“A lot of our members don’t even live in the community but elsewhere, and they still get denied. Tŝilhqot’in member nations, including Alphonse’s community of Tl’etinqox-t’in First Nation, have opted to tell their own members about current COVID-19 case numbers. “There is no place for racism or discrimination in our province,” she said of the latest allegations of anti-Indigenous discrimination. Chief Alphonse said his community peaked at 52 cases, but has now dropped to just four with no new cases in 10 days. They are still undergoing “the tail-end” of an outbreak, he said, including the deaths of several beloved community members, one of them a friend and the son of his mentor.

Source: thestar February 10, 2021 19:52 UTC