By Marissa Lentz-McGrath, Local Journalism Initiative, TimminsToday.com FORT ALBANY – As the Albany River continues to rise rapidly, residents of Fort Albany First Nation are preparing for the worst while hoping for the best. Martin Nakochee, a Fort Albany resident, Weeneebayko Area Health Authority employee, and First Nation councillor, lives along Riverside Road — about 50 to 60 feet from the riverbank. He said the water is rising at an alarming pace. “My wife was supposed to be going across — she works for Air Creebec — and not even five minutes later when I drove back, by the time we got to the bank there, it was already underwater,” Nakochee told TimminsToday. In case the river overflows, Nakochee has been taking precautions. He’s moved belongings from the basement, loaded…
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