Boil Water Advisories
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Hiawatha First Nation ends 20 years of boil water advisories with new treatment plantThe water treatment plant features a centralized treatment unit, officer and garage buildings and a distribution system. Phase 1 will see 40 homes hooked up to the system.HealthOct 19, 2023
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Feds’ $1.5B compensation for unclean drinking water called unfair by Indigenous leadersThe settlement will compensate people living in First Nations communities that were subject to a drinking water advisory of at least one year between November 1995 and June 2021.HealthApr 28, 2022
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Hajdu hopeful all long-term boil water advisories lifted in Canada by 2025Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu hopes Canada will be able to lift its remaining long-term drinking water advisories by 2025.CanadaApr 2, 2022
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Boil water advisory in place in Fort McKay following water distribution system issueWhile crews have been able to repair a leak in the water distribution system in Fort McKay, Alta., a boil water advisory remains in place in the community.CanadaDec 27, 2021
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Feds remain committed to ending boil water advisories, Trudeau tells AFNTrudeau discussed the work done to date during an address to a virtual gathering of chiefs with the Assembly of First Nations.CanadaDec 9, 2021
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Feds considering ‘realistic timeline’ to end boil water advisories, Hajdu saysPrime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to end all drinking-water advisories by 2021 when the Liberals were swept to power in 2015.CanadaNov 11, 2021
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Trudeau’s promise to improve First Nations drinking water years behind schedule: federal governmentThe feds now estimate that all long-term water advisories won't be eliminated until 2023-24, while they also only expect long-term solutions to be in place by 2025-26.PoliticsMay 5, 2021
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Ottawa won’t set deadline to lift drinking water advisories in First Nations communitiesIndigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said he remains committed to ensuring every First Nation community will have access to clean drinking water.HealthMar 10, 2021
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Temporary fixes, outdated policies leave some First Nations without safe drinking water: AGThe report states that, in some cases, Indigenous Service Canada provided temporary measures to lift long-term advisories but long-term solutions will take years to be complete.CanadaFeb 25, 2021
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Historic framework signed for First Nations-led Atlantic water authorityThis is the first framework signed for an Indigenous owned and operated water authority in Canada.HealthJun 23, 2020
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