When the Tyendinaga Mohawks closed their landfill in 2007 they were required to complete a closure report and conduct water monitoring tests to ensure toxic chemicals didn’t leachate into the ground water directly below.
In a year-end statement highlighting Ottawa’s accomplishments, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government “continued to strengthen” its relationship with First Nations in 2012.
In a year-end statement highlighting Ottawa’s accomplishments, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government “continued to strengthen” its relationship with First Nations in 2012.
The Tyendinaga band council has handed over copies of reports completed on it’s drinking water to provincial and federal agencies, including Health Canada, to determine the toxicology levels of chemicals found in test wells around at the controversial landfill.
The Tyendinaga Mohawk police have been asked to investigate whether the band council has been criminally negligent in its handling of the on-going water crisis where children have recently been diagnosed with cancer and developed body sores.
Dawn Sero sits on the couch holding a large framed photograph of her daughter smiling.
After a night of drinking with a friend, Ken Kilabuk went to the friend’s apartment to call a cab and go home.
We often hear about the lack of access to clean drinking water in Aboriginal communities and the right to access traditional waterways.
On Friday morning, two hours before the RCMP announced they had charged Bruce Carson with influence peddling, the former aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent a text message to his family and friends apologizing.
