Tag: Indigenous
$12M for Enoch Cree Nation Water Infratructure
Yesterday, the Government of Canada announced an investment of approximately $12.5 million to support water infrastructure at Enoch Cree Nation.
"All Canadians should have access...
Alberta 2017 Budget Includes $100M for Water on Reserves
The Alberta Government has released its Budget 2017, which includes $100 million in new funding to support access to water systems throughout the province,...
Exercising the Human Right to Water and Sanitation
When the human right to life-sustaining drinking water and healthy sanitation is violated, anyone can call their governments to account. Those whose rights were...
NSERC Funds Research to Improve Wastewater at Two Ont. First Nations
Dr. Chris Metcalfe, a professor at the Trent School for the Environment and director of the Institute for Watershed Science, has been awarded $478,800...
Ministers’ Statement on Grassy Narrows Mercury Contamination
Following the release of a report from the David Suzuki Foundation on the federal government's work to deliver drinking water to First Nations in...
Land Transferred to First Nations after Harbour Remediation
On December 6th, the federal Government announced the transfer of three parcels of land totalling 1.707 hectares in Rock Bay, British Columbia, from Canada to a partnership...
Tla’amin Assessing Water, Fish Ahead of Hydroelectric Development
The Tla’amin Nation in British Columbia has received funding from the B.C. First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund (FNCEBF) to conduct a feasibility study...
Toosey First Nation Completes Water Treatment System
On December 5th, Toosey First Nation (Tl'esqox First Nation) in British Columbia announced that it has completed a new water treatment system.
The water system includes...
Mercury 40 Times Limit in Walleye
An investigation conducted by the Toronto Star has concluded that the walleye in Clay Lake that feeds residents of Grassy Narrows First Nation near...
Alarmingly High E. Coli Levels in First Nations
In a report published on September 29th, scientists found what they described as an “alarmingly high frequency” of fecal bacteria in drinking water sources...
