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CAT LAKE FIRST NATION, ONTARIO- A remote northwestern Ontario First Nation has evacuated people with specific medical needs after a fire destroyed its nursing station, the community’s chief said on Tuesday. Chief Russell Wesley of Cat Lake First Nation said people who need treatment for cancer, diabetes and addiction support were among those who left the community on Monday evening. “Those people were removed from the community,” he said. “There’s long-term planning happening now in terms of a long-term solution, our technical teams at the tribal council are working on that … there’s a lot of effort to resolve the situation very quickly.” The chief said the First Nation has established a team to work on restoring health services following the Saturday night fire in the Ojibway community of about… <\/p>\n

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CAT LAKE FIRST NATION, ONTARIO- A remote northwestern Ontario First Nation has evacuated people with specific medical needs after a fire destroyed its nursing station, the community’s chief said on Tuesday. Chief Russell Wesley of Cat Lake First Nation said people who need treatment for cancer, diabetes and addiction support were among those who left the community on Monday evening. “Those people were removed from the community,” he said. “There’s long-term planning happening now in terms of a long-term solution, our technical teams at the tribal council are working on that … there’s a lot of effort to resolve the situation very quickly.” The chief said the First Nation has established a team to work on restoring health services following the Saturday night fire in the Ojibway community of about... <\/p>\n

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