‘It’s very healing’: Pulling off a pow-wow in pandemic-stricken Quebec – APTN News

Social distance pow-wows have taken place over the internet ever since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the country, forcing many to change their plans.

But organizers in Quebec were dead set on making one happen in real life – and pulled it off over the weekend, despite government warnings and last minute cancellations.

“My belief for a pow-wow – it’s very healing. There’s good medicine,” explained Alan Harrington, organizer of the “Eagle and Condor Pow-wow,” held this year in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, 100 kilometres east of Montreal.

Just before the weekend, Quebec Public Health officials announced a doubling down on social-distancing related penalties. The number of daily COVID-19 cases rose to numbers not seen since May.

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