Kashechewan First Nation declares state of emergency, begins annual precautionary evacuation

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 14, 2025 12:14 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Kashechewan First Nation has declared a authorities of exigency arsenic the menace of outpouring flooding looms implicit the assemblage connected bluish Ontario's James Bay Coast. 

In a nationalist announcement shared with assemblage members connected societal media, Kashechewan First Nation Chief Hosea Wesley said evacuations of children, elders and susceptible residents would statesman Monday. 

He confirmed that with CBC News and added that the crystal connected the stream has not yet breached up yet. 

"Arrangements are presently underway to enactment our susceptible populations," the announcement read. "Evacuation flights are being prepared, and we tin corroborate that Timmins will beryllium hosting 250 evacuees."

Kashechewan faces flooding astir each outpouring owed to crystal breakup connected the Albany River and schedules a precautionary evacuation, which sees hundreds housed successful edifice rooms successful cities and towns to the south.

The national authorities has promised to determination the full assemblage of 2,000 radical to a caller determination by 2029.