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SIX NATIONS — Six Nations is set to become a partner in the biggest battery storage installation project in Canadian history. Three years after negotiations with NRStor first began, the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation is now gathering community feedback on the Oneida Energy Storage (OES) project that is expected to bring at least $1 million a year in profits to the community. "This type of project has never been done on this scale in Ontario, or in Canada, frankly," said Matt Jamieson, president and CEO of SNGRDC. Jamieson and NRStor Chief Development Officer Jason Rioux bumped into each other in 2017 at a business function. They knew each other from other business dealings in the past. It led to a discussion that resulted in the OES project coming to fruition today. "We were talking about what the value of energy storage would be in the grid," said Jamieson, add-

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ing that NRStor is one of Canada's most successful energy storage companies. "They're really on the cutting edge of energy storage." Once the two started talking about the opportunities of energy storage in Ontario, it evolved to a discussion to working together on a solution for savings and lowering greenhouse gases in the province. "We ultimately arrived at Oneida Energy Storage solutions," said Jamieson. There are smaller scale lithium ion storage projects in existence but Jamieson said, "this one's unique in that it's something that's called a grid-facing solution. It's a battery that services the power grid." Typically, battery installations are focused on specific users, like individual homeowners storing solar power from their roof panels for use at night. "What this is, is a big huge battery system that takes power from the grid...when the grid doesn't use what is being generated, stores it, and when the grid needs it, we turn it on and it supplies infinite power solutions to the grid. That's important for

the grid," Jamieson said, considering the peaks and valleys of power generation in the province, especially on wind and solar installations that fluctuate according to weather patterns. The system operator always struggles to match supply and demand, said Jamieson. Because there's so much unpredictability in the demand for power, the grid operator builds new energy producing plants, such as gas-powered plants, in case they might need that energy. But those facilities produce greenhouse gases whereas OES does not. Ontario generates enough power for the province's demand, said Jamieson, just not at the right time. This project would assist in supplying the energy demands when needed. "It allows us to harness the energy when we don't need it and provide it when we do." The project will also reduce the need to build new gas plants in the future, cutting 4.1 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in Ontario over the project's estimated 20-year lifespan. "It's really an environ-

ment winner from our perspective," said Jamieson. "And it's innovative. It's never been done on this scale before." Six Nations will partner 50/50 with NRStor in the project, with expected revenues of at least $1 million a year for 20 years. "It positions us very favourably as a community that is doing our part to help maximize efficiency and to reduce impacts on the environment," said Jamieson. "That's why we're doing it." The project will result in $760 million in savings to Ontario ratepayers, 900,000 hours of local employment and a 4.1 million tonne reduction in carbon dioxide over the estimated 20-year lifespan of the project. Revenues from the project will also be transferred to the community via the Economic Development Trust Fund. The development corporation is looking for community feedback on the project and is holding a series of online community engagement sessions from now until the end of the month. Jamieson said the project does not sit on the

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contentious Haldimand Tract, a plot of disputed Six Nations land six miles on either side of the Grand River from its mouth to its source. Rather, the 10-acre plot in Jarvis, just south of Six Nations, sits within the broader 1701 Nanfan Treaty area, a portion of land that spans across southern Ontario and part of the United States surrounding the Great Lakes. The Six Nations Confederacy is a signatory to the 1701 Nanfan Treaty. Six Nations will make the money back plus some every year, he said. The $1 million a year figure is yearly net profit, said Jamieson. Preliminary archaeological and environmental work has also been conducted with no significant findings to date, Jamieson said. There are two online community sessions today (Wednesday) at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Interested community members can register by emailing info@ snfuture.ca or by following the link at www.snfuture. com/projects/oneida-energy-storage/ Two more sessions are planned for Feb. 17 and Feb. 24.

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CRITERIA for applicants are as follows: Minimum Requirements to be considered for a career in First Nations Policing with the Six Nations Police Service, you must: -

Be 19 years of age or over and able to provide an official birth certificate or proof of age; Be physically and mentally able to perform the duties of the position having regard to your own safety and the safety of members of the public Have successfully completed at least 4 years of Secondary School education or its equivalent (official transcripts and diplomas will be required) Be of good moral character and habits, meaning that you are an individual other people would consider being trustworthy and having integrity, with no criminal record; certified by a physician to be fit for duty as a front line Six Nations Police Constable and able to pass physical tests which are required in the recruiting process Possess a valid driver’s license with no more than 6 accumulated demerit points, permitting you to drive an automobile in Ontario with full driving privileges Be able to pass a security clearance as well as background investigation, credit card and reference checks

If you have any criminal convictions under a Federal Statute you must obtain a pardon. Special Requirements – for the Six Nations Police Service, in order to address the unique and at times urgent needs of the Six Nations of the Grand River Community and Haudenosaunee culture, additional requirements include: -

Extensive knowledge of the unique social dynamics of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory A sound understanding of Haudenosaunee culture, customs, traditions and social political issues of the Six Nations of the Grand River Six Nations of the Grand River Band Membership/Citizenship and residency is considered a preferred asset and Membership or extensive working experience with any Indigenous Nation will also be considered an asset

Desirable Qualifications: · Six Nations Band member preferred Assets: · Previous policing related experience · Law and security courses, etc. Closing Date: Applications must be received by 3:00 p.m. Friday, February 19, 2021 Applications in complete form are to be mailed or hand delivered to: Six Nations Police P.O. Box 758 2112 4th Line Road Ohsweken, Ontario N0A 1M0 Attention: Policing Administrator For further information, please contact the Policing Administrator at 519-445-4191.

Six Nations schools will remain closed until at least March 1, depending on the number of Covid cases circulating in the community. Schools were set to re-open this month but cases began to surge in the community, and across the province, beginning in December. This past week saw case numbers on the reserve reach alarming levels. Six Nations Public Health announced yesterday there were 53 active cases of the virus in the community. Kathleen Manderville, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) director of federal schools, said a team of educators and community members decided to continue with online learning rather than returning in person. "We're (ISC) very mindful that our job is to prepare the schools and have them ready to open," said Manderville. "It's not our decision to open them." A group of community leaders, parents and educators recommended to Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council that students continue to learn remotely until at least March 1 at Tuesday's gen-

eral council meeting. "If those numbers keep going up then it makes it impossible for our schools to re-open in a safe manner," said Principal Reva Bomberry, chastising community members for the current number of cases. "We're not responsible for the irresponsibility of community members." She said schools are safe but they cannot re-open if numbers continue at current levels. Based on survey answers from parents, she said they will keep schools closed and re-assess the decission on Feb. 19. Teachers should be allowed back in schools on Feb. 22 with a potential return of in-person learning on Mar. 1, pending community covid numbers. The school re-opening planning team has been meeting since March 2020, when schools were shut down due to the pandemic. They've since created an extensive re-opening plan, which includes places extra custodians in schools, hiring nurses, increased cleaning and sanitizing, the installation of barriers in classrooms, reducing class sizes, and placing signage throughout the schools. According to a home survey, parents from OMSK elementary voted in the largest majority to resume in-person learning, with

60 per cent of parents in favour. At Emily C. General, parents were 58 per cent in favour; at J.C. Hill, 39 per cent were in favour; at I.L. Thomas, 36 per cent were in favour; and at Jamieson Elementary, only 32 per cent were in favour. The re-opening plan recommends that class sizes will range from three to 10 students but will not exceed 15 students at any time. Siblings will remain in the same cohort, attending school on the same days, so that families stick together, and will engage in remote learning on the other days. All staff and students will be required to wear personal protective equipment, such as masks and face shields, but teachers will have the option to go into an isolated area periodically throughout the day to get a breather from wearing a mask. Bomberry lauded the hard work of Six Nations educators during the past year. "A lot of us worked right through our summer vacation. Based on all the work that's done the schools are ready. Our schools are safe. Our teachers are exceptional educators who have been walking with us on this arduous journey. We should have a shout out for our teachers."

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Steep spike in coronavirus cases for Six Nations ahead of provincial re-opening STAFF REPORT

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OHSWEKEN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Six Nations is reporting a significant coronavirus outbreak with 53 new active cases reported Tuesday evening. Over the last 7 days 45 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by Ohsweken Public Health. On Feb 6, 22 people were confirmed as active positive cases among residents on Six Nations. Two more were identified each on Feb 6 and Feb 7. An additional 11 positive cases were confirmed on Feb 9. Nearly 150 people were in quarantine last week, according to sources with SNGR. Two people have died due to the coronavirus on Six Nations since the beginning of the

pandemic. Six Nations now has one of the worst current COVID-19 outbreaks in the province with 209 cases per 100,000. Toronto currently has 142 cases per 100,000. Neighbouring Mississaugas of the Credit has 2 active cases. In the surrounding region Brantford and Brant County are reporting 27 active cases and Haldimand Norfolk is reporting 50 active cases. Three more people have died in the city of Brantford due to the coronavirus. A man and a woman in their 50s were both hospitalized and died due to the virus. Another victim, a man in his 90s, was not hospitalized. This bring the total number of deaths in Brantford and Brant Coun-

ty to 12. Three people are in hospital. Ontario says the provincial state of emergency is expiring but are extending stay at home orders for most of the province. Premier Doug Ford made the announcement saying Toronto, Peel and York lockdowns are extended to February 22. In all other areas of Ontario, the lockdown is extended to February 16. The province will then have to reconsider whether or not to reopen or extend the lockdowns in those regions. Six regions in the province, including Kingston and Prince Edward County will transition to reopening as planned on February 10. Ontario says there are 1265 new COVID-19 cases and 33 new deaths.

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The Six Nations Cannabis Commission has appointed three new members which the commission chair says will be helpful in moving the goals of the commission forward. The addition of the three new members leaves only one vacancy on the commission. The three new members - Richard Johnson, Drew Hill and Talia Bomberry - were introduced at a general council meeting via Zoom Tuesday night. They join Chair Nahnda Garlow to form the board, which calls for five members to sit on the commission. The SNCC was created in 2019 to help regulate the cannabis industry on Six Nations.

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All three were born and raised on Six Nations and come with various backgrounds. Johnson spent time in the marine corps and a number of years as a gaming commissioner in the United States. "My goal for the commission is to ensure the product distributed here is safe and also try to ensure that the community as a whole benefits from

cannabis," he said. Bomberry has been a case manager with Ontario Works since 2008 and has a background in political science and addiction studies. She said she joined the board after seeing an increase in violence related to drugs and addiction in the community. "I felt there was a need to have a regulatory body to aid in mitigating the illegal activity surrounding cannabis and the health and safety of the community." Bomberry said she hopes to see a "sustainable" cannabis industry on Six Nations. Garlow said the addition of the new members will help the commission move forward as it seeks to finalize revisions to the Six Nations cannabis law later this month.

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RCMP charge lobster shooter PICTOU LANDING — RCMP say they've charged a man in connection with a shooting late last year near Pictou Landing First Nation involving a dispute over lobster traps. Police said today 39-year-old Cameron Harold Fleury of Caribou, N.S., has been charged with assault with a weapon, dangerous operation of a boat and with mischief. In December, police had responded to reports of shots fired in the Northumberland Strait near the Pictou Landing First Nation. Pictou Landing member Gary Denny had reported to police that he had seen men removing his lobster traps. Denny had said that when he approached the crew in the small boat, they accelerated in his direction and fired shots at him. He was unharmed in the incident.

10,000 B.C. waterfront workers to receive anti harassment, anti violence training STAFF REPORT

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VANCOUVER — A violence and harassment prevention training program aims to shift what has traditionally been the white, male-dominated culture of British Columbia's waterfront workplaces. Federal Labour Minister Filomena Tassi says the BC Maritime Employers Association, International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Ending Violence Association of BC have created a program to benefit 10,000 employees in ports along the B.C. coast. A statement from Employment and Social Development Canada says the program is backed by a portion of $3.9 million in federal funding and provides training and education to support safer, more respectful workplaces, including for LGBTQ and Indigenous communities. Rob Ashton, presi-

dent of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, says the first-of-itskind initiative underway on B.C.'s waterfront is not designed to ``weaponize'' anti-harassment training through discipline, although the program will have measures to encourage compliance. Instead, he says it is based on the ``Be More than a Bystander'' campaign developed by the Ending Violence Association and will ``start the healing'' by changing a culture that Ashton says divided waterfront work along racial lines as far back as the late 1800s. Tracy Porteous with the Ending Violence Association of BC says her group's bystander campaign is a good fit for waterfront workers because it will add the ``voices and committed interventions by men'' to those of women and minorities already speaking up against workplace violence and harassment.

Notice of Submission of Environmental Assessment Biggars Lane Landfill Expansion, County of Brant The County of Brant has completed the environmental assessment (EA) for the Biggars Lane Landfill Expansion. As required under section 6.2(1) of the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) and according to the Terms of Reference (ToR) approved by the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) on May 15, 2015, the County of Brant has submitted its environmental assessment to the MECP for review and approval. The County is seeking EAA approval to increase the Biggars Lane Landfill disposal capacity to meet the County’s disposal requirements for the estimated 30-year planning period following the closure of the existing approved landfilling area. Biggars Lane Landfill is located in the County of Brant, Ontario, as shown below:

As required under the EAA, the environmental assessment will be available for public review and comment from February 15, 2021 to April 4, 2021. Due to the current closures of public spaces the environmental assessment is available for online public review at: https://www.brant.ca/en/resident-services/Solid-Waste-EnvironmentalAssessment.aspx Anyone wishing to provide comments on the environmental assessment must submit their comments in writing and/or by fax and/or by email to the MECP by April 4, 2021. All comments must be submitted to: Adam Sanzo, Project Officer Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Environmental Assessment Branch 135 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5 Tel: 437-244-9402 Email: adam.sanzo@ontario.ca A copy of all comments will be forwarded to the proponent for its consideration. If you have any questions or if you or someone you know has any issues accessing the environmental assessment from the County’s web site, please contact: Matthew D’Hondt, C.E.T. Corporation of the County of Brant 26 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 160 Burford, Ontario NOE 1AO Tel: 519-449-2451 Fax: 519-449-3382 Email: SolidWasteEA@Brant.ca All personal information included in a submission – such as name, address, telephone number and property location – is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s.37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information you submit will become part of the public record that is available to the general public, unless you request that your personal information remain confidential. For more information, please contact the Project Officer at the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. First Posted: February 11, 2021

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Black History: How racism in Ontario today is connected to segregation By Funke Aladejebi, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Toronto Toronto's Africentric Alternative School first opened in 2009 after years of advocacy and then months of heated public debates and criticism about the meaning and significance of the school. For some, the school represented a push towards equitable schooling practices within an education system that largely left Black students disengaged. For others, the school represented a newer, more modern form of segregation disconnected from the multicultural learning practices promoted throughout Ontario schools. The assumption here was that Ontario always had equitable and open schools. Many argued that separate institutions (especially those that considered the intersections of race and educational access) were not reflective of the inclusive education that Canada encouraged. However, what many Canadians do not know is that the province has a long and complex history with separate schooling beginning with the creation of public school systems in the province. In fact, racism and segregation remain embedded in the institutional fabric of formal schooling systems across Canada. Exclusionary practice became policy When I first began researching Black women teachers in Canada for my

book Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers, I was struck by how many women in the early 19th century worked in separate schools providing education to Black students. I soon discovered that most of these women were unable to gain employment in public school systems as a result of discriminatory hiring practices that funnelled them into predominately Black schools. These schools were created as a result of a series of exclusionary social practices, but were later supported through formal educational policy. The Common School Act of 1850 set into law what was already being practised by local communities throughout Ontario. The act permitted any group of five Black families to ask local school trustees to establish a separate school. The law also permitted the creation of separate schools for Roman Catholic and Protestant families. While the act was intended to allow for freedom of choice in various communities, it gave many racial separatists the ammunition they needed to enforce racial segregation. In various areas, white community members used the act as a way to force Black students into separate institutions. These individuals refused to allow Black pupils into public (then called common) schools and justified this by using the 1850 Act. Black children isolated, turned away While there were occasions where Black chil-

dren were permitted into common schools, they were often forced to sit on separate benches or isolated within these classroom spaces. More often than not, Black children were not allowed into common schools and were required to attend separate Black institutions. As a result, the passage of the Common School Act of 1850 further entrenched Black students into substandard facilities throughout Ontario and often forced Black Canadian community members to create their own separate schools or use facilities provided to them by local trustees. While the Common School Act of 1850 was intended to create equal education among racial and religious groups, expectations fell short

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members and teachers ensured these schools were also open to students of all races. Scholar Alison Norman who has researched school teachers at Six Nations of the Grand River has examined the history of Black educators who taught at Six Nations, including generations of the Alexander family. These Black and Indigenous educators collaborated to preserve cultural and community ties. In my scholarship, I am just beginning to examine points of convergence among Black and Indigenous communities, asking how they experienced different but connected models of separate schooling. Some institutions, such as the Buxton Mission school, developed elite learning programs for

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this as the ``first and possibly most important court action involving attempts to segregate Negro pupils.'' Local trustees often struggled to find certified educators to teach Black children and many schools lacked the resources to meet provincial guidelines. By the time Wilson Brooks was hired as the first Black educator in a Toronto public school in 1952, Black students continued to face challenges in public schools as a direct consequence of these historical exclusions. The continuities of racial discrimination in Ontario's education system remained pervasive into the 21st century as Black students faced limited access to equitable learning outcomes in Ontario schools. Black educators, meanwhile, faced isolation and discrimination, while also creating strategies and practices of resistance. Ongoing realities of racial injustice In the 2017 report, Towards Race Equity in Education, researchers discovered that in comparison to white and other racialized students, Black students were less likely to be enrolled in academic streams in Toronto schools. In addition, Black students were twice as likely to drop out of school than other students. Black students were also under-represented in gifted programming and over-represented in basic-level program-

ming throughout Ontario schools. All of this meant that despite a growing push towards diverse education models in Ontario schools, curricula and teaching practices have been unable to create inclusive learning spaces for Black students. That responsibility has often been left to the few Black teachers within Ontario schools, or community activists pushing for programming to address Black student engagement. Recently, parents of children attending the Africentric Alternative School launched a petition after discovering that virtual learning would be unavailable to students at the school during the COVID-19 pandemic. While most Toronto District School Board institutions created options for online learning during the pandemic, this option was not available for alternative schools, leading to calls to action by community members. In addition, fluctuating enrolment at the school has led to increasing funding restrictions reminiscent of the separate schools of the 1850s. The current debates surrounding Black access to education reflect the realities of racial injustice embedded in our schools. Ultimately, the Common School Act of 1850 was one of many policies that left Black students disadvantaged throughout Canadian school systems.

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A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories of thousands of Native Americans that were collected a half century ago as part of a project initiated by the late philanthropist Doris Duke. The New York-based Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced Tuesday that it has awarded more than $1.6 million in grants to help with the translation, transcription and indexing of the recordings so they can be accessible to Native communities, students and the wider public. The goal is to create a website that will act as a central hub where visitors can access the materials, some of which include reel-to-reel magnetic tapes that have been collecting dust in library archives and university repositories for decades. Plans also call for expanding the collections with contemporary voices. Most of the recordings come from a pivotal time in U.S. history when the civil rights movement spurred greater visibility of minority populations, including Native Americans. It was in the late 1960s and early 1970s that Indigenous activism took off _ first with a nearly two-year occupation of Alcatraz Island in California by activists who were fighting for recognition of tribal sovereignty

and treaty rights, and later through protests in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. For the foundation, the work that began in 1966 is coming full circle because of a resurgence in Indigenous issues. ``We were really keen to bring new life to this collection because there has been a growing active movement within Indigenous communities to bring more visibility to their experience,'' said Lola Adedokun, the foundation's program director for child-wellbeing. ``I think the movement in the last couple of years specifically has created a space where the experience of Native people is actually valued and where there's a movement around particularly young people who are really driving that conversation.'' The coronavirus pandemic also helped to accelerate the push for breathing new life into the collections, she said. Many Native American communities in the U.S. have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19 infections, resulting in higher deaths rates among elderly tribal members as well as young people who have fallen victim to mental health pressures made worse by the pandemic. ``We thought now more than ever is it not only important to update and upgrade this collection but also to give it the national visibility that it deserves and then encourage more young people to contribute their stories to keep it moving over the several decades,'' Adedokun said. The collection at the

Arizona State Museum contains hundreds of cassettes and typed transcripts that resulted from nearly 700 interviews that involved Tohono O'odham, Apache, Navajo, Pima and Yaqui tribal members. The collection also includes materials from tribes in California and northern Mexico. Molly Stothert-Maurer, head of the museum's library and archives, said the original researchers did not get permission forms signed at the time the interviews took place so use of the material has been limited to those who participated in the interviews, their relatives and tribal communities. ``For 50 years now, the permissions have never

been resolved,'' Stothert-Maurer said. ``So we have so much work to do _ digitizing the recordings, translating them, transcribing them and getting buy-in from all the communities.'' With the grant, the Arizona museum will be able to hire an archivist for two years to focus solely on the digitization project. Part of that work will ensure that no restricted material is released without taking the proper steps and consulting with the tribes, officials said. ``We're trying to keep it from ever getting to the point where it would be critical, where it would be endangered.'' he said. ``We have to bring about that awareness.''

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OHSWEKEN — The Gaylord Powless Arena (GPA) is one of several arenas in Canada in the running for Kraft’s Hockeyville prize, $250,000 in arena upgrades and an opportunity to host an NHL game. The contest is currently open and seeking community members to submit stories, photos and other memories about the GPA as part of the Nominate and Rally phase. Each submission earns points for the arena’s entry. Entries are tallied and the top 4 communities will be judged to determine a winner. Kraft’s Hockeyville explains that the score for the contest comes 80% from the top story submission telling the story of the arena and its hockey community. The remaining 20% of the points are tallied from additional nomination stories, shar-

ing the contest on Twitter, adding photos and videos of the arena, adding notes or reacting to content on the arena page with emojis. In order for Six Nations and the GPA to qualify for the prize, community participation is needed. The contest is open for community participation online at krafthockeyville. ca until February 14. Kraft’s Hockeyville initiative has been upgrading arenas across the country for 14 years. Last year’s winner, the George Hawkins Memorial Arena in Twillingate, NL, was originally built in the 1960s from recycled air hanger materials. The GPA, in the heart of Ohsweken, has a similar story. A core group of dedicated community volunteers fundraised, collected donated materials and manpower to build the original arena — then called the Ohsweken Sports and Memorial Centre.

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GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, some time off spent entirely with family and friends is just what the doctor ordered. Cherish this time and appreciate the opportunity to enjoy it with those you love.

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LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, a change of scenery can be just what you need. A day trip to enjoy the great outdoors can prove refreshing and provide some new perspective. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, a new person in your life proves invigorating. Foster this relationship and be grateful for the opportunity to invite a new person into your life.

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AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 An attraction to someone you meet this week catches you off guard, Aquarius. Forge ahead and explore these feelings if your situation allows. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Offer support to a friend in need, Pisces. This generous offer will be much-appreciated and you will reap the rewards as well.

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Six Nations COVID-19 Update

This page is a snapshot of the cases at the time of the last update. Updated daily.

Update as of:

How many cases have we had in the last 7 days?

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Date

Six Nations COVID-19 Response Level: Black

Total Cases

210

Total Resolved

155

Total Deaths

How many new people are becoming sick with COVID-19?

New Lab confirmed

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How many people have become infected with COVID-19 in total?

This is an epidemic curve, this shows us how the outbreak is progressing over time.

Cumulative cases

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Self -Isolation: Why is it Important? Self-isolation is when you have been told by Ohsweken Public Health to separate yourself from others, including from the people you live with, to the greatest extent possible. Going into self-isolation is not meant to be a punishment, rather its a precaution as COVID-19 spreads easily from person to person.

Why is it important?

Self-isolation is important for many reasons. The most important being that you could have the virus without displaying any symptoms and infect others without knowing.

Why else? Since there is not yet a cure for COVID-19, preventing it from coming into the community by self-isolating is one of the most effective ways to protect yourself and your community.

When do we go into self-isolation? When you return from travel outside Canada. If you have come into close contact of someone who traveled outside Canada. If you have been diagnosed with COVID-19. If you have been in contact with a probable or confirmed case of COVID-19 and you are waiting for the results of a COVID-19 test.