The water in Fort McPherson, N.W.T., is receding, but the community continues to face devastation as homes near Eight Miles were destroyed and the recent deaths of three people from the hamlet has families and friends grieving.
“It’s a really sad time in our community,” said Kyla Ross, who sits on council for the Tetlit Gwich’in Band and the hamlet. “We lost three young men in a couple of days, so we have three different grieving families.”
The recent losses, not related to the flooding, comes at a time when the hamlet of about 650 is in a state of emergency. Fort McPherson declared the crisis
