said they left the home to de-escalate the situation and the teenager escaped through the back door. Mr. Collins reportedly then confronted police outside where they shot him, according to police.

Nine days later on April 18 – with tension in the city high over those two shootings – police say they responded to a gun call, assault and an attempted robbery around 4 a.m. when they encountered Mr. Andrews and a 16-year-old boy.

At a news conference, Winnipeg Police Service Chief Danny Smyth said Mr. Andrews was shot when he confronted police. He was pronounced dead at a hospital and the 16-year-old was arrested and charged with several offences including robbery, possession of a weapon and firearm, pointing a firearm and failing to comply with a sentence.

Family members say they want to know why police used lethal force on Mr. Andrews, who they

say was unarmed.

Mr. Andrews’s mother, Carmel Nasee, told The Globe and Mail she became worried for her son when his girlfriend called her around 5 a.m. that day to ask if she had heard from him. Ms. Nasee, who lives in God’s Lake Narrows First Nation about 550 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, spent the morning calling hospitals and jails looking for her son until she heard on the news that a 22-year-old had been shot and killed

by Winnipeg police.

God’s Lake Narrows band councillors visited her not long afterward to confirm Mr. Andrews had been killed. She said her family has been kept in the dark by police and IIU investigators ever since. She found out from the funeral director her son was shot three times.

“We miss him so much.

Wishing every day that I can hear his voice. It hurts so much,” said Ms. Nasee, who is now caring for her 13-month-old grandson Nicholas. She says she hasn’t been able to grieve yet, distraught with trying to figure out how to move forward without her son and without answers.

The 16-year-old friend who Mr. Andrews was with the day he died paid a visit to the family when they were Winnipeg, said Mr. Andrews’s grandmother Benita Wood.

“He said [Mr. Andrews] never had a weapon, that’s what he told us. He said Stewart was a good guy, he didn’t deserve to die like this. He said the cops shouldn’t have even shot him,” Ms. Wood said.

William Hudson says his family is planning a vigil this weekend at the intersection where his daughter Eishia was killed.

Since her death in April, Mr. Hudson has organized rallies in Winnipeg to bring awareness to the justice he wants to see for his daughter and and “all the other lives.”

“What happened here in Winnipeg should be not only news in Winnipeg, it should be all around Canada, even around the world. This is a problem that we have with Indigenous people and it’s not being noticed enough,” Mr. Hudson said, adding he misses the fun he used to have with his daughter, like embarrassing her in front of friends.

The IIU has investigated at least 24 officer-involved shootings in Manitoba since 2015, according to information on its website.

Eighteen of those investigations have involved the Winnipeg Police Service and the deaths of 10 individuals, all of them males between the ages of 22 and 44 except for Ms. Hudson. At least eight of the 10 shooting deaths have

Tianna Rasmussen is the daughter of 36-year-old Jason Collins, an Indigenous man killed by Winnipeg city police on April 9. Rasmussen attended the Black Lives Matter rally in Winnipeg o June 5 to honour her dad and others affected by police brutality. been individuals who are Indigenous or from other racialized groups.

In 2017, an IIU investigation into the 2015 shooting death of a 39-year old father of two girls by a Thompson RCMP constable resulted in a recommendation of charges against the officer. The officer was acquitted of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death, but was sentenced to probation for criminal negligence causing bodily harm.

Manitoba’s director of the Chief Medical Examiner ’s Office, Mark O’Rourke, said inquests into the three April deaths will presumably be called, but only after the IIU completes its investigations, which he expects will be sometime next year. Most provinces in Canada, including Manitoba, are supposed to call an inquest when a person dies in custody or from use of force by a peace officer.

In 2016, Manitoba Justice Anne Krahn presided over a medical examiner’s inquest into the death of Craig McDougall, a 26-year-old First Nations man who was shot and killed by Winnipeg police on the front lawn of the home he shared with his dad, sister and nephew in the summer of 2008.

Corey Shefman represented the McDougall family at the inquest, where the judge also

examined if systemic racism played a role in Mr. McDougall’s death. Specifically, Justice Krahn heard evidence of differential treatment of police witnesses and family witnesses by officers and investigators following the shooting of Mr. McDougall, including how his father, Brian McDougall, and uncle John were handcuffed and forced onto the ground next to where Craig McDougall lay dying.

“It is about the way the Canadian state treats Indigenous people and Indigenous bodies and the lack of care and we see this in the justice system,” Mr. Shefman told The Globe, pointing to the eight years it took to hold the inquest and the “criminal” treatment of innocent witnesses such as Brian McDougall.

In her report, Justice Krahn said she found no evidence of systemic racism or discrimination but some of her 16 recommendations included implicit-bias training and Aboriginal awareness programs for officers and protecting witness rights during police investigations.

The treatment of Indigenous people by city police has been scrutinized before. The 1991 Aboriginal Justice Inquiry report, co-commissioned by Senator Murray Sinclair, who was Manitoba’s only Indigenous judge at the time, looked at the relation-

ship between Indigenous people and the province’s justice system, following the 1988 shooting death of John Joseph (J.J.) Harper

by Winnipeg police and the 1971 beating death of Helen Betty Osborne in The Pas by a group of white men. Some of the 296 recommendations from the inquiry focused on the need for civilian oversight for police, particularly when it comes to misconduct and serious incidents, and employment and recruitment strategies to increase Indigenous representation in police organizations.

It took the Taman Inquiry report in 2008 – which examined police misconduct in the 2005 death of Crystal Taman, a 40-year-old mother killed by an off-duty Winnipeg police officer who was drinking and driving – and several years more before changes were made to the province‘s Police Services Act, which now includes the oversight body of the IIU. The province began a review of the act last year, which is near completion, said Glen Cassie, a public affairs specialist for the province. The final report, which was originally expected at the end of March, will provide a gap analysis in all areas of the province’s policing, including governance, oversight and service delivery, the spokesperson said.

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Métis federation working for new offices in Flin Flon, Wabowden

BY ERIC WESTHAVER FLIN FLON REMINDER

The Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) is planning to open up shop in Flin Flon.

In a video message posted to the MMF website July 29, president David Chartrand mentioned that the group is working on buying a building in Flin Flon in order to set up an MMF office within the community. Chartrand discussed the MMF’s latest cabinet meeting, held July 23-24, which included discussion on new local offices including the Flin Flon project.

“In Flin Flon, we’re finalizing the construction of that building and we’ll be hiring,” said Chartrand.

Métis people in Flin Flon are currently part of The Pas region, along with people from as far north as Sherridon to as far south as Mafeking.

The MMF has recently finished construction on a local office in Churchill and is wrapping up construction on an office and day care in Duck Bay. A new local office will be built in Wabowden, which will feature a new building with construction set to start later this summer.

Along with the construction will be a hiring blitz to staff the offices and daycare. In the video message, Chartrand confirms that the MMF will be hiring people in the communities where new offices and projects are being built.

“Be prepared - they’ll be coming right into your neighbourhood,” Chartrand said. “What’s so important about these programs is that they’re local level. Where our people have challenges many times, whether it’s with their income tax, their Employment Insurance, with child welfare or dealing with their citizenship or personal matters where they may need guidance and assistance, we’re going to have our people trained to try and address many issues you may face at home so you don’t have to travel great distances - you can have a local citizen serving you right in your community.”

Through the MMF’s ongoing housing program, the group also plans to build nine new houses in Portage la Prairie, a six-unit housing development in St. Boniface and five homes in Selkirk for Métis families.

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School District of Mystery Lake Family Outreach Coordinator Out of Scope Term Contract Position Start Date: To be determined End Date: June 30, 2021 Job Posting # AD20200826001 Major Emphasis of Position: The Family Outreach Coordinator would serve a cluster of schools as assigned. The Coordinator would work with the schools and divisional staff and community agencies to identify coordinate and establish a menu of resources, learning opportunities and workshops that help build capacity in ways that address family-schoolcommunity assets and needs.

Facilitate programs and services that would be aligned with school and divisional goals, connect families to teaching and learning goals for students and help them assume greater involvement in their children’s’ healthy development and learning.

Develop programs and services that would draw upon natural support systems and existingorganizations and resources in our community.

Duties and Responsibilities • Facilitate home visits particularly for those families’ least connected to the school and whose children are struggling academically, socially and emotionally. Visits are not designed to be assessment of families rather they are relational in nature and specifically designed to be respectful of families’ assets and strengths and to build the home capacity of the family to support the overall well-being and academic and social success of every student.

• Identifying, establishing and coordinating the delivery of workshops, training, academies that support family wellbeing and capabilities for parental involvement. This can include sessions on child enrichment activities, physical and mental health development, nutrition, supporting school transition, adult learning, foster parent support groups and working with families with children in care.

• Assist school staff, new teachers and guidance counsellor better understands family dynamics and backgrounds to better support student learning as well as help/advocate for families at IEP meetings and making arrangements for speech/physiotherapy referrals for children in the 0-4 age group.

• Develop partnership and connections in the community with agencies, service providers and community supports.

• Identify and establish, coordinate supplemental after school, evening and summer educational programming for underperforming students and to help address summer learning.

• Building networks of volunteers.

• Provide summary reports due in March and June.

• Maintain a close liaison and effective working relationship with district personnel such as the central office administrators, principals, classroom teachers and district personnel.

• A knowledge and sensibility to the traditions and aspirations of students with diverse abilities and backgrounds.

• The coordinator will maintain a trusting and caring relationship with students, parents and families and support them with school and community based opportunities.

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 assets.

Term/Salary of Position:This is a term contract position, salary will be based upon qualifications and experience. The start date for position is to be determined with end date of June 30, 2021.

For further information, please contact Lorie Henderson, Superintendent of Educational Services at 677-6130.

Requests applications from interested individuals with experience, knowledge and capacity in such disciplines as air transportation, aviation, business finance, engineering or other experience which will assist in the management of the affairs of the Corporation as an on-going, viable, commercial enterprise.

For further information on the role of the Board of Directors please contact: Vince Shumka, TRAA Board Chairman at 6779999.

Please send a letter of application to Thompson Airport Authority P.O Box 112 Thompson, Mb R8N 1M9 Email: Melissa.Lounsbury@fly-yth.ca Fax: 204-778-6477 Submission deadline is September 10, 2020

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Please direct applications stating qualifications, experience and at least 3 references by September 9, 2020 to: Lorie Henderson, Superintendent of Educational Services & Programming School District of Mystery Lake 408 Thompson Drive North, Thompson, Manitoba R8N 0X7

School District of Mystery Lake Numeracy Support Teacher Permanent Position Start Date: As soon as possible Posting #TE20200826-001A

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The Numeracy Support Teacher will provide classroom Sister Andrea Dumontnumeracy based instruction for grades K-8 support to enhance students. Collaboration and in-servicing on various topics such as instructional strategies and materials.

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A minimum of five years of successful classroom teaching experience.

Good understanding of math curriculums and evidence based numeracy instruction.

Strong organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills.

A demonstrated ability to work as a member of a collaborative Educational Services team.

I. Duties and Responsibilities 1. Curriculum and Instruction 1.1 Provide on-going workshopsin the areas of numeracy development and assessment techniques across the curriculum.

1.2 Provide direct service to students.

1.3 Provide assistance with curriculum based numeracy assessments used by the district.

1.4 Demonstrate and participate in team teaching strategies.

1.5 Assist in the implementation of provincial programs and curricula pertaining to numeracy instruction.

1.6 Demonstrate instructional strategies and techniques.

2. Consultation 2.1 Assist teachers and principals in the selection, development and implementationof appropriate materials, resources and equipment to support numeracy instruction.

2.2 Provide consultation, support, guidance and demonstration to school support teams in relation to students struggling with grade level curriculum outcomes.

3. Other Duties

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kelly.bindle.mla.office@gmail.com 3.1 Coordinate Math initiatives and investigatethe Constituency Office: possibility and feasibility of developing additional Unit 3-40 Moak Crescent programs.

3.2 Support the identification and implementation Thompson, MB R8N 2B7 of pilot projects in the area of numeracy across the 204-677-2066 Kelly Bindle curriculum.

3.3 Support school and district professional learning groups.

3.4 Support school and district plans.

3.5 Work as a part of the school board office support team on district researchprojects, policies and various grant opportunities.

3.6 Strive to keep up to date on current materials and effective research based instructional strategies.

3.7 Perform such other duties as may be assigned by Senior Administration.

4. Relationships 4.1 Reports to the Superintendent of Educational Services.

4.2 Conduct such relationships with representatives of the Department of Education and other provincial, federal and municipal agencies to accomplish his/her job.

4.3 Maintain a close liaison with teachers, school, district support staff and parents as are necessary to perform his/her job.

The School District of Mystery Lake is an Employment Equity Employer and encourages candidates of Aboriginal ancestry to apply. Please direct applications stating qualifications, experience, at least 3 references and a brief statement of educational philosophy and beliefs by Wednesday, September 9, 2020 to:

Please note: position will remain open until filled.

Please apply online at www.mysterynet.mb.ca and select Job Connect

Lorie Henderson, Superintendent of Education Services & Programming School District of Mystery Lake 408 Thompson Drive North, Thompson, Manitoba R8N 0X7 Phone: 204-677-6130and/or Fax: 677-9528

We thank you for your application however only applicants shortlisted will be contacted.

Please apply online at www.mysterynet.mb.ca and select Job Connect

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