Portage La Prairie, MB — Unsure of when their homes will be fixed following July’s tornado, dozens of Long Plain First Nations residents are anxious to just go home.
On July 20, a devastating tornado ripped through Long Plain First Nation, taking with it the roofs of many homes and leaving in its path at least 500 people displaced.
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While many have been able to return home since, there are still nearly 100 people calling couches, hotel rooms, and friends places home until they can return to their own familiar spaces and their community.
Frieda Meeches’ home was destroyed in the tornado. A home she had just returned to a month and a half before the tornado hit.
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She said she was hoping to come back home, renovate, and find her place back in her community. But, the tornado destroyed any hope of that for now.
Meeches, along with other friends living in hotel rooms at the CanadaInns in Portage La Praire said when they’ll be able to return home is anybody’s guess. They said they aren’t getting a straight answer from their chief and just want to know when they can return.
A benefit concert is set to take place Wednesday at 7pm at the Pyramid in Winnipeg, hoping to raise funds for the Long Plain First Nation relief efforts in an effort to get everyone back home sooner.
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