Pimicikimak Cree Nation Chief David Monias toured through his community yesterday with various government representatives to assess the damage caused by a power outage in the community roughly 10 days ago.

Here, Monias explains who was in the community and what they were doing.

“We have technitians from Business Service Canada and Health Canada. We also have a person from the EHS, Environmental Health, that’s looking after and assessing water and all the things that are happening in our community.”

Monias said the main school and the portable school rooms have been heavily hit with damage from broken water pipes.

Both the water treatment plant and sewage plant have been impacted as well, which he says will compromise the health of the residents.

To date, 12 per cent of the 1300-plus residences have been assessed, but only 2 per cent have had their issues fixed.

Monias declared a state of emergency for Pimicikimak Cree Nation and is looking for help from the federal government.

Provincial representatives are slated to be in the community today to see the damage firsthand.