No timeline for return to First Nation in Manitoba after power outage, chief says – St. Albert Gazette
PIMICIKAMAK CREE NATION, MAN. — The chief of a First Nation in Manitoba says there is no timeline for thousands of people to return home after they were forced out because of a power outage more than a week ago.
Manitoba Hydro fully restored power Friday to Pimicikamak Cree Nation, about 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg, but its water plants, pumps, tanks and pipes froze after an outage Dec. 28.
The more than 4,000 people forced to leave the community are eager to go home after having to spend part of the holiday season in hotels in different parts of the province, Pimicikamak Cree Nation Chief David Monias said.
