Cat Lake First Nation Housing Crisis
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Cat Lake First Nation woman, 48, dies amid housing and health crisisIndigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan contacted community leaders on Tuesday night to express his condolences following Oombash's death.CanadaFeb 20, 2019
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‘When is help coming?’: Cat Lake First Nation considers evacuation 1 month after declaring crisisOfficials from the northwestern Ontario Indigenous community spoke out Friday, decrying a lack of action from the federal and provincial government.CanadaFeb 15, 2019
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Cat Lake First Nation crisis spotlights health-care struggles of remote communitiesThe First Nation of about 700 people declared a state of emergency last month citing “profoundly poor conditions of housing.”CanadaFeb 12, 2019
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‘We’re not bluffing’: Ontario First Nation urges Trudeau, O’Regan to witness housing crisisImages coming out of the First Nation show young children covered in red rashes, which community leaders say are caused by black mould building up in many of their homes.CanadaFeb 7, 2019
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