GIMLI, Man. – The hotel in Gimli, Man., that has been at the centre of a dispute with the agency that used to handle aboriginal flood evacuees has evicted the agency’s staff from the building.
Misty Lake Lodge announced Thursday they’d changed the locks on eight rooms and cleared out personal property belonging to flood co-ordinators hired by the Manitoba Association of Native Fire Fighters.
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Lodge owner Mike Bruneau says the decision was made after months of complaints to MANFF superiors and Aboriginal Affairs regional staff and after a loud party was held Wednesday night.
MANFF executive director Daren Mini did not respond to a request for comment Thursday afternoon.
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Earlier this week, Bruneau said his lodge is being forced to close and about 60 flood evacuees from the Lake St. Martin and Little Saskatchewan First Nations will be evicted over unpaid bills.
Bruneau said he is owed $3 million and neither MANFF nor the federal government has come up with the money he says he’s owed for housing the evacuees since the 2011 spring flood.
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