Tag: Canada
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Can PM Trudeau keep drinkable water promise to First Nations?
Since forming government, the Liberals have lifted 32 drinking water advisories. However, 22 new advisories have been added in that time. OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to eradicate all drinking water advisories in First Nations communities by March 2021. With three years left and more than 60 communities still turning to alternative…
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More Than 140 First Nations Still Lack Access To Safe Drinking Water
Photo: Paganakomin Lake is seen in Kigian Zibi Algonquin First Nation in 2011. The region’s well water is contaminated with uranium. (Photo: Francis Vachon/CP) Anishinabe artist and writer Jay Odjick took to Twitter Monday to call out the lack of clean drinking water on many First Nations in Canada. Odjick, a TV producer and comics…
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Research will probe dangerous water quality in First Nations communities
A team of McMaster University researchers is partnering with members of two First Nations communities, including the nearby Six Nations of the Grand River, to find out what is contaminating drinking water. The Co-creation of Indigenous Water Quality Tools project is Indigenous-led, meaning community members will help shape where, how and what contaminants the team…
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Pipe dreams: rural water, sewer still a luxury for some
Conklin resident Kirk Reid stands in his backyard next to his washing machine and one of his water barrels, in Conklin, Alta. on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Reid’s house is one of several that will not be able to connect to the new water and sewer pipelines in 2019 due to a lack of plumbing.…
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Indigenous artists unite to create murals focused on water protection
Photo: Artist Isaac Murdoch, from Serpent River First Nation in Ontario, and volunteers in Edmonton began painting a mural on the iHuman Youth Society building on Friday. The mural is about protecting water from threats posed by industrial development and pipelines, Murdoch said. (Brad Crowfoot) Brandi Morin, Métis, born and raised in Alberta, possesses a…
