Overview
- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, federal minister Rebecca Chartrand and AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak visited Pimicikamak Cree Nation to survey damage and coordinate relief.
- Manitoba formally asked Ottawa to deploy the Canadian Armed Forces for logistics such as water delivery and sanitation as thousands remain displaced with no return timeline.
- Chief David Monias said 1,335 houses are affected, only about 12 percent have been inspected, at least 200 had water shut off and roughly 35 are deemed uninhabitable, with severe sewage contamination reported in some homes.
- One of three water treatment plants is operating with limited reach, another is down and a third is near failure, while Manitoba Hydro provided a large generator and units to power eight heavy-duty heaters.
- The crisis followed a Dec. 28 break in a 300‑metre Nelson River transmission line that took about four days to repair, after which several homes reportedly caught fire, likely linked to short-circuited heaters.