New medical mask company will prioritize Indigenous orders – Globalnews.ca
July 15, 2020
After feeling the impact of a personal protective equipment shortage amid the coronavirus health crisis, a Saskatchewan First Nation and the Alberta-based pipe company it owns are quite literally shifting gears and getting into the medical mask-making business.
“There was a huge shortage for the community,” said Moosomin First Nation Chief Bradley Swiftwolfe. “We had looked for some orders and we just couldn’t receive anything for months on end.”
In early spring, as the novel coronavirus began to rapidly spread through the Indigenous communities that make up the northern part of the province, Moosomin decided to do something about it.
The idea for MediMask Canada was born.
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