By Bruce McIvor
This week’s edition includes COVID-19, the Wet’suwet’en standoff, Treaty rights, Aboriginal title, child welfare, food security, injunctions, and more.
In the News
COVID-19 continues to top the agenda.
- On-reserve COVID-19 case rates approaching ‘watershed moment,’ says Indigenous Services top doctor | CBC News
- First Nations doctors speak out on Canada’s ‘troublesome’ pandemic response – APTN News
- ‘Namgis elder’s death heightens concern in First Nations island communities – National Observer
- Barricades and curfews: How some First Nations are keeping COVID-19 at bay in Atlantic Canada | CBC News
- Indigenous ceremonies being postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19 – APTN News