Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) is a proud Swampy Cree community located approximately 626 kilometres North of Winnipeg, near The Pas, MB.
Unfortunately, the community was recently in the news for a tragic reason: reporting their first death linked to COVID-19.
That, however, is not what people are talking about across the country, because a CTV News Anchor horribly mispronounced the name of the community while reporting on it. Here it goes...
People are still confused as to what even:
Hearing a CTV Winnipeg news anchor horribly mispronounce "Opaskweyak" by saying "Opasswecrack".
@AlMclauchlan123 @ctvwinnipeg @Onekanew 😄
And it seems like everyone heard something different:
Someone even redesigned the OCN logo for the occasion:
And the Chief of OCN had this to say:
Damn CTV
Some Manitobans have called for an apology, with one saying the reporter's slip-up was "gross" and "amateur".
Another person pointed out that the CTV News reporter, Rachel Lagacé, isn't exactly inexperienced:
