APTN News Brief / March 4, 2021 / A Mi’kmaq leader is unhappy with the details of a new Department of Fisheries and Oceans plan for moderate livelihood fisheries. Prime Minister Trudeau announces the arrival of 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and an extension of wage and rent subsidies. The city of Whitehorse is among the country’s top sites in per capita vaccination rates. Manitoba’s largest First Nation now has draft legislation for jurisdiction over its children in care.

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