It’s been three days since Bearskin Lake First Nation publicly asked the federal government for assistance from the Canadian military.
And still no response.
Nearly half of the roughly 400 people living in the remote First Nation 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont., have tested positive for COVID-19. Even more are in quarantine.
It’s left the community with a dwindling number of people to perform essential tasks like delivering wood, food and medicine to those in isolation.
“We need external personnel to come in and help us. We need human resources,” said Charles Fox, a member of Bearskin Lake and a former
