First Nations workers in Saskatchewan sacrifice wages, vacation to run underfunded water systems
Andrea Hill, Ryan Kessler – Global, Priscilla Wolfe – APTN News, Michael Wrobel – Institute…
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Tests in B.C. find unsafe lead levels in water of 35 First Nations schools
Francesca Fionda – The Tyee Tests done in 2017 by the First Nations Health Authority…
Feds never on track to fix First Nations drinking water says auditor general
Communities will never have reliable drinking water ‘until deficiencies with water systems are addressed,’ says Karen Hogan
Indigenous Services braces for audit of department’s efforts to supply First Nations with clean water
Auditor general set to table report in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon
AFN executive chiefs to address call for financial review at next meeting: Bellegarde
‘The concerns raised by COO around the financial irregularities at the AFN are serious and legitimate issues that ought to be addressed in an expeditious and transparent way,’ says regional chief
Mi’kmaq hip hop artist Blake Francis wants his verses to have purpose
Growing up in Natoaganeg First Nation, Blake Francis was into heavy metal music. But, like…
Parliamentary budget office says cost of compensating First Nations families sits at $15B
‘That’s easily $10 billion more than if Justin Trudeau had done the right thing,’ says NDP’s Charlie Angus.
‘It doesn’t make sense’: Feds pledged spend billions on First Nations water plants, but not on the pipes to carry fresh water to homes
Brittany Hobson, APTN News – Annie Burns-Pieper, Institute for Investigative Reporting The $1.74 billion invested…
Overworked, underpaid: Ottawa’s chronic lack of funding leaves First Nations water operators behind
An investigation reveals Indigenous water operators sometimes earn less than half of what municipal operators are paid, but an Indigenous-led group in Atlantic Canada has a solution.