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Monday is National Indigenous Peoples' Day, and it's an important day among Canadians for many reasons.

CKDM caught up with indigenous community figure and Manitoba’s NDP leader Wab Kinew for his thoughts as this day is being honoured across our nation.

Kinew spoke about the significance of the day for every Canadian.

“I think national indigenous people’s day is an opportunity to reflect on the contributions indigenous people have made to our country and society. We are lucky to live in a place called Manitoba, and that place was named by the Anishinaabe language. So it is those parts of our heritage, whether you are indigenous or non-indigenous, indigenous peoples have shared our identity and shaped our country.”

When it comes to this years day of celebration, Kinew noted that it would be different for a few reasons,  

“This indigenous people’s day is not going to look like past years. Prior to the pandemic, there would be pow-wows and barbeques, you know those positive celebrations in the community that we look forward to.”

he added “I think this years is obviously going to be online due to the pandemic for the most part, and i think also with the fact that our country is still grieving from the 215 children who were identified at the Kamloops Residential school site. I think that also going to put a certain tone on the festivities this year, where maybes its more of a solemn event.”

The NDP leader went on to say there are many communities making reconciliation happen and that he hopes national indigenous is a chance for those to show some pride and reflection.

“I hope it is also a moment where we can just appreciate how in places like the Parkland in Dauphin, every single day you have people from different walks of life coming together to make our province great.”   

In 2017 Mr. Kinew ran for provincial NDP leadership and was elected leader at the NDP convention on September 16th. He then led the NDP party into the 2019 provincial election. Under his leadership, the party gained six seats. 

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The Northwest Métis Council, along with the Manitoba Métis Federation, will be hosting a National Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration this afternoon.

The majority of the celebration will be held virtually on the Northwest Métis council social media pages from 11 am-3:30 pm.

When you tune into the virtual celebration, you’ll be greeted with live musical performances, dancing, as well as presentations on topics such as harvesting and much more, according to Métis community liaison worker Tammy Chief.

While most of the celebration will be held virtually, there will be an in-person lunch you can attend.

The Métis community centre at 101 11th avenue southwest will be hosting a free bannock burger lunch in their parking lot from 11 am-1 pm.

Organizers kindly ask those who wish to celebrate with a bannock burger to remain in their vehicles and wear masks.

Ms. Chief also added that there would be five summer-filled baskets in the spirit of celebration to be won for those who best decorate their homes, cars, and even themselves in honour of the indigenous day.

For more information on this day of celebration, you can visit the Northwest Métis Councils Facebook page here.

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The Federal Government is set to announce on Monday a phased approach to loosening some border restrictions for fully vaccinated Canadians.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the changes to the border restrictions will be limited to a few measures, and non-essential travel is still discouraged.

Blair says the government has been working with international partners, including the United States on a vaccine verification system for international travel.

On Friday the government said it would extend restrictions at the Canada U.S. border for another month, but that changes would be coming for fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that Canada will need to meet the COVID-19 vaccines target of 75 per cent with a first dose and 20 per cent with two doses before his government lifts border restrictions.

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Eric Wildman, who was arrested by Ontario Provincial police on Friday is facing several charges.

RCMP say the outstanding warrant of arrest was executed and as a resut of the ongoing investigation, Wildman is facing two additional firearm charges.

Wildman has been charged with Failing to Report the Destruction of a prohibited Firearm x2, Transportation of a Firearm Contrary to Regulations, and Possession of a Prohibited Device.

He's scheduled to appear in court in Winnipeg on June 23rd. 

Police say Wildman is still a suspect in the disappearance of Clifford Joseph, and they're urging anyone with information to call 431-489-8551. 

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Today is the first day of summer, and the longest day of the year.  

We’re set to see some beautiful temperatures in Dauphin this coming week to kick off the season, with highs for most days in the mid to upper 20s. 

Throughout the province, the summer solstice will happen tonight at 10:32 p.m. 

On the solstice, the sun is visible in the sky for a longer period of time, causing the day to seem longer.  

On this day, the sun doesn’t rise precisely in the east, but to the north of east, and sets to the north of west. 

After the solstice, the days start gradually getting shorter. 

This year summer will last for 93 days, ending with the equinox on September 22nd.  

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Assiniboine Community College Brandon Campus is offering a new online Dietary Aide program, in partnership with Prairie Mountain Health.

The program is 18 weeks long, and the first session starts in July.

Program Coordinator with Assiniboine, Angela Pearen says there was a need for this type of course in the province.

“The program has been offered many years ago, and then there wasn't anything being offered. In discussions with Prairie Mountain Health, they identified that people are actually going to institutions outside of the province.”

Pearen says because this is an online course, you don’t have to live in Brandon to take it.

“COVID has really taught us how to move some of our programming to online. It sped up the process to look at how we can deliver programs, and reach out to people when we can’t be in person.”

Students who complete the program will receive a Document of Achievement.

More information can be found here. 

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Doctors Manitoba is hosting a virtual Vaccine Town Hall for youth and parents.

This will take place on Tuesday, June 22nd at 6:30 p.m.

This will be an opportunity for Manitobans to ask questions and raise any concerns they have about vaccines.

The town hall will be broadcast live on Youtube, and questions can be submitted in advance here.

 

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National Indigenous Day is coming up on Monday, June 21st. 

CKDM chatted with the Dauphin Friendship Centre to see how they plan to celebrate.

Partners for Careers Counsellor, Jari Thompson spoke about how the centre plans to celebrate.

"In the past, we have delivered baskets of bannock to businesses & organizations associated with the Friendship Centre as a way to create awareness for the day as well as to celebrate our unique heritage and culture." 

Last year the Centre could not follow through with its tradition due to health restrictions in the province from the COVID-19 pandemic, but this year is a different story.

Thompson says the centre plans to bring back the bannock delivery tradition.

In addition to the bannock deliveries, Thompson noted that the centre will also celebrate the day by participating in the summer solstice virtual event hosted by the National Association of Friendship centres.

The Dauphin Friendship Centre will share content from the virtual event on their Facebook page, which you can find here.  

Stay tuned to CKDM.com as we will have more coverage on this day of celebration coming up on Monday, June 21st.   

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Public Health Officials have advised of at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 at Ethelbert School.

The case was in Bus E-01 on June 14th, when the individual may have been infectious.

The school is working closely with public health officials and following their recommendations.

Close contacts have been identified and were advised to self-isolate.

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Today, Families Minister Rochelle Squires announced that school-aged children will be able to return to their child-care programming and day camps starting on July 1st.

Squires says summer day camps will be allowed to operate for children aged 11 and under, and school-aged children will be able to return to child care centers.

“We know a parent’s ability to work may depend on the availability of child care, and many parents use the day camps across the province as child care in July and August. By opening child care centers and day camps, we hope to provide options and flexibility to those who may need it.”

She adds that day camps provide options for families whose children don't attend licensed child-care facilities and help alleviate some of the pressure on these facilities.

There are no changes to cohort sizes for licensed child-care facilities which are capped at 30 kids, but day camps will be limited to cohorts of 20.

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Manitobans who received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on or before May 23rd are now eligible to book a second-dose appointment.

Because of Pfizer supply issues from the federal government, appointments for first or second-dose vaccines are not generally available for youth at this time, until more Pfizer doses become available.

People aged 12 to 17 must continue to receive Pfizer for both doses, as this is currently the only vaccine approved for use in this age group.

Manitoba is expecting 105,280 doses of Moderna to be delivered today. Next week, the province is expecting 87,750 doses of Pfizer, and 240,520 doses of Moderna.

A total of 1,111,776 doses of vaccine have been administered in Manitoba.

Manitobans can book their vaccine appointment online or by calling 1-844-626-8222.

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