Last week, the company stopped work on the 70 remaining housing units, including apartment units, according to Indigenous Services Canada. Lake St. Martin Chief Adrian Sinclair said the number of unfinished units is closer to 30. Thousands of people were forced from Lake St. Martin, Little Saskatchewan, Pinaymootang and Dauphin River First Nations due to the 2011 flood. Indigenous Services Canada said so far 475 have returned to Lake St. Martin. Lake St. Martin also took the federal government to court early this year after Ottawa cut off evacuee benefits.

Source: CBC News March 08, 2020 20:03 UTC