Pikangikum First Nation

• Worsening water crisis in Ontario First Nation increasing health issues, fire risk

  Pikangikum First Nation in northern Ontario has declared a second state of emergency in less than a year due to a lack of water. Leaders say it's a dire health and safety concern.

  Health

  Jun 3
  
• Ontario First Nation seeks emergency relief in Federal Court over water crisis

  Pikangikum First Nation submitted a motion asking the court to compel the government to provide the emergency funds to deliver adequate water and sanitation to the community.

  Canada

  May 9, 2025
  
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• One dead after house fire in Ontario First Nation that lacks firefighting services

  One person is dead after a house fire earlier this week in a remote northwestern Ontario First Nation that has seen a lack of firefighting resources in recent years.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2023
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• First batch of first responders graduate from new Ontario First Nation fire program

  Nine people died in a 2016 house fire in Pikangikum and three people died in a house fire in the community in February this year. 

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2023
• Ontario First Nation says bodies of 2 adults, 1 child recovered after house fire

  One person had earlier been confirmed dead in the fire but two others had been unaccounted for.

  Fire

  Feb 27, 2023
• 1 dead, 2 still unaccounted for after house fire in Pikangikum First Nation

  The chief of Pikangikum First Nation issued a statement saying the community is devastated after a home was found engulfed in flames Wednesday evening.

  Fire

  Feb 25, 2023
• Three people unaccounted for after house fire in Pikangikum First Nation: OPP

  OPP say they were called to Pikangikum First Nation more than 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay late Wednesday night.

  Fire

  Feb 24, 2023
• Ontario provincial police expelled from northwestern First Nation

  Chief Dean Owen of Pikangikum First Nation says the police force lost the community's trust due to alleged misconduct involving officers that "occurred over many years."

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2021
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• Forest fire evacuees head back home to Keewaywin and Pikangikum First Nations in Ontario

  Residents of two northwestern Ontario First Nations forced from their homes by forest fires will soon start heading back now that the blazes are dying down, provincial officials and community members said Friday.

  Environment

  Jul 19, 2019
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• Northern Ontario fire evacuees beginning to return home

  A handful of Pikangikum First Nation evacuees will be returning home from Regina, but there is still no general repatriation order for the entire community.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2019