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. 
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. 