New home to replace rat-infested Sandy Bay trailer delayed because concrete pad not ready – CBC
Mouldy trailer was to be replaced by Christmas but band hasn’t provided foundation, construction company says
Feb 06, 2017
Clint McIvor is worried about the health of his cousin Melinda, her partner and 10 children who continue to live in a mouldy rat-infested trailer with leaking sewage on Sandy Bay First Nation.
“They have to turn their elements on just to produce some heat,” McIvor says on a new video put on YouTube last week. “They’ve been killing rats left and right. And one rat bit Melinda on the hand.”
Last November, the issue shot to public attention when another video shot by McIvor went viral. It showed the trailer’s foundation collapsing, raw sewage backed up under the floorboards and pieces of insulation blackened with mould dangling below the building. That video got the attention of the prime minister, and an Ontario construction company that promised to help.
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