Shoal Lake steps up pressure on Winnipeg over water rights
A First Nation in Ontario is accusing Winnipeg of stealing their most precious resource: water.
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Conservatives should follow own report and invest in First Nations water: Liberals
The federal Liberals are calling on the Conservative to follow the recommendations of their own report and invest billions of dollars to upgrade water and waste-water systems on First Nations reserves.
Shoal Lake threatens to shut Winnipeg’s tap
Shoal Lake in Ontario has been Winnipeg’s source for water since 1919.
First Nations water needs $5 billion fix: govt study
Ottawa needs to invest nearly $5 billion in First Nations water and wastewater systems over the next 10 years, according to two year-long study released by Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan Thursday.
Environment ministers talk water
The annual Canadian Council of Environment Ministers meeting has just wrapped up in Yellowknife.
Manitoba students march for FN water
A group of students from Winnipeg are demanding their government take action over an important human rights issue.
Yellowknife looking to draw drinking water from bay near toxic mine
When you turn on the taps in Yellowknife, you get clean, fresh water.
Federal government cuts water out of food program for northern communities
Nutrition North is the food subsidy program that replaced food mail, but one stable of life was not included.
Layton slams Harper for ignoring FNs issues
NDP Leader Jack Layton blasted Prime Minister Stephen Harper for failing to address First Nations water, housing and education issues in the Conservative’s last, dead-on-arrival, federal budget.
