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AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde Calls For Immediate Investment in Safe Water Systems
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde today said that a detailed investigative report by the Globe & Mail outlining the troubling...
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde calls for plan to end water crisis in First...
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde announced that the report by Human Rights Watch, Make It Safe: Canada’s Obligation to End...
Ontario First Nations Take Water Plight to the United Nations
Three northwestern Ontario First Nations have taken their plight for safe drinking water to an international authority.
Representatives from Grassy Narrows, Shoal Lake 40, and...
David Versus Goliath
Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est (hereafter “Ristigouche”), a small municipality of 168 inhabitants located in Gaspésie, Quebec, is facing a lawsuit of $1.5 million by Gastem, a local...
Rights and Reconciliation
This summer, four Alberta First Nations decided to pursue judicial consideration of their right to water. Over the past decade, the issue of unsafe...
Canada’s Big Problem
First Nations in this country still struggle daily to get what every Canadian expects as a right: clean drinking water and proper sanitation. Numerous...
Work Underway on New Water Treatment Plant for Ontario First Nations Community
The Serpent River First Nation, located midway between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury, has started work on a new water treatment plant. The $13.36-million...
Interview: Linda Sheehan on the Rights of Waterways
For its fifth and final Creating a Blue Dialogue webinar of the 2012-2013 season, the POLIS Water Sustainability Project focuses on the legal rights...
Nanaimo Becomes Newest “Blue Community”
Nanaimo's City Council has made the city the fourth “Blue Community” in British Columbia. To become a Blue Community, a municipality must approve three...
Deloitte Report: The Era of Cheap Water is Over
Clearer water pricing will play an important role in how customers better manage their water usage, says a new report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu...
