Image
File
news // no. 4
Canada Student Service Grant
» Deadline to apply is August 21
Atiba Nelson
Staff Reporter
OVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the
employment prospects of many
Canadians. One group that has been
hit hard by employer’s inability to hire
is students, as the pandemic cancelled
internships and plummeted summer jobs.
Many students typically use the
income earned during the summer months
to fund their education or living expenses,
so the loss of summer income places
some students in a precarious position.
To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on students, the Government
of Canada created the Canada Emergency
Student Benefit (CESB) to provide financial
support to post-secondary students and
recent high school and post-secondary
graduates. Late in June the government
announced another program to support
Canadian students: the Canada Student
Service Grant (CSSG). The CSSG provides
a monetary grant of $1,000 to $5,000 for
hours spent volunteering.
Haida Gwali 1s closed
“Canadian students are looking for
ways to make a real difference in their
communities,” said Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau in a statement announcing the
grant. “With these new investments, we are
giving them the support and connections
they need to have a positive impact during
COVID-19 and gain the skills needed for
future success.”
The newly instituted program has
been recently mixed in a scandal including
the government awarding a sole-source
contract to the WE charity to administer
the program. The charity withdrew from
their appointed administrator role days
later. The grant has not been officially
cancelled.
According to the grant website, an
individual is eligible if they are a Canadian
citizen, permanent resident, First Nation,
Métis, Inuit, or have Refugee status, and
are younger than 30 as of December 31,
2020. They also must be enrolled in and
attending post-secondary education
during the spring/summer or fall of 2020
or have graduated from a post-secondary
» BC government bans non-essential travel
Lauren Gargiulo
News Editor
WwW 20 COVID-19 cases, 13 of them
active, the BC provincial government
has banned travel to Haida Gwaii. Ina
statement released on July 30, the Council
of the Haida Nation says it is “pleased that
BC has aligned with our efforts to protect
Haida citizens and citizens of Haida Gwaii
by issuing an order to restrict non-essential
travel to the islands.”
_ - = — ‘a ‘Saleen :
LL ee me. a"
“AbCFerries
i eee
Haida Gwaii has been closed
under Haida Gwaii law since March 23.
Ina statement released on March 24,
it was stated that “travel to and from
communities on Haida Gwaii will be
limited to essential services only.’
With a population of around 5,000
people, the island has been reported to
have 12 hospital beds. As of July 30, there
are 20 cases of COVID-19 on Haida Gwaii,
13 of them considered to be active. In BC,
there are 29 new cases since July 29, with
a total of 242 active cases. The British
institution no earlier
than December 2019.
The eligible individual
would have to
accumulate volunteer
hours, to a maximum
of 500 hours, between
June 25 and October
31 of this year to
receive the grant. The
grant pays $1,000 per
100 volunteer hours
and is capped at
$5,000 or 500 hours.
“People are more
aware and want to
get involved, because
they see what’s going
on around them,”
said potential Canada
Student Service
Grant recipient Zoé
Hould-Massicotte.
“Situations like
COVID-19 make us think about our place
in society and who we are as individuals.
Columbia Weekly COVID-19 Surveillance
Report for July 24 to 30 says that
“detections in BC have recently increased,
but the risk remains low overall.”
In a statement on their website,
Northern Health said that every case is a
“epidemiologically linked” case, which the
BC Centre for Disease Control defines as
“people who were never tested but were
presumed to have COVID-19 because
they developed symptoms and were close
contacts of a laboratory confirmed case.”
Chief Councillor of the Skidegate
«
|
ie
Photo by Karen Neoh
theotherpress.ca
We're realizing how important it is for us
to get involved and how we can make a
tangible difference in people's lives.”
Band Council, William Yovanovich called
the closing of Haida Gwaii a “reset button,”
stating, “it will help our local efforts in
controlling the outbreak of COVID-19.”
While the Provincial Government's order
is recent, requests for non-residents to stay
off the island due to COVID-19 outbreak
concerns have previously been publicly
voiced by Haida Gwaii residents. A change.
org petition created in July called for the
end of “the blatant disrespect of the Haida
Law.” Earlier this month, two fishing lodges
reopened despite the state of emergency
declared by Haida Gwaii law on March 23.
One of the owners of these fishing
lodges, The West Coast Fishing Club, has
been critical of BC’s decision. Brian Legge
thinks his business should have been
exempt for several reasons. In an interview
with CBC, he states that “we have 36 staff
who were doing well, functioning well
and are now unemployed.” Legge also said
that his business had employed all the
necessary safety precautions, that the club
is isolated, and airlift could be utilized to
take those who could be sick directly to the
mainland.
Donald Edgars, Chief Councillor
of the Old Massett Village Council,
commented that he thought that the
decision to reopen the fishing lodges
was “disrespectful.” On the current
closing, he stated that the “leaders of
Haida Gwaii have done all that we can to
keep COVID-19 from coming to our
communities. Our EOC and health
teams have been preparing for this
day,” he said. “I’m glad to hear BC has
aligned with Haida Gwaii’s measures,
and we are all working together on this
pandemic response. Keeping our Elders
and communities safe is our top priority
during these difficult times.”
Canada Student Service Grant
» Deadline to apply is August 21
Atiba Nelson
Staff Reporter
OVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the
employment prospects of many
Canadians. One group that has been
hit hard by employer’s inability to hire
is students, as the pandemic cancelled
internships and plummeted summer jobs.
Many students typically use the
income earned during the summer months
to fund their education or living expenses,
so the loss of summer income places
some students in a precarious position.
To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on students, the Government
of Canada created the Canada Emergency
Student Benefit (CESB) to provide financial
support to post-secondary students and
recent high school and post-secondary
graduates. Late in June the government
announced another program to support
Canadian students: the Canada Student
Service Grant (CSSG). The CSSG provides
a monetary grant of $1,000 to $5,000 for
hours spent volunteering.
Haida Gwali 1s closed
“Canadian students are looking for
ways to make a real difference in their
communities,” said Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau in a statement announcing the
grant. “With these new investments, we are
giving them the support and connections
they need to have a positive impact during
COVID-19 and gain the skills needed for
future success.”
The newly instituted program has
been recently mixed in a scandal including
the government awarding a sole-source
contract to the WE charity to administer
the program. The charity withdrew from
their appointed administrator role days
later. The grant has not been officially
cancelled.
According to the grant website, an
individual is eligible if they are a Canadian
citizen, permanent resident, First Nation,
Métis, Inuit, or have Refugee status, and
are younger than 30 as of December 31,
2020. They also must be enrolled in and
attending post-secondary education
during the spring/summer or fall of 2020
or have graduated from a post-secondary
» BC government bans non-essential travel
Lauren Gargiulo
News Editor
WwW 20 COVID-19 cases, 13 of them
active, the BC provincial government
has banned travel to Haida Gwaii. Ina
statement released on July 30, the Council
of the Haida Nation says it is “pleased that
BC has aligned with our efforts to protect
Haida citizens and citizens of Haida Gwaii
by issuing an order to restrict non-essential
travel to the islands.”
_ - = — ‘a ‘Saleen :
LL ee me. a"
“AbCFerries
i eee
Haida Gwaii has been closed
under Haida Gwaii law since March 23.
Ina statement released on March 24,
it was stated that “travel to and from
communities on Haida Gwaii will be
limited to essential services only.’
With a population of around 5,000
people, the island has been reported to
have 12 hospital beds. As of July 30, there
are 20 cases of COVID-19 on Haida Gwaii,
13 of them considered to be active. In BC,
there are 29 new cases since July 29, with
a total of 242 active cases. The British
institution no earlier
than December 2019.
The eligible individual
would have to
accumulate volunteer
hours, to a maximum
of 500 hours, between
June 25 and October
31 of this year to
receive the grant. The
grant pays $1,000 per
100 volunteer hours
and is capped at
$5,000 or 500 hours.
“People are more
aware and want to
get involved, because
they see what’s going
on around them,”
said potential Canada
Student Service
Grant recipient Zoé
Hould-Massicotte.
“Situations like
COVID-19 make us think about our place
in society and who we are as individuals.
Columbia Weekly COVID-19 Surveillance
Report for July 24 to 30 says that
“detections in BC have recently increased,
but the risk remains low overall.”
In a statement on their website,
Northern Health said that every case is a
“epidemiologically linked” case, which the
BC Centre for Disease Control defines as
“people who were never tested but were
presumed to have COVID-19 because
they developed symptoms and were close
contacts of a laboratory confirmed case.”
Chief Councillor of the Skidegate
«
|
ie
Photo by Karen Neoh
theotherpress.ca
We're realizing how important it is for us
to get involved and how we can make a
tangible difference in people's lives.”
Band Council, William Yovanovich called
the closing of Haida Gwaii a “reset button,”
stating, “it will help our local efforts in
controlling the outbreak of COVID-19.”
While the Provincial Government's order
is recent, requests for non-residents to stay
off the island due to COVID-19 outbreak
concerns have previously been publicly
voiced by Haida Gwaii residents. A change.
org petition created in July called for the
end of “the blatant disrespect of the Haida
Law.” Earlier this month, two fishing lodges
reopened despite the state of emergency
declared by Haida Gwaii law on March 23.
One of the owners of these fishing
lodges, The West Coast Fishing Club, has
been critical of BC’s decision. Brian Legge
thinks his business should have been
exempt for several reasons. In an interview
with CBC, he states that “we have 36 staff
who were doing well, functioning well
and are now unemployed.” Legge also said
that his business had employed all the
necessary safety precautions, that the club
is isolated, and airlift could be utilized to
take those who could be sick directly to the
mainland.
Donald Edgars, Chief Councillor
of the Old Massett Village Council,
commented that he thought that the
decision to reopen the fishing lodges
was “disrespectful.” On the current
closing, he stated that the “leaders of
Haida Gwaii have done all that we can to
keep COVID-19 from coming to our
communities. Our EOC and health
teams have been preparing for this
day,” he said. “I’m glad to hear BC has
aligned with Haida Gwaii’s measures,
and we are all working together on this
pandemic response. Keeping our Elders
and communities safe is our top priority
during these difficult times.”
Edited Text
news // no. 4
Canada Student Service Grant
» Deadline to apply is August 21
Atiba Nelson
Staff Reporter
OVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the
employment prospects of many
Canadians. One group that has been
hit hard by employer’s inability to hire
is students, as the pandemic cancelled
internships and plummeted summer jobs.
Many students typically use the
income earned during the summer months
to fund their education or living expenses,
so the loss of summer income places
some students in a precarious position.
To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on students, the Government
of Canada created the Canada Emergency
Student Benefit (CESB) to provide financial
support to post-secondary students and
recent high school and post-secondary
graduates. Late in June the government
announced another program to support
Canadian students: the Canada Student
Service Grant (CSSG). The CSSG provides
a monetary grant of $1,000 to $5,000 for
hours spent volunteering.
Haida Gwali 1s closed
“Canadian students are looking for
ways to make a real difference in their
communities,” said Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau in a statement announcing the
grant. “With these new investments, we are
giving them the support and connections
they need to have a positive impact during
COVID-19 and gain the skills needed for
future success.”
The newly instituted program has
been recently mixed in a scandal including
the government awarding a sole-source
contract to the WE charity to administer
the program. The charity withdrew from
their appointed administrator role days
later. The grant has not been officially
cancelled.
According to the grant website, an
individual is eligible if they are a Canadian
citizen, permanent resident, First Nation,
Métis, Inuit, or have Refugee status, and
are younger than 30 as of December 31,
2020. They also must be enrolled in and
attending post-secondary education
during the spring/summer or fall of 2020
or have graduated from a post-secondary
» BC government bans non-essential travel
Lauren Gargiulo
News Editor
WwW 20 COVID-19 cases, 13 of them
active, the BC provincial government
has banned travel to Haida Gwaii. Ina
statement released on July 30, the Council
of the Haida Nation says it is “pleased that
BC has aligned with our efforts to protect
Haida citizens and citizens of Haida Gwaii
by issuing an order to restrict non-essential
travel to the islands.”
_ - = — ‘a ‘Saleen :
LL ee me. a"
“AbCFerries
i eee
Haida Gwaii has been closed
under Haida Gwaii law since March 23.
Ina statement released on March 24,
it was stated that “travel to and from
communities on Haida Gwaii will be
limited to essential services only.’
With a population of around 5,000
people, the island has been reported to
have 12 hospital beds. As of July 30, there
are 20 cases of COVID-19 on Haida Gwaii,
13 of them considered to be active. In BC,
there are 29 new cases since July 29, with
a total of 242 active cases. The British
institution no earlier
than December 2019.
The eligible individual
would have to
accumulate volunteer
hours, to a maximum
of 500 hours, between
June 25 and October
31 of this year to
receive the grant. The
grant pays $1,000 per
100 volunteer hours
and is capped at
$5,000 or 500 hours.
“People are more
aware and want to
get involved, because
they see what’s going
on around them,”
said potential Canada
Student Service
Grant recipient Zoé
Hould-Massicotte.
“Situations like
COVID-19 make us think about our place
in society and who we are as individuals.
Columbia Weekly COVID-19 Surveillance
Report for July 24 to 30 says that
“detections in BC have recently increased,
but the risk remains low overall.”
In a statement on their website,
Northern Health said that every case is a
“epidemiologically linked” case, which the
BC Centre for Disease Control defines as
“people who were never tested but were
presumed to have COVID-19 because
they developed symptoms and were close
contacts of a laboratory confirmed case.”
Chief Councillor of the Skidegate
«
|
ie
Photo by Karen Neoh
theotherpress.ca
We're realizing how important it is for us
to get involved and how we can make a
tangible difference in people's lives.”
Band Council, William Yovanovich called
the closing of Haida Gwaii a “reset button,”
stating, “it will help our local efforts in
controlling the outbreak of COVID-19.”
While the Provincial Government's order
is recent, requests for non-residents to stay
off the island due to COVID-19 outbreak
concerns have previously been publicly
voiced by Haida Gwaii residents. A change.
org petition created in July called for the
end of “the blatant disrespect of the Haida
Law.” Earlier this month, two fishing lodges
reopened despite the state of emergency
declared by Haida Gwaii law on March 23.
One of the owners of these fishing
lodges, The West Coast Fishing Club, has
been critical of BC’s decision. Brian Legge
thinks his business should have been
exempt for several reasons. In an interview
with CBC, he states that “we have 36 staff
who were doing well, functioning well
and are now unemployed.” Legge also said
that his business had employed all the
necessary safety precautions, that the club
is isolated, and airlift could be utilized to
take those who could be sick directly to the
mainland.
Donald Edgars, Chief Councillor
of the Old Massett Village Council,
commented that he thought that the
decision to reopen the fishing lodges
was “disrespectful.” On the current
closing, he stated that the “leaders of
Haida Gwaii have done all that we can to
keep COVID-19 from coming to our
communities. Our EOC and health
teams have been preparing for this
day,” he said. “I’m glad to hear BC has
aligned with Haida Gwaii’s measures,
and we are all working together on this
pandemic response. Keeping our Elders
and communities safe is our top priority
during these difficult times.”
Canada Student Service Grant
» Deadline to apply is August 21
Atiba Nelson
Staff Reporter
OVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the
employment prospects of many
Canadians. One group that has been
hit hard by employer’s inability to hire
is students, as the pandemic cancelled
internships and plummeted summer jobs.
Many students typically use the
income earned during the summer months
to fund their education or living expenses,
so the loss of summer income places
some students in a precarious position.
To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on students, the Government
of Canada created the Canada Emergency
Student Benefit (CESB) to provide financial
support to post-secondary students and
recent high school and post-secondary
graduates. Late in June the government
announced another program to support
Canadian students: the Canada Student
Service Grant (CSSG). The CSSG provides
a monetary grant of $1,000 to $5,000 for
hours spent volunteering.
Haida Gwali 1s closed
“Canadian students are looking for
ways to make a real difference in their
communities,” said Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau in a statement announcing the
grant. “With these new investments, we are
giving them the support and connections
they need to have a positive impact during
COVID-19 and gain the skills needed for
future success.”
The newly instituted program has
been recently mixed in a scandal including
the government awarding a sole-source
contract to the WE charity to administer
the program. The charity withdrew from
their appointed administrator role days
later. The grant has not been officially
cancelled.
According to the grant website, an
individual is eligible if they are a Canadian
citizen, permanent resident, First Nation,
Métis, Inuit, or have Refugee status, and
are younger than 30 as of December 31,
2020. They also must be enrolled in and
attending post-secondary education
during the spring/summer or fall of 2020
or have graduated from a post-secondary
» BC government bans non-essential travel
Lauren Gargiulo
News Editor
WwW 20 COVID-19 cases, 13 of them
active, the BC provincial government
has banned travel to Haida Gwaii. Ina
statement released on July 30, the Council
of the Haida Nation says it is “pleased that
BC has aligned with our efforts to protect
Haida citizens and citizens of Haida Gwaii
by issuing an order to restrict non-essential
travel to the islands.”
_ - = — ‘a ‘Saleen :
LL ee me. a"
“AbCFerries
i eee
Haida Gwaii has been closed
under Haida Gwaii law since March 23.
Ina statement released on March 24,
it was stated that “travel to and from
communities on Haida Gwaii will be
limited to essential services only.’
With a population of around 5,000
people, the island has been reported to
have 12 hospital beds. As of July 30, there
are 20 cases of COVID-19 on Haida Gwaii,
13 of them considered to be active. In BC,
there are 29 new cases since July 29, with
a total of 242 active cases. The British
institution no earlier
than December 2019.
The eligible individual
would have to
accumulate volunteer
hours, to a maximum
of 500 hours, between
June 25 and October
31 of this year to
receive the grant. The
grant pays $1,000 per
100 volunteer hours
and is capped at
$5,000 or 500 hours.
“People are more
aware and want to
get involved, because
they see what’s going
on around them,”
said potential Canada
Student Service
Grant recipient Zoé
Hould-Massicotte.
“Situations like
COVID-19 make us think about our place
in society and who we are as individuals.
Columbia Weekly COVID-19 Surveillance
Report for July 24 to 30 says that
“detections in BC have recently increased,
but the risk remains low overall.”
In a statement on their website,
Northern Health said that every case is a
“epidemiologically linked” case, which the
BC Centre for Disease Control defines as
“people who were never tested but were
presumed to have COVID-19 because
they developed symptoms and were close
contacts of a laboratory confirmed case.”
Chief Councillor of the Skidegate
«
|
ie
Photo by Karen Neoh
theotherpress.ca
We're realizing how important it is for us
to get involved and how we can make a
tangible difference in people's lives.”
Band Council, William Yovanovich called
the closing of Haida Gwaii a “reset button,”
stating, “it will help our local efforts in
controlling the outbreak of COVID-19.”
While the Provincial Government's order
is recent, requests for non-residents to stay
off the island due to COVID-19 outbreak
concerns have previously been publicly
voiced by Haida Gwaii residents. A change.
org petition created in July called for the
end of “the blatant disrespect of the Haida
Law.” Earlier this month, two fishing lodges
reopened despite the state of emergency
declared by Haida Gwaii law on March 23.
One of the owners of these fishing
lodges, The West Coast Fishing Club, has
been critical of BC’s decision. Brian Legge
thinks his business should have been
exempt for several reasons. In an interview
with CBC, he states that “we have 36 staff
who were doing well, functioning well
and are now unemployed.” Legge also said
that his business had employed all the
necessary safety precautions, that the club
is isolated, and airlift could be utilized to
take those who could be sick directly to the
mainland.
Donald Edgars, Chief Councillor
of the Old Massett Village Council,
commented that he thought that the
decision to reopen the fishing lodges
was “disrespectful.” On the current
closing, he stated that the “leaders of
Haida Gwaii have done all that we can to
keep COVID-19 from coming to our
communities. Our EOC and health
teams have been preparing for this
day,” he said. “I’m glad to hear BC has
aligned with Haida Gwaii’s measures,
and we are all working together on this
pandemic response. Keeping our Elders
and communities safe is our top priority
during these difficult times.”
Canada Student Service Grant
» Deadline to apply is August 21
Atiba Nelson
Staff Reporter
OVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the
employment prospects of many
Canadians. One group that has been
hit hard by employer’s inability to hire
is students, as the pandemic cancelled
internships and plummeted summer jobs.
Many students typically use the
income earned during the summer months
to fund their education or living expenses,
so the loss of summer income places
some students in a precarious position.
To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on students, the Government
of Canada created the Canada Emergency
Student Benefit (CESB) to provide financial
support to post-secondary students and
recent high school and post-secondary
graduates. Late in June the government
announced another program to support
Canadian students: the Canada Student
Service Grant (CSSG). The CSSG provides
a monetary grant of $1,000 to $5,000 for
hours spent volunteering.
Haida Gwali 1s closed
“Canadian students are looking for
ways to make a real difference in their
communities,” said Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau in a statement announcing the
grant. “With these new investments, we are
giving them the support and connections
they need to have a positive impact during
COVID-19 and gain the skills needed for
future success.”
The newly instituted program has
been recently mixed in a scandal including
the government awarding a sole-source
contract to the WE charity to administer
the program. The charity withdrew from
their appointed administrator role days
later. The grant has not been officially
cancelled.
According to the grant website, an
individual is eligible if they are a Canadian
citizen, permanent resident, First Nation,
Métis, Inuit, or have Refugee status, and
are younger than 30 as of December 31,
2020. They also must be enrolled in and
attending post-secondary education
during the spring/summer or fall of 2020
or have graduated from a post-secondary
» BC government bans non-essential travel
Lauren Gargiulo
News Editor
WwW 20 COVID-19 cases, 13 of them
active, the BC provincial government
has banned travel to Haida Gwaii. Ina
statement released on July 30, the Council
of the Haida Nation says it is “pleased that
BC has aligned with our efforts to protect
Haida citizens and citizens of Haida Gwaii
by issuing an order to restrict non-essential
travel to the islands.”
_ - = — ‘a ‘Saleen :
LL ee me. a"
“AbCFerries
i eee
Haida Gwaii has been closed
under Haida Gwaii law since March 23.
Ina statement released on March 24,
it was stated that “travel to and from
communities on Haida Gwaii will be
limited to essential services only.’
With a population of around 5,000
people, the island has been reported to
have 12 hospital beds. As of July 30, there
are 20 cases of COVID-19 on Haida Gwaii,
13 of them considered to be active. In BC,
there are 29 new cases since July 29, with
a total of 242 active cases. The British
institution no earlier
than December 2019.
The eligible individual
would have to
accumulate volunteer
hours, to a maximum
of 500 hours, between
June 25 and October
31 of this year to
receive the grant. The
grant pays $1,000 per
100 volunteer hours
and is capped at
$5,000 or 500 hours.
“People are more
aware and want to
get involved, because
they see what’s going
on around them,”
said potential Canada
Student Service
Grant recipient Zoé
Hould-Massicotte.
“Situations like
COVID-19 make us think about our place
in society and who we are as individuals.
Columbia Weekly COVID-19 Surveillance
Report for July 24 to 30 says that
“detections in BC have recently increased,
but the risk remains low overall.”
In a statement on their website,
Northern Health said that every case is a
“epidemiologically linked” case, which the
BC Centre for Disease Control defines as
“people who were never tested but were
presumed to have COVID-19 because
they developed symptoms and were close
contacts of a laboratory confirmed case.”
Chief Councillor of the Skidegate
«
|
ie
Photo by Karen Neoh
theotherpress.ca
We're realizing how important it is for us
to get involved and how we can make a
tangible difference in people's lives.”
Band Council, William Yovanovich called
the closing of Haida Gwaii a “reset button,”
stating, “it will help our local efforts in
controlling the outbreak of COVID-19.”
While the Provincial Government's order
is recent, requests for non-residents to stay
off the island due to COVID-19 outbreak
concerns have previously been publicly
voiced by Haida Gwaii residents. A change.
org petition created in July called for the
end of “the blatant disrespect of the Haida
Law.” Earlier this month, two fishing lodges
reopened despite the state of emergency
declared by Haida Gwaii law on March 23.
One of the owners of these fishing
lodges, The West Coast Fishing Club, has
been critical of BC’s decision. Brian Legge
thinks his business should have been
exempt for several reasons. In an interview
with CBC, he states that “we have 36 staff
who were doing well, functioning well
and are now unemployed.” Legge also said
that his business had employed all the
necessary safety precautions, that the club
is isolated, and airlift could be utilized to
take those who could be sick directly to the
mainland.
Donald Edgars, Chief Councillor
of the Old Massett Village Council,
commented that he thought that the
decision to reopen the fishing lodges
was “disrespectful.” On the current
closing, he stated that the “leaders of
Haida Gwaii have done all that we can to
keep COVID-19 from coming to our
communities. Our EOC and health
teams have been preparing for this
day,” he said. “I’m glad to hear BC has
aligned with Haida Gwaii’s measures,
and we are all working together on this
pandemic response. Keeping our Elders
and communities safe is our top priority
during these difficult times.”
Canada Student Service Grant
» Deadline to apply is August 21
Atiba Nelson
Staff Reporter
OVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the
employment prospects of many
Canadians. One group that has been
hit hard by employer’s inability to hire
is students, as the pandemic cancelled
internships and plummeted summer jobs.
Many students typically use the
income earned during the summer months
to fund their education or living expenses,
so the loss of summer income places
some students in a precarious position.
To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on students, the Government
of Canada created the Canada Emergency
Student Benefit (CESB) to provide financial
support to post-secondary students and
recent high school and post-secondary
graduates. Late in June the government
announced another program to support
Canadian students: the Canada Student
Service Grant (CSSG). The CSSG provides
a monetary grant of $1,000 to $5,000 for
hours spent volunteering.
Haida Gwali 1s closed
“Canadian students are looking for
ways to make a real difference in their
communities,” said Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau in a statement announcing the
grant. “With these new investments, we are
giving them the support and connections
they need to have a positive impact during
COVID-19 and gain the skills needed for
future success.”
The newly instituted program has
been recently mixed in a scandal including
the government awarding a sole-source
contract to the WE charity to administer
the program. The charity withdrew from
their appointed administrator role days
later. The grant has not been officially
cancelled.
According to the grant website, an
individual is eligible if they are a Canadian
citizen, permanent resident, First Nation,
Métis, Inuit, or have Refugee status, and
are younger than 30 as of December 31,
2020. They also must be enrolled in and
attending post-secondary education
during the spring/summer or fall of 2020
or have graduated from a post-secondary
» BC government bans non-essential travel
Lauren Gargiulo
News Editor
WwW 20 COVID-19 cases, 13 of them
active, the BC provincial government
has banned travel to Haida Gwaii. Ina
statement released on July 30, the Council
of the Haida Nation says it is “pleased that
BC has aligned with our efforts to protect
Haida citizens and citizens of Haida Gwaii
by issuing an order to restrict non-essential
travel to the islands.”
_ - = — ‘a ‘Saleen :
LL ee me. a"
“AbCFerries
i eee
Haida Gwaii has been closed
under Haida Gwaii law since March 23.
Ina statement released on March 24,
it was stated that “travel to and from
communities on Haida Gwaii will be
limited to essential services only.’
With a population of around 5,000
people, the island has been reported to
have 12 hospital beds. As of July 30, there
are 20 cases of COVID-19 on Haida Gwaii,
13 of them considered to be active. In BC,
there are 29 new cases since July 29, with
a total of 242 active cases. The British
institution no earlier
than December 2019.
The eligible individual
would have to
accumulate volunteer
hours, to a maximum
of 500 hours, between
June 25 and October
31 of this year to
receive the grant. The
grant pays $1,000 per
100 volunteer hours
and is capped at
$5,000 or 500 hours.
“People are more
aware and want to
get involved, because
they see what’s going
on around them,”
said potential Canada
Student Service
Grant recipient Zoé
Hould-Massicotte.
“Situations like
COVID-19 make us think about our place
in society and who we are as individuals.
Columbia Weekly COVID-19 Surveillance
Report for July 24 to 30 says that
“detections in BC have recently increased,
but the risk remains low overall.”
In a statement on their website,
Northern Health said that every case is a
“epidemiologically linked” case, which the
BC Centre for Disease Control defines as
“people who were never tested but were
presumed to have COVID-19 because
they developed symptoms and were close
contacts of a laboratory confirmed case.”
Chief Councillor of the Skidegate
«
|
ie
Photo by Karen Neoh
theotherpress.ca
We're realizing how important it is for us
to get involved and how we can make a
tangible difference in people's lives.”
Band Council, William Yovanovich called
the closing of Haida Gwaii a “reset button,”
stating, “it will help our local efforts in
controlling the outbreak of COVID-19.”
While the Provincial Government's order
is recent, requests for non-residents to stay
off the island due to COVID-19 outbreak
concerns have previously been publicly
voiced by Haida Gwaii residents. A change.
org petition created in July called for the
end of “the blatant disrespect of the Haida
Law.” Earlier this month, two fishing lodges
reopened despite the state of emergency
declared by Haida Gwaii law on March 23.
One of the owners of these fishing
lodges, The West Coast Fishing Club, has
been critical of BC’s decision. Brian Legge
thinks his business should have been
exempt for several reasons. In an interview
with CBC, he states that “we have 36 staff
who were doing well, functioning well
and are now unemployed.” Legge also said
that his business had employed all the
necessary safety precautions, that the club
is isolated, and airlift could be utilized to
take those who could be sick directly to the
mainland.
Donald Edgars, Chief Councillor
of the Old Massett Village Council,
commented that he thought that the
decision to reopen the fishing lodges
was “disrespectful.” On the current
closing, he stated that the “leaders of
Haida Gwaii have done all that we can to
keep COVID-19 from coming to our
communities. Our EOC and health
teams have been preparing for this
day,” he said. “I’m glad to hear BC has
aligned with Haida Gwaii’s measures,
and we are all working together on this
pandemic response. Keeping our Elders
and communities safe is our top priority
during these difficult times.”