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. Continue reading →

The government says more than 200 people in the First Nations communities of Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong receive the payments, which have been frozen since 1985. Continue reading →

The community-based health survey found that there are fewer elders in Grassy Narrows, which they say suggests people there are dying prematurely. Continue reading →

Mercury contamination has plagued the English-Wabigoon River system in northwestern Ontario for half a century. Continue reading →

Leaders from a Northern Ontario First Nation are urging the federal and Ontario governments to commit to building and funding a mercury treatment centre in their community. Continue reading →

Former federal Liberal leader Bob Rae says he was unaware during his tenure as Ontario premier that there was likely ongoing mercury contamination taking place upstream from Grassy Narrows First Nation. Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

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

Saxe says the government must make environmental justice part of its reconciliation with Indigenous communities. Continue reading →