US EditionFew Hundred People Remain in Kashechewan as Water Crisis Force Evacuations
Half of Kashechewan's 2,300 residents evacuated due to pump failures and sewage backups at the aging water plant; $8.4 million approved for relocation planning, officials said.
- On Jan. 4, Chief Hosea Wesley declared a state of emergency as about half of Kashechewan First Nation's 2,300 residents evacuated to Timmins, Kingston and Niagara Falls earlier this month.
- An aging water-treatment plant suffered pump failures after sewer debris clogged equipment, and Kashechewan First Nation had no redundancy or spare pumps to prevent shutdown.
- Northern Waterworks technicians repaired the plant and restored service, while sewage backups forced the nursing station evacuation and two pumps were found in a snowbank.
- Indigenous Services Canada approved around $8.4 million on Dec. 4 for relocation planning, while Chief Hosea Wesley and leaders recently urged federal and provincial governments for more support.
- Wesley says the community must be moved to higher ground due to flooding; about 400 people will remain by Sunday, and eight tested positive for infection.
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Few hundred people remain in Kashechewan as water crisis force evacuations
Only a few hundred people remain in a northern Ontario First Nation community after failures of local water supply and sewage systems forced many to evacuate their homes.
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Amid crisis in Kashechewan in northern Ontario, a tough choice: Melt ice for water or leave others behind
Life is quieter in Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario. Some children can still be seen playing hockey on a snow-packed road, but that would have been more common three weeks earlier had the community's water-treatment plant not failed. Amid a state of emergency, about half of the 2,300 residents have already been evacuated to cities including Timmins, Kingston and Niagara Falls.
Nearly half of the residents of Kashechewan First Nation have had to leave their reserve, where drinking water has been inaccessible for several days.
Few hundred people remain in Kashechewan as water crisis force evacuations – 105.9 The Region
Only a few hundred people remain in a northern Ontario First Nation community after failures of local water supply and sewage systems forced many to evacuate their homes. Kashechewan First Nation’s executive director Tyson Wesley says about 400 people will be left in the 2,200-member community by Sunday. Officials at the fly-in community that’s located on the western shore of James Bay declared a state of emergency on Jan. 4 after infrastructure…
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