{"id":88309,"date":"2025-01-03T10:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=88309"},"modified":"2025-01-08T11:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T16:30:49","slug":"kashechewan-evacuees-make-best-of-a-bad-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/kashechewan-evacuees-make-best-of-a-bad-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashechewan evacuees make best of a bad situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Clint Fleury Local Journalism Initiative THUNDER BAY \u2014 It\u2019s been two weeks since the evacuees from Kashechewan First Nation arrived in the City of Thunder Bay. Community Liaison Victor Stephen told Newswatch that, for the most part, \u201ceverything has been running smoothly\u201d despite nearly 160 community members not being able to be home for the holidays. \u201cWe arrived here during the holidays and everything has been ups and downs,\u201d Stephen said. He noted that some community members are beginning to feel a little cooped up staying in their rooms and wandering the halls of the Superior Inn. \u201cEverything&#8217;s been closed where people can be activated to go to activities and all that kind of stuff,\u201d Stephen said. \u201cSo, now that the holidays are ending, we will be taking advantage&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F01%2F03%2Fkashechewan-evacuees-make-best-of-a-bad-situation%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Clint Fleury Local Journalism Initiative THUNDER BAY \u2014 It\u2019s been two weeks since the evacuees from Kashechewan First Nation arrived in the City of Thunder Bay. Community Liaison Victor Stephen told Newswatch that, for the most part, \u201ceverything has been running smoothly\u201d despite nearly 160 community members not being able to be home for the holidays. \u201cWe arrived here during the holidays and everything has been ups and downs,\u201d Stephen said. He noted that some community members are beginning to feel a little cooped up staying in their rooms and wandering the halls of the Superior Inn. \u201cEverything&#8217;s been closed where people can be activated to go to activities and all that kind of stuff,\u201d Stephen said. \u201cSo, now that the holidays are ending, we will be taking advantage... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F01%2F03%2Fkashechewan-evacuees-make-best-of-a-bad-situation%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":101363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-4","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kashechewan evacuees make best of a bad situation - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/kashechewan-evacuees-make-best-of-a-bad-situation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kashechewan evacuees make best of a bad situation - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Clint Fleury Local Journalism Initiative THUNDER BAY \u2014 It\u2019s been two weeks since the evacuees from Kashechewan First Nation arrived in the City of Thunder Bay. 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