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Peguis First Nation has filed a $1 Billion claim for flood damages against all levels of government following the devastating spring 2022 flood. The claim was filed in the Court of King’s Bench against the federal and provincial governments, as well as the Rural Municipalities of Bifrost and Fisher. “The …
Read More »‘Bring our people back’: One year later, Peguis still feeling effects of devastating flooding – Winnipeg
It’s been one year since devastating flooding hit Peguis First Nation, Man., a community about 180 kilometres north of Winnipeg. Last spring, heavy rainfall caused the Fisher River to rise rapidly, surrounding and filling hundreds of homes with water and sending the community into crisis overnight. Peguis resident Carol Spence …
Read More »No ring dike, but why? How Peguis First Nation still has no permanent flood protection
Five times over the past 16 years, the Fisher River has spilled its banks at Peguis First Nation. The river channel is so small and the terrain in Manitoba’s northern Interlake is so flat, it doesn’t take much for floodwaters to spread far and wide across the Anishinaabe and Cree community. …
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