Monday, March 26, 2012

First Nations evacuated

About 300 residents of two First Nations were evacuated Sunday after their communities declared states of emergency. Ice breakup on a nearby river is causing ice jams and flooding in the First Nations of Kashechewan and Fort Albany on the James Bay coast. A spokesman with Ontario's Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services says the evacuated residents were taken to Kapuskasing and Wawa.