Pikangikum First Nation without water and sanitation
By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians September 2 2011
CBC reports that the Pikangikum First Nation in Ontario – located about 600 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay and 300 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg – “is experiencing a spike in its already high suicide rate, prompting a former chief to issue a public cry for assistance. …Five people between the ages of 16 and 26 have killed themselves since July 15 in the community… ‘I feel strongly that no one cares,’ writes ex-chief Gordon Peters in an open letter addressed to ‘whoever wants to listen and help.’”
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