By Eve Cable, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 25/07/2024 While provincial government representatives were this month gloating about the addition of 351 new paramedic technicians to the province’s health services, Kanehsata’kehró:non Robert Bonspiel has been once again let down by the lack of attention given to Indigenous communities. Despite the influx of emergency personnel elsewhere in the province, Indigenous communities are still largely left to fend for themselves – and no matter how frequently Bonspiel brings their problems to light, the provincial government seems content to ignore the real-world impacts of underfunding services. “It’s prevalent, there’s an issue here, and it’s not taken care of,” said Bonspiel, president of First Nations Paramedics. Bonspiel said he was hopeful when the Viens Commission published 142 calls to action in its final report in…
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