‘Not safe to live in’: Chiefs call for quicker evacuation of Kashechewan First Nation
Global News
The remote Ontario community remains under a state of emergency after its water treatment plant failed last week. Evacuations are underway.
First Nation chiefs from northern Ontario are calling on the federal and provincial governments to hasten the evacuation of Kashechewan First Nation, as the community remains under a state of emergency and has no clean water.
The remote, fly-in Cree community’s water treatment plant and sewage system failed last week and a “do not consume” water advisory was put into place.
The state of emergency was declared Jan. 4 and leadership called on the Canadian military for a full-scale evacuation.
The only way to bring water into the community was by plane, Kashechewan Chief Hosea Wesley told Global News last Friday.
“We don’t have enough water bottles to accommodate these babies, newborn babies to take their baths,” Wesley said.
“We have no control of these old systems in place with these pumps. And we need to address these issues with the federal government.”
Since then, Mushkegowuk Council chiefs say just under 700 people have been evacuated from Kashechewan to nearby communities but estimate 1,600 to 1,700 remain.
Two members of council met with reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday to make what they called an “urgent plea.”
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