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CBC
30-05-2025
- Climate
- CBC
Pukatawagan loses power, shuts down airport as northern Manitoba wildfires grow
A Manitoba First Nation has declared a state of emergency and another has closed its airport mid-evacuation as wildfires continue to ravage communities in the province's north. Thousands of residents were stranded in Pukatawagan, also known as Mathias Colomb, after the nearby fire shut down its airport at around 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday, the First Nation's chief said. The airport closed as winds pushed smoke westward toward the airfield, Chief Gordie Bear said in a phone call with CBC News Thursday. Bear said about 2,000 people remain in Pukatawagan, which is about 700 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. It's among the northern Manitoba communities under an evacuation order since Wednesday, when the Manitoba government declared a provincewide state of emergency because of wildfires across the region. "I hear … there's choppers now, that smoke has engulfed the airport," Bear said. He was on his way to The Pas from Winnipeg to meet evacuees who recently arrived there. "We're getting desperate now. It's getting rougher. We're going to be heading for the lake … shortly if nothing turns out, if nothing puts the flame out." The fire near the community was about 9,800 hectares in size and was out of control as of Manitoba's latest update Thursday afternoon. The province's wildfire map showed the blaze just over a kilometre away from the airport as of Wednesday. Meanwhile, Tataskweyak Cree Nation, more than 300 kilometres east of Pukatawagan, said in a Facebook post at 6:20 p.m. CT it was declaring a state of emergency with a fire only one kilometre away from the community, after it lost power just before 5:30 p.m. The First Nation said in a Facebook post that power restoration may take a couple of days. Evacuation orders have been issued for children under the age of one, elders and health patients, the post said.
CBC
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Manitoban artists bring Junos home for contemporary Indigenous artist and blues album of the year
Manitoba's homegrown music talent shined Juno gold at the annual award ceremony landing two awards on Saturday. The Juno hardware was handed out during a gala in Vancouver, where prizes in more than 40 categories were awarded ahead of Sunday's televised ceremony. Sebastian Gaskin, a musician from Tataskweyak Cree Nation now based in Toronto, won contemporary Indigenous artist of the year with his song Brown Man. "This means the world to me," Gaskin said on Saturday after receiving the award. The record that landed the singer-songwriter's first Juno is one of 11 tracks part of his debut album Lovechild, released earlier this year. Gaskin, who received his very first Juno nomination this year, performed the closing act of the night with a stirring rendition of Medicine. WATCH | Manitoba's Sebastian Gaskin performs at the 2025 Juno Awards Gala: Ghost, another of his tracks, was also nominated among the titles of producer and songwriter Hill Kourkoutis in the recording engineer of the year category. Big Dave McLean, a Saskatchewan-born and Winnipeg-based artist, won blues album of the year with his 14-track album This Old Life, released last summer. The Order of Canada recipient has been nominated for multiple Juno awards through his decades-long career of telling stories through the slide on his guitar and gravelly voice. Manitoba artists garnered nominations in other categories this year. That includes singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt nominated for traditional roots album of the year, Boy Golden in the contemporary roots album of the year and Jocelyn Gould in jazz album of the year solo.
CBC
20-03-2025
- Health
- CBC
Doctor denies allegations of racism made by Tataskweyak Cree Nation man in 2024 lawsuit
Social Sharing A doctor in The Pas has denied allegations of racism in response to a lawsuit filed by a Cree man who accused the physician of mistaking symptoms of acute appendicitis for a hangover. Dr. Navrup Aery has asked the Court of King's Bench to dismiss the case in a statement of defence filed on March 14 in Winnipeg. Justin Flett, 46, a Tataskweyak Cree Nation member, filed a statement of claim against Aery on Dec. 19, 2024, claiming the ER doctor told him he didn't treat hangovers as he checked Flett's stomach for sharp abdominal pain and nausea In January 2023. Northern Regional Health Authority and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority are also named as defendants in the lawsuit. According to a statement of defence, Aery said Flett had reported drinking heavily over the previous two days before assessment in hospital, but said he "did not find the patient to be intoxicated." Aery denies allegations of racist comments and negligence, asserting the care he provided was appropriate due to the results of the examination. Flett arrived at St. Anthony's General Hospital ER in The Pas on Jan. 15, 2023 and reported feeling unwell, nauseous and dizzy, the statement of defence says. He was triaged at 7:45 a.m. and was assessed about an hour later by Aery, who had had treated him the day before for different concern, pain in one of Flett's hands. In his statement of defence Aery says Flett demonstrated only mild discomfort in the upper right quadrant of his abdomen during palpitations, denied any fever, chills or chest pain, and did not appear in distress or ask for pain medication. Laboratory results from tests ordered to determine Flett's condition were reassuring, the statement of defence says. "Based on the plaintiff's clinical presentation, the physical examination, and the lab results, Dr. Aery diagnosed the plaintiff with general, non-emergent abdominal pain," the statement of defence says. The plaintiff told Aery he was travelling to Winnipeg that day, according to the statement of defence, and the doctor encouraged Flett to follow up with his general practitioner in the city and to go to emergency if his condition worsened. In Flett's statement of claim, the plaintiff says he travelled to Winnipeg by bus at about 11:00 a.m. to seek care after he was discharged by Aery, as there was no where else to go in The Pas for treatment on a Sunday. 'Damages excessive and too remote' A diagnosis of acute appendicitis was confirmed at Seven Oaks Hospital about 4:00 a.m. in Winnipeg, requiring urgent surgery, according to the plaintiff's statement of claim. Flett's appendix burst before he could be transferred to Grace Hospital for the operation, leading to an infection. Aery says he had no further involvement or knowledge of Flett's treatment after he left St. Anthony's General Hospital ER in The Pas, according to the statement of defence, and denies that he breached any fiduciary duty of care to the plaintiff. "Furthermore the plaintiff has failed to plead sufficient facts to make out the necessary elements of the claim for breach of fiduciary duty," said the statement of defence. Aery denies any damages or injuries sustained by Flett were a result of his care, and any injuries or damages the plaintiff sustained were not caused by Aery or anyone he's responsible to under the law. The statement of defence says Flett "failed to take appropriate steps to properly mitigate his losses," and says the lawsuit does not meet legal threshold required. "Such damages as pleaded are excessive and too remote," the statement of defence says, and the lawsuit should be dismissed, with costs.
