Following a run-off election November 10, Bertie Wapachee was elected the new chairperson of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay (CBHSSJB) with a decisive 72% of the ballots cast.
After a long year, there is some hope for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the world as Canada approved a promising vaccine.
As Covid-19 cases continue to climb in Quebec and across the globe, Eeyou Istchee remains a relatively safe zone.
Just weeks after Joyce Echaquan’s death amid a flurry of racist insults in a Joliette hospital ignited national outrage, another Quebec hospital is under scrutiny for slurs directed at an Indigenous man in the days before he died.
While they had hoped a second season wouldn’t be necessary, the First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) has brought back its virtual town hall series to provide credible information for Indigenous communities in the face of the second wave of Covid-19.
As Covid-19 cases rise across Quebec and the rest of the country, one new case occured in the community of Kuujjuaraapik, neighbouring on Whapmagoostui, but health authorities believe the case is contained.
Three confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been tied to Wiichihiituwin clients and staff in Montreal.
There have been three confirmed cases of Covid-19 tied to Wiichihiituwin clients and staff in Montreal since last week.
The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) in Abitibi-Témiscamingue is consulting its population to determine how to improve its English-language health and social services.
As Eeyou Istchee transitions into Phase 3 of its deconfinement plan, life is slowly but steadily returning to normal. While people are enjoying the warm weather and stable pandemic situation, however, local CMC teams remain hard at work to ensure the public’s health and safety.
