northern New Brunswick

An 'unsuitable' climate threatens Mi'kmaw community

An 'unsuitable' climate threatens Mi'kmaw community

At first, Rebecca Labillois thought it was just another routine storm roaring across the Bay of Chaleur. "But then the power went out," she says."The water just kept on flooding in, and it flooded all the way up here and up to my house." It was Dec. 6, 2010, and massive waves of water were engulfing the homes along Beach Road and Olympic Drive at Ugpi'ganjig First Nation, also known as Eel River Bar, in northern New Brunswick.