Ontario spending more than $500K to support Eabametoong First Nation’s recovery after devastating school fire – CBC

Apr 25, 2024

The community, which lost its only school to arson, is looking to rebuild

The province is spending more than half a million dollars to help Eabametoong First Nation (EFN) as the northwestern Ontario community strives to get a temporary school up and running by the fall.

The remote Ojibway community of roughly 1,600 people lost its only school to a fire on Jan. 25. Four teenagers were charged with arson in connection with the blaze, which displaced about 300 students from kindergarten to Grade 9.

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