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Amid crisis in Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario, a tough choice: melt ice for water or leave others behind

Amid crisis in Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario, a tough choice: melt ice for water or leave others behind

Life is quieter in Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario. Some children can still be seen playing hockey on a snow-packed road, but that would have been more common three weeks earlier had the community’s water-treatment plant not failed. Amid a state of emergency, about half of the 2,300 residents have already been evacuated to cities including Timmins, Kingston and Niagara Falls.

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