More than 600 members of Red Earth Cree Nation are displaced as the community braces for flooding in northeast Saskatchewan this week.
More than 600 members of Red Earth Cree Nation are displaced as the community braces for flooding in northeast Saskatchewan this week. Nearby Shoal Lake Cree Nation has also started evacuating residents as the levels of the Shell River and Carrot River rise. The two First Nations are roughly 200 kilometres east of Prince Albert. The evacuations mean kids aren't in school and families can't be out on the land hunting geese or doing other traditional activities, Red Earth Chief Zachary Whitecap said. Instead, they're stuck in cramped hotel rooms in Saskatoon and Prince Albert.
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