An outbreak of painful skin sores, rashes and lesions among children on the remote Northern Ontario Kashechewan First Nation reserve has caused authorities to organize a mass airlift of kids out of the community tomorrow (Tuesday). There is no specific diagnosis of the condition but the federal health minister Jane Philpott says it appears the cause is an infection of some type. She said it is not caused by unclean drinking water as some have said. The issue came to a head over the weekend with pictures on social media showing dreadfully afflicted children. A team of physicians is on its way to do door-to-door inspections. Hygiene conditions are not known. Kashechewan First Nation is a Cree First Nation band government located near James Bay. It is incredibly remote. The community is located on the northern shore of the Albany River nearly a 1,000 km from Toronto. Kashechewan First Nation is one of two communities that were established from Old Fort Albany (now the Fort Albany 67 Indian Reserve) in the 1950s. Shocking pictures on Twitter
