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September 17 2009

HarpEr Hard At Work: Body Bags

Maybe HarpEr Hard At Work (HEHAW) will become a regular feature here.

Today's HEHAW installment, quoting The Globe and Mail:

They asked for help and got body bags.

Aboriginal leaders said they were outraged and confused by deliveries of dozens of body bags to remote Manitoba reserves, as native communities demanded federal resources to fight a second wave of the H1N1 outbreak. (Globe and Mail, Wednesday Sept. 16 2009) More >

Related update:

Swine flu hits Ahousat First Nation on Vancouver Island

The expected "second wave" of H1N1 flu has hit on the west coast of Vancouver Island, according to the Canadian Medical Association Journal. (The Tyee, Thursday Sept. 17 2009) More >