Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ont. wants military to help evacuate residents over lack of clean water | Unpublished
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Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ont. wants military to help evacuate residents over lack of clean water

January 8, 2026

Frustrations are mounting in a remote First Nation in northern Ontario amid plans to evacuate residents due to a lack of clean water. Now, Kashechewan is asking Ottawa for military help to get people out of the community, which had been relying on bottled water and snowmelt after the treatment plant failed.



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