Canada: Indigenous Leaders Say Politicians Ignored Them as Communities Burned

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Shawna Perry Carson, a member of Pic River First Nations who offered her home to evacuees, told the Toronto Star she had heard Collins First Nation was “totally gone.”

“The people in those communities have lost everything,” Carson said. “They’re going to need all the help they can get to rebuild.”

Other evacuees struggled to find shelter. Kiashke continue reading …