Makwa Sahgaiehcan deadly fire: Unpaid bills of $3,400 part of response dispute

A dispute over unpaid bills valued at nearly $3,400 led to a decision not to send volunteer firefighters to a fatal house fire Tuesday on a northern Saskatchewan First Nation.

The Village of Loon Lake is generally responsible for emergency services in the area. It said it did not respond to the fire, which killed two Makwa Sahgaiehcan toddlers, because the First Nation owed the village $3,380.89.

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