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Some Yukon First Nations want the territorial government to put a stop to any mining or staking in the territory during the pandemic. 

The advocacy group for 26 First Nation communities in Manitoba’s north is calling on the RCMP and Canadian Armed Forces to monitor checkstops set up to prevent visitors from possibly bringing COVID-19 into their communities.

The service was notified of the confirmed test Monday, according to a statement which said the officer is believed to have contracted the virus within the community.

Some First Nation leaders in Quebec say they are pleased with the province's decision to forbid non-essential travel to several regions considered particularly at risk from novel coronavirus. 

A few dozen people waiting to go home to Nunavut are under strict self-isolation orders in a Winnipeg hotel that they aren't allowed to leave and where they remain under 24/7 security surveillance.

Five days after the Montreal General Hospital cancelled Taionrén:hote Dan David's bowel cancer surgery, he had questions that needed answers: "Why?" and "What next?"

Two First Nations communities in Manitoba have made a direct appeal to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan to establish a military hospital in their region in anticipation of an outbreak of COVID-19, CBC News has learned.

Yukon First Nation governments are ensuring their citizens have some financial help during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland appeared Monday to reject a request by a group of First Nations in Manitoba for Canada to allow Cuban doctors into their communities to bolster their health care services in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Quebec couple apparently fearing the spread of COVID-19 travelled across the country to a remote community in northern Yukon — but they were quickly sent packing.

As the number of First Nations in Quebec declaring states of emergency grows in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, one Algonquin community in western Quebec is calling on the federal and provincial governments to assist with public security concerns.

The federal government is providing $2.6 million to N.W.T. First Nations in order to help get their residents out on the land during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated said it's investing more than a million dollars to help bring clean water to communities.

If you are young and think you are immune to COVID-19, some doctors would like you to pay attention to the following message: Smoking and vaping could increase your risk of experiencing COVID-19's harmful effects.

The Oneida Nation of the Thames is setting up road blocks into the territory, allowing only residents and suppliers to enter, starting Sunday at midnight.

Six Nations has its first two cases of COVID-19 on the territory, but still plans to conduct "community checkpoints" this week to stop non-residents from entering the area.

Cora Morgan, who speaks for First Nations families in Manitoba, says she's getting calls from parents who have not been able to see their children because in-person visits have been suspended.

Caleb Musgrave from Hiawatha First Nation who owns an outdoor survival and land-based learning company, is offering classes online after COVID-19 forced in-person classes to be cancelled.

Residents of three villages in Nunavik (northern Quebec) are required to stay home between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. "until further notice," according to a release from regional police.

More Indigenous communities are restricting community access to prevent the spread of COVID-19.