Canada passed a landmark in vaccination distribution, as over half of all eligible adults received their first vaccination, with 4.5% of the population being fully vaccinated.
Quebec has approved the Pfizer vaccine for youth aged 12-17, saying that a first dose would be available for all children by the end of June. A second vaccination could be available by the start of classes in the fall.
Quebec is beginning to ease confinement measures as new coronavirus cases decline, though Ontario and other provinces continue to face a third wave of infections far worse than seen in the previous 16 months of the global pandemic.
The Mi’gmaq community of Listuguj has reached a historic agreement with the federal government that will give it greater control over its own fisheries.
Officials are closely monitoring the area upstream from the twin Cree and Inuit communities of Whapmagoostui and Kuujjuaraapik after at least one massive landslide occurred along the Great Whale River on the morning of April 22.
After raising concerns for decades about over-harvesting by sports hunters in La Verendrye wildlife reserve, Anishinabe chiefs reached an agreement-in-principle with the Quebec government April 2 that establishes a moratorium of at least one year on moose hunting.
Canada is in a punishing third wave of infections, even as vaccines continue to be administered at growing rates.
A rapid rise in new cases in the Quebec City and Gatineau areas led the Quebec government to close schools and all non-essential commerce in these regions March 32, while also bringing back the 8 pm-to-5 am curfew.
As is the case around the world, the economy in Eeyou Istchee has contracted during the Covid-19 pandemic – throwing revenues, jobs and development timetables into disarray.
As cases again begin to rise, the Cree Health Board (CHB) is warning about the rise in Covid-19 variants in Quebec and the rest of the country.
