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Townhouse gutted in blaze resident thinks set deliberately
turned again and the flames came in,” said Briere, who was sitting at his computer at the time of the blaze. Gisele said there were bamboo curtains at the back of the residence which were quick- ly engulfed in flames. “It was like throwing a match into hay,” she said. City fire officials wrapped up their investi- gation late Thursday. They are listing the cause of the fire as “undetermined”, according to acting fire chief Richard McCullough. Jonathan and Gisele are staying at the home of Gisele’s sisters in the meantime. Gisele had just last her husband and was hoping that the urn containing his ashes was still intact. The urn was later recovered for her by fire- fighters. RE/MAX CORNWALL REALTY INC.
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A resident at a housing co-operative in Cornwall’s north end believes a Wednes- day night fire that gutted the home oc- cupied by he and his mother was deliber- ately set. “My house got torched,” Jonathan Briere told The Journal during an interview at the scene of the blaze. “So if I put it bluntly, I got burned down last night.” Briere woke his sleeping mother, Gisele, and fled the townhouse at the Royal Oak Housing Co-op at 708 Twelfth Street East after he saw a flash and then flames at the back of their unit. “I turned my head and it was lit up, and I
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City hosting close to 400 evacuees from flooded native community
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displaced Kashechewan elders in different communities can connect with their leader- ship and support agencies. Canadian Red Cross has established a Central Registration Bureau hotline where Kashechewan residents can call in and lo- cate community members. The number is 1-855-797-8875. Emergency Management Ontario is cur- rently working with a number of Northern Ontario communities that are facing flood- ing challenges as a result of rapid snow melt and rainfall. The City of Cornwall will be entering into an agreement with Aboriginal Affairs & Northern Development Canada for full cost recovery for the event. AANDC has deployed a representative to Cornwall to assist with expenditure ap- provals and to work with the City and the Kashechewan residents. At approximately 10 a.m. on Sunday, May- or Bob Kilger declared a state of emergency for the City of Cornwall to serve as a host community for the evacuees.
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The City of Cornwall was expecting to receive approximately 160 additional Kashechewan residents Monday who have been temporarily relocated from their Northern Ontario community due to flooding concerns. They were to join the 187 evacuees that arrived in Cornwall on Sunday. Six airplanes carrying evacuees were ex- pected to arrive at Cornwall Regional Air- port this past Monday afternoon, with the first flight scheduled for 12:30 p.m. A total of approximately 350 evacuees will be staying at the Nav Centre along the St. Lawerence River in Cornwall’s east end for the duration of their stay. It is unknown at this time exactly how long the Kashechewan residents will be staying in Cornwall. Operations on the ground in Cornwall have been orderly with no major issues. Evacuees are acclimatizing to their new ac- commodations and a number of agencies are working with appointed Kashechewan liaison officers here in Cornwall. Emergency Management Ontario has organized a daily conference call where
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