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Power back on, but frozen water keeps Pimicikamak families away

Thousands of people from Pimicikamak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba remain in hotels and evacuation centres after a days‑long power outage left the community’s water system frozen and many homes uninhabitable. Pimicikamak, also known as Cross Lake and about 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg, lost electricity on 28 December when a 300‑metre transmission line crossing […]