182 unmarked graves located on Ktunaxa Nation territory in B.C. https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/182-unmarked-graves-located-on-ktunaxa-nation-territory-in-b-c/
St. Eugene's Mission Residential School was operated by the Roman Catholic Church from 1912 until the early 1970s
Permanent housing and "an end to the cycle of displacement" are among the demands. Some neighbours say the campers' demands are reasonable a
Another camp and still not enough action from governments federal,provincial or municipal. I think they think the homeless problem will just disappear.
The COVID-19 crisis has thrown into stark relief just how many of us are a paycheque away from using a food bank. According to the Daily Bread Food Bank, visits to food banks in Canada increased by 30 per cent in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. We don't yet know the full impact of the pandemic, but in just two weeks, Daily Bread's on-site food bank received a 53 per cent hike in visits.
“ ... They could not have picked a worse time to throw up roadblocks to accessing food... “
As the virus gripped US plants, the union pleaded for a shutdown. They were rebuffed.
“ ... Alberta’s growing outbreaks follow in the wake of deadly events in the U.S. where meat-packing plants have become COVID-19 incubators. ...
... Two days before the Cargill shutdown, Alberta Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen tweeted to workers “their worksite is safe.” ...
... Meat-packing plants, which crowd workers into close quarters, now vie with nursing homes as places conducive to viral spread.
“Initially our concern was long-term care facilities,” said Gary Anthone, Nebraska’s chief medical officer, last week. “If there’s one thing that might keep me up at night, it’s the meat-processing plants and the manufacturing plants.”
The Alberta outbreaks should have caught no one by surprise, University of Ottawa public health expert Amir Attaran told The Tyee....”