By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com NESKANTAGA \u2014 There\u2019s no end in sight to Neskantaga First Nation\u2019s latest evacuation, Chief Gary Quisess said Thursday. Neskantaga\u2019s chief and council declared a state of emergency on Aug. 4 after sewage backup contaminated the fly-in community\u2019s nursing station. Additionally, a Neskantaga child and family services official reported four days later on social media that a sewer line was broken in remediation work. Community members were evacuated to Toronto, where a release from Neskantaga First Nation said \u201cthey will remain \u2026 until there is full remediation of the health care infrastructure.\u201d Quisess told Newswatch it\u2019s unclear when members can return as \u201cwe haven\u2019t received any results from the soil testing yet.\u201d The return date will depend largely on soil testing results, he… <\/p>\n
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com NESKANTAGA \u2014 There\u2019s no end in sight to Neskantaga First Nation\u2019s latest evacuation, Chief Gary Quisess said Thursday. Neskantaga\u2019s chief and council declared a state of emergency on Aug. 4 after sewage backup contaminated the fly-in community\u2019s nursing station. Additionally, a Neskantaga child and family services official reported four days later on social media that a sewer line was broken in remediation work. Community members were evacuated to Toronto, where a release from Neskantaga First Nation said \u201cthey will remain \u2026 until there is full remediation of the health care infrastructure.\u201d Quisess told Newswatch it\u2019s unclear when members can return as \u201cwe haven\u2019t received any results from the soil testing yet.\u201d The return date will depend largely on soil testing results, he... <\/p>\n