NORWAY HOUSE, Man. - A big machine that smashes ice was giving hope Wednesday to a remote Manitoba reserve cut off from its supplies.
The Norway House Cree Nation was under a state of emergency because a ferry that ships food and fuel to the community became stuck in ice last weekend and supplies for the reserve's 6,000 residents were running short.
Councillor Mike Muswagon said the province's ice-breaking machine arrived late Tuesday and worked through the night.
Crews managed to move the ferry ashore early Wednesday morning and there was hope it could be returned to the Nelson River and continue on its way once the icebreaker cleared a channel.
Norway House is about 460 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
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