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Aug 14, 2026
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‘Contractor’s error’ caused sewage backup at health centre: chief
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Article Excerpt
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com NESKANTAGA — There’s no end in sight to Neskantaga First Nation’s latest evacuation, Chief Gary Quisess said Thursday. Neskantaga’s chief and council declared a state of emergency on Aug. 4 after sewage backup contaminated the fly-in community’s nursing station. Additionally, a Neskantaga child and family services official reported four days later on social media that a sewer line was broken in remediation work. Community members were evacuated to Toronto, where a release from Neskantaga First Nation said “they will remain…
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