Pimicikamak Cree Nation

• Military team deployed to help Manitoba First Nation hit by power outage

  Thousands of residents have been forced to leave their homes in the Pimicikamak Cree Nation due to frozen pipes and sewage backup.

  Canada

  Jan 9
  
• Some Manitoba First Nation homes a ‘health hazard’ from sewage after power outage

  Pimicikamak Cree Nation Chief David Monias say they're going to each home to assess it for damage and determine what needs work after a days-long power outage.

  Canada

  Jan 6
  
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• No timeline for return to Manitoba First Nation after power outage, chief says

  Manitoba Hydro fully restored power Friday to Pimicikamak Cree Nation, 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg, but its water plants, pumps, tanks and pipes froze after an outage Dec. 28.

  Canada

  Jan 5
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• First Nations leaders in Manitoba call for more firefighting equipment

  "It's like trying to fight a fire with a water pistol. That's what our leaders were faced with," MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee said at a press conference Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2025
• Manitoba First Nation reports 150 anomalies found at former residential school site

  Ground-penetrating radar has found 150 anomalies at the site of a former residential school, including 59 unmarked graves at a nearby cemetery.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2024
• Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Man. teenager shot, RCMP looking for answers

  Officers received several reports about gunshots in a home in the North End neighbourhood of the community, and found a 13-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to his upper body.

  Crime

  May 30, 2024
• Woman found dead in Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Man., RCMP investigating

  On Monday afternoon, Mounties said they got a report about the 45-year-old woman on SawMill Road in the community. A man was arrested at the scene, police said.

  Investigations

  Mar 26, 2024
• RCMP make arrest in suspicious death in Manitoba’s Pimicikamak Cree Nation

  Manitoba RCMP discovered the body of a 47-year-old community member on Friday after responding to a report of an injured man at a local home.

  Crime

  Dec 24, 2023
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• Some Pimicikamak, Man. residents returning home after wildfire prompts evacuation order

  Some residents of Pimicikamak Cree Nation are returning home after a raging wildfire prompted an evacuation order Wednesday night.

  Fire

  May 25, 2023
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• Nearby wildfire leads to state of emergency in northern Manitoba community

  Chief and council of Pimicikamak Cree Nation declared a state of emergency overnight as residents are threatened by a 1,200-hectare blaze.

  Fire

  May 25, 2023