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Canadian Armed Forces heading to Manitoba First Nation dealing with water, sewage issues
More than 4,000 residents evacuated after a broken power line caused frozen pipes and sewage backups in over 1,300 homes, prompting military assessment and support.
- The federal government is sending the Canadian Armed Forces to Pimicikamak Cree Nation after requests from the First Nation and Manitoba government, with a specialized team providing assessment and advisory support.
- On Dec. 28, power was cut to the community of about 7,000 people roughly 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg, and officials continue nearly two weeks of damage assessments.
- Plumbing failures left homes flooded and forced mass relocations, as burst pipes and flooded crawl spaces caused sewage backups in homes, displacing at least 4,000 residents to other communities.
- Officials announced federal commitments to help restore homes, schools and essential services as federal, provincial and First Nations leaders toured the community Wednesday and saw the damage.
- The community has faced repeated emergencies, having been evacuated last spring due to wildfires, while local officials continue assessing damage to more than 1,300 homes nearly two weeks after the outage.
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CP Military to aid Manitoba First Nation hit by power outage, frozen pipes
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