Neskantaga First Nation’s only health-care space is flooded, prompting calls for quick help from Ottawa
Neskantaga First Nation’s only health-care space is flooded, prompting calls for quick help from Ottawa
A close-up of a sign that says "Rachel Bessie Sakanee Memorial Nursing Station: Neskantaga First Nation."

The chief of Neskantaga First Nation is urging the federal government to immediately help set up a mobile health centre in the remote northwestern Ontario community due to flooding that has closed its nursing station. The First Nation went into a state of emergency on Sunday. Here's more of what we know so far.