Chris Moonias

• Indigenous services minister ‘alarmed’ by allegations about construction practices on First Nations

  Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he was alarmed by revelations of a December investigation into construction practices in on-reserve water projects.

  Investigations

  Feb 20, 2021
  
• How colonial systems have left some First Nations without drinking water

  In interviews, First Nations leaders, engineers and community members pointed to restrictive and outdated policies that result in a lack of local control over projects.

  Investigations

  Feb 18, 2021
  
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• Neskantaga residents start returning home 2 months after tainted water evacuation

  About 250 people relocated to a hotel in Thunder Bay in late October after an oily sheen surfaced in the community's reservoir.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2020
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• Chief says Neskantaga First Nation to fully evacuate amid tainted water results

  Roughly 230 people -- most of whom were deemed vulnerable -- were evacuated from the community earlier in the week.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2020
• Trudeau won’t commit to ending boil-water advisories on First Nations by 2021

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to walk back his government’s promise to end all water-boil advisories in First Nations communities by March 2021.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2020
• Hundreds evacuated from northwestern Ontario First Nation over water crisis

  The chief of a northwestern Ontario First Nation says hundreds of people are being evacuated due to a water crisis.

  Health

  Oct 21, 2020