The latest:
The Canadian military will be sent to Attawapiskat First Nation in northern Ontario to help the isolated community manage a COVID-19 outbreak, Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair said Friday night.
Attawapiskat First Nation said earlier in the week that it had requested help from the Canadian Rangers and other agencies.
Blair said on Twitter that a request for federal assistance from the Ontario government was approved on Friday and Rangers are being deployed.
Today, we approved a Request for Federal Assistance from <a href=”https://twitter.com/ONgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@ONgov</a> for Attawapiskat First Nation. As the community faces rising COVID-19 case counts, the <a href=”https://twitter.com/CanadianForces?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@CanadianForces</a>
