Tag: Indigenous
Feds Announce $37M for Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area
NIPIGON, ON - The Government of Canada is making one of the largest freshwater protected areas in the world more accessible by awarding the contract for...
Canadian Government Launches Canada Water Agency, Invests $650M in Freshwater Action...
WINNIPEG, MB - Fresh water is a vital resource that is facing pressing challenges. To ensure that fresh water in Canada is clean and healthy, the...
Curve Lake First Nation to Receive Funding for Green Infrastructure
Curve Lake First Nation will be receiving federal and provincial funding to support the improvement of drainage along Mississauga Road. This will help to...
Grassy Narrows First Nation Ends All Long-Term Drinking Water Advisories
Asubpeechoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) has recently completed upgrades to its water treatment system. The improved water treatment system now provides the...
New Mercury Care Home to be Built in Grassy Narrows First...
A framework agreement, which will provide federal support for a mercury care home, has been signed by Marc Miller, minister of Indigenous services, and...
New Internship Program Aims to Address Water Challenges in First Nations...
A new partnership between the Bimose Tribal Council and Water First will deliver a drinking water treatment and environmental water management internship program for...
Lac Seul First Nation Celebrates End of 17-Year Drinking Water Advisory
A new water treatment plant has ended a 17-year drinking water advisory in Lac Seul First Nation.
Chief Derek Maud, the community of Lac Seul...
Minister of Indigenous Services Provides January 2020 Update on Drinking Water...
Marc Miller, minister of Indigenous services, provided the department's monthly progress update on drinking water advisories affecting public systems on reserves.
"We are determined to...
Small Solutions, Big Progress
Serving Indigenous communities with reliable, easy to operate small solutions.
Water is considered sacred by Indigenous people for its interconnectedness to all life, making the...
H2Opinion on Mercury Contamination
It was in 2009 that I first learned about the mercury contamination that affected Grassy Narrows First Nation and Wabaseemoong Independent First Nation. At...
