With more rain expected this week, the flood fight in Peguis First Nation is taking on renewed urgency today, with crews working rapidly to build up dikes and sandbagging around homes. Crews were busy sandbagging in Peguis First Nation to help keep homes protected as more rain is expected in the coming days. (Jaison Empson/CBC)With more…
Hundreds of evacuees from Peguis First Nation have arrived in Winnipeg after fleeing their flooded community.Homes and other buildings are underwater on the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba. Flooding has forced more than 1,000 people living in Peguis to leave their homes after local officials issued a mandatory evacuation order on Sunday. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)Karen Courchene Parisian…
Flooding has forced hundreds of people living in Peguis First Nation to leave their homes after local officials issued a mandatory evacuation order on Sunday.William Sutherland, the emergency coordinator for Peguis First Nation, is helping to protect homes by pumping water and sandbagging. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)Flooding has forced more than 1,000 people living in Peguis First…
Peguis First Nation, located 190 kilometres north of Winnipeg, claims that it was not consulted about amendments to the province’s Wildlife Act that “adversely affect its treaty right to hunt.”Peguis First Nation, located 190 kilometres north of Winnipeg, claims that it was not consulted about amendments to Manitoba’s Wildlife Act that changed night hunting rules…