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By David Briggs, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, BayToday.ca Nipissing First Nation (NFN) has sandbags available to residents at two locations. Beaucage residents can pick up sandbags at the end of Margaret Drive. Jocko Point residents can pick them up from the Jocko Point Fire Hall at 1082 Jocko Point Road. \u201cSand and sandbags will be available to other NFN community residents only when required,\u201d NFN staff emphasized in a release. Also, staff remind residents that NFN only provides sandbags to protect houses, driveways, and wellheads, not to stop shoreline erosion or waves. The decision to sandbag is in response to an announcement from last Tuesday. On April 21, the Ministry of Natural Resources issued a flood warning for Lake Nipissing and other areas within the region. See: Sandbag stations operating… <\/p>\n

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By David Briggs, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, BayToday.ca Nipissing First Nation (NFN) has sandbags available to residents at two locations. Beaucage residents can pick up sandbags at the end of Margaret Drive. Jocko Point residents can pick them up from the Jocko Point Fire Hall at 1082 Jocko Point Road. \u201cSand and sandbags will be available to other NFN community residents only when required,\u201d NFN staff emphasized in a release. Also, staff remind residents that NFN only provides sandbags to protect houses, driveways, and wellheads, not to stop shoreline erosion or waves. The decision to sandbag is in response to an announcement from last Tuesday. On April 21, the Ministry of Natural Resources issued a flood warning for Lake Nipissing and other areas within the region. See: Sandbag stations operating... <\/p>\n

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