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Evacuees head home

Attawapiskat First Nation evacuees who fled flooding conditions earlier this week are returning home Thursday. The first flight carrying 47 people left around 9 a.m. from the Thunder Bay International Airport.
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Attawapiskat residents board a bus that will take them to the airport Thursday morning at the Valhalla Inn. (Jodi Lundmark, tbnewswatch.com)

 

Attawapiskat First Nation evacuees who fled flooding conditions earlier this week are returning home Thursday.

The first flight carrying 47 people left around 9 a.m. from the Thunder Bay International Airport.

Another five flights are scheduled to leave throughout the day to bring all 260 evacuees home.

 

More to come





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