By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer \u201cIt makes me feel really angry,\u201d Neskantaga First Nation Chief Gary Quisess told The Pointer after his residents were forced to evacuate for a second time in less than a month due to \u201cfailures in essential social infrastructure\u201d\u2014first after wildfires disrupted the vital supply chain that provides critical resources, and then once again after sewage flooded the remote community\u2019s only nursing station. On July 29, as Quisess watched two flights carrying Neskantaga community members take off from Toronto Pearson International Airport, he sighed, finally allowing himself a moment to absorb the gravity of what his community had endured. Ten days earlier, he had to make the difficult decision to evacuate the most vulnerable members after raging forest fires miles away disrupted… <\/p>\n
By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer \u201cIt makes me feel really angry,\u201d Neskantaga First Nation Chief Gary Quisess told The Pointer after his residents were forced to evacuate for a second time in less than a month due to \u201cfailures in essential social infrastructure\u201d\u2014first after wildfires disrupted the vital supply chain that provides critical resources, and then once again after sewage flooded the remote community\u2019s only nursing station. On July 29, as Quisess watched two flights carrying Neskantaga community members take off from Toronto Pearson International Airport, he sighed, finally allowing himself a moment to absorb the gravity of what his community had endured. Ten days earlier, he had to make the difficult decision to evacuate the most vulnerable members after raging forest fires miles away disrupted... <\/p>\n