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Publication Date: January 16, 2026 - 11:58
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'I don't trust that water plant': Hundreds evacuated so far from First Nation in northern Ontario
January 16, 2026
Life is quieter in Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario. Some children can still be seen playing hockey on a snow-packed road, but that would have been more common three weeks earlier had the community's water-treatment plant not failed. Amid a state of emergency, about half of the 2,300 residents have already been evacuated to cities including Timmins, Kingston and Niagara Falls.
Tumbler Ridge began as a coal mining community in northeastern British Columbia in 1981 and grew steadily until the 1990s, when coal prices declined.
February 11, 2026 - 11:59 | Uday Rana | Global News - Canada
Ottawa-area MPs are publicly toeing the party line, after Bruce Fanjoy broke ranks this week on the government’s return-to-office mandate for public servants. Read More
February 11, 2026 - 11:50 | Ben Andrews | Ottawa Citizen
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called on Canadians to unite in support of the families and community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C. after the mass shooting that left 10 people dead, including the shooter. Interim NDP leader Don Davies, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and B.C. Liberal MP Zoe Royer offered condolences at a news conference in Ottawa marking National Kindness Week.
February 11, 2026 - 11:32 | | The Globe and Mail


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