Dogs squealed and wagged their tails. Some rolled onto their backs for belly-rubs as their owners returned after being separated for a week due to an evacuation notice in the Cree community of Eastmain.Â
Young Claveau, the animal control officer for the village of about 900, was relieved to see the “joyful reunion” on Thursday as nearly 60 dogs were reunited with their families. More would be reunited over the days to come.Â
“I think everyone got emotional to see their dogs back knowing that [we were] this close — that the whole community would be gone in flames.”Â
A week earlier, the village,
