James Bay

• Hydro-Québec workers, vulnerable Cree community members evacuated due to wildfires

  Hydro-Québec says the public utility evacuated about 100 workers from the La Grande-3 dam in the James Bay region over concerns that roads or airports could get cut off.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2023
  
• 1 person dead after two vehicle collision in Township of Calder

  Officers from the James Bay OPP detachment responded to the two-vehicle collision on Highway 11, near Highway 668, on Friday around 3:30 p.m.

  Traffic

  Jul 15, 2023
  
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• Hundreds evacuate as floods hit northern Ontario First Nation

  Annual flooding is forcing hundreds of people from the Kashechewan First Nation to be evacuated from the James Bay community in northern Ontario.

  Environment

  Apr 27, 2023
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• Caution urged as mining companies eye critical minerals below Quebec boreal forest

  Currently, there are nearly 400 mining exploration projects in the boreal forest of the Eeyou Istchee, the traditional lands of the James Bay Cree.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2023
• Third Victoria-area medical clinic announces closure in as many weeks

  There are already an estimated 100,000 people without access to primary care in the capital region.

  Health

  Jan 28, 2022
• Arsonists target residential parking lots in Victoria neighbourhood

  Victoria police are searching for witnesses and video footage after arsonists targeted residential building parking areas this week.

  Crime

  Oct 20, 2021
• ‘Spreading like wildfire’: Kashechewan First Nation sees COVID-19 surge in children, teens

  The situation has led to a complete lockdown of the community, which is in a 'deepening state of emergency.'

  Health

  Jun 15, 2021
• Vaccination campaign gets underway in nine Cree communities in northern Quebec

  Remote Cree communities are vulnerable to COVID-19 outbreaks due to overcrowded housing conditions and a limited number of local health-care workers, according to health officials.

  Health

  Jan 17, 2021
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• Quebec and Cree Nation reach long-term economic development agreement

  The Quebec government and the Cree Nation have come together in a sweeping deal to economically boost the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2020
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• Police probe report of suspicious vehicle in Kapuskasing, Ont., amid manhunt for B.C. murder suspects

  According to OPP, on Wednesday at around 10:30 a.m., a suspicious white vehicle was seen driving through a construction site in the northern Ontario town of Kapuskasing.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2019