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As the waters successful the Albany River recede, evacuees from Kashechewan and the neighouring assemblage of Fort Albany are heading backmost home.
Two First Nations are successful dialog with the national predetermination to beryllium relocated to higher, drier ground
CBC News
· Posted: May 12, 2025 2:01 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Hundreds of radical from Kashechewan on Ontario's James Bay seashore volition commencement flying location this week, arsenic the flood waters recede successful the Albany River.
About a period ago, the distant flood-prone Cree assemblage began its yearly precautionary evacuation, sending families with children and elders to enactment successful hotels successful Timmins and different cities to the south.
But the First Nation present says the authorities of exigency has been cancelled and 1,600 radical volition commencement flying backmost to Kashechewan on Wednesday.
The neighbouring assemblage of Fort Albany besides declared a state emergency and flew 200 radical to Cochrane arsenic a precaution.
The First Nation declared the exigency implicit past week and began repatriation flights.
For implicit 20 years, Kashechewan has been successful talks with the national authorities to determination the full assemblage of 2,000 to a safer determination and contempt galore plans and promises, small advancement has been made.
In caller years, Fort Albany, which sits connected the aforesaid reserve lands arsenic Kashechewan, has joined the negotiations.
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