Ottawa to rebuild troubled Cree reserve
Updated Mon. Jul. 30 2007 11:16 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice signed an agreement today to rebuild, but not move, a northern Ontario reserve that has been plagued by flooding and a dirty water crisis.
The Kashechewan First Nation, near the coast of James Bay, is located on low-lying land that has flooded twice in the last three years.
In 2005, many of the reserve's 1,800 residents had to be evacuated when an E. coli outbreak in the water supply was discovered.
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