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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS local - VIRUS RESERVES Portrait of Melanie MacKinnon, the Executive Director of U of M's Ongomiizwin Health Services. For story on VIRUS RESERVES First Nations leaders have been hailed for containing outbreaks on reserves, thanks to collaborating across governments and different bodies, and providing culturally relevant public-health advice. The rise in remote outbreaks will test their resources. But the leaders feel a successful pandemic response could help usher in a decades-long attempt at First Nations autonomy over healthcare. Oct 9th, 2020