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I think our people ultimately want to just be home,\u201d Wesley, Kashechewan\u2019s Executive Director, told Turtle Island News. \u201cIt\u2019s not a vacation for us when we\u2019re in Niagara Falls. It\u2019s not a six-month vacation where we\u2019re in a hotel.\u201d A state of emergency was declared by the First Nation on January 3, 2026, when cryptosporidium was found to be infecting the water supply. 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The First Nation has been evacuated at least once in each of the last 18 years, but the latest now means they are being separated from their land for six months. It\u2019s the longest evacuation Tyson Wesley can remember. \u201cIt\u2019s not the situation that we would like to be in. I think our people ultimately want to just be home,\u201d Wesley, Kashechewan\u2019s Executive Director, told Turtle Island News. \u201cIt\u2019s not a vacation for us when we\u2019re in Niagara Falls. It\u2019s not a six-month vacation where we\u2019re in a hotel.\u201d A state of emergency was declared by the First Nation on January 3, 2026, when cryptosporidium was found to be infecting the water supply. 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