CFWE Radio News - July 3-2015

North Tall Cree evacuated due to Wildfires

The northern Alberta community of North Tall Cree evacuated roughly 200 residents by 3 o’clock yesterday evening after the winds shifted northwest directing the fire towards highway 88.
The wildfire is burning approximately five kilometres west of North Tall Cree.

Audrey Meneen, director of emergency management for Tall Cree First Nation, says residents went to High Level, about 160 kilometres northwest of the reserve, and were staying at a hotel or with family. All residents are safe and accounted for.

The town of High Level has been very welcoming to the evacuees and have planned activities for the children also the pool and arena are open.

Those who stayed behind did so to help out with firefighting efforts.

Sprinkler systems have been set up around the community.
The community of South Tallcree may also be evacuated if highway 88 is closed; buses are on standby.

Wilderness Camp

Over a four day period between June 15 to 18 78 students from Grouard Northland School and Atikameg School attended a land-based learning experience at the Marten Lakes Wilderness Camp near Slave Lake.

The students who were in Grades 1 through 9 took part in the camp which was organized by the Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council and Northland School Division Partnership Agreement.

The camp was designed to show the students a variety of traditional and contemporary practices which included dry meat making, building a smoke rack, identifying plants for medicinal purposes, constructing shelters and fish scale art.

In addition to these activities, students acquired knowledge and self-confidence while learning how to fish, how to properly operate a canoe and how to properly use archery equipment