(File photo)Emergency Management Ontario is responding to reports that Thunder Bay and Sudbury aren't taking on additional fire evacuees because they weren't reimbursed for a previous event.
Deputy Minister of Community Safety Ian Davidson acknowledges there is an unresolved issue.
"There were some discussions and some dispute as to resolution for some costs that I know Sudbury incurred and I assume Thunder Bay as well," says Davidson. "This relationship was somewhat problematic and I believe have been or are being resolved by (the Ministry of) Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development."
Thunder Bay has acted as a "transportation hub" for evacuees, while Sudbury took nobody.
