Woodpecker woes: Calgary couple pay out of pocket to fix bird-related damages

A First Nation in northern Ontario that has been under a boil-water advisory for over 30 years is calling on all levels of government to respond to a state of emergency in the area, days after announcing it would evacuate community members hundreds of kilometres south to Thunder Bay.Chief Gary Quisess of Neskantaga First Nation called a local state of emergency on April 13 after water that had a strong fuel odour flooded into a local nursing station.A Wednesday news release said that the First Nation began evacuating about 130 people who require “full and immediate access” to health...