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De Beers spokesman “not familiar” with engineering report that said company dumped sewage in Attawapiskat

By Mark Blackburn
Dec 13, 2011

The Victor diamond mine sits 90 kilometres from Attawapiskat.

APTN National News
The Victor diamond mine sits 90 kilometres from Attawapiskat.

It’s owned by De Beers Canada

There are reports about how the company sent trailers to Attawapiskat for residents who had been displaced by a 2009 sewage backup.

APTN National News spoke to Tom Ormsby, a spokesman for the company.

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