Grassy Narrows Mercury

• Supreme Court rules companies are responsible for cleanup of Grassy Narrows site

  The mercury contamination has caused health problems for some members of the First Nation.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2019
  
• Grassy Narrows chief, NDP candidate urges Ottawa to get down to business on mercury care centre

  The chief of a northwestern Ontario reserve – and an NDP candidate in this fall's federal election – is calling on Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan to sit down to hammer out an agreement on a long-promised treatment facility for mercury poisoning.

  Health

  Aug 20, 2019
  
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• Grassy Narrows worries about Liberals’ promise to help with mercury contamination 

  The chief of a First Nation in northwestern Ontario long-plagued by the debilitating impacts of mercury contamination says he is worried about the fate of a federally promised treatment facility.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2019
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• Trudeau apologizes after telling First Nations mercury poisoning protester, ‘Thank you for your donation’

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is apologizing for what critics called his "smug" response to protesters who hoped to draw his attention to mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows.

  Politics

  Mar 27, 2019
• Supreme Court to hear case on clean up of mercury near Grassy Narrows

  The two sides have been at odds since the province ordered the companies in 2011 to remediate the former mill site in Dryden, Ont., where some 9,000 kilograms of toxic effluent was dumped in the English-Wabigoon River system in the 1960s.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2018
• Grassy Narrows chief says Justin Trudeau ignoring plea for help over mercury contamination

  The people of Grassy Narrows continue to bear the physical and emotional scars of mercury contamination, and that the community needs specialized equipment to help people deal with the lasting impacts of poisoning, the community's chief said.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2017
• Premier Wynne says she never received Grassy Narrows mercury report

  The Ontario government announced in June that it would spend $85 million to remediate the mercury contamination.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2017
• Ontario spending additional $85M to clean up mercury in 2 First Nation communities

  Environment Minister Glen Murray says the funds for the remediation of the English-Wabigoon River system in northwestern Ontario will be used to design and implement the cleanup, and for long-term monitoring.

  Environment

  Jun 27, 2017
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• Study claims mercury still leaking from mill near Grassy Narrows: chief

  A northwestern Ontario First Nation plagued with mercury poisoning for more than 50 years said Tuesday it has evidence that toxic material is still leaking from an upstream paper mill.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2017