Shoal Lake 40

• Shoal Lake 40 First Nation sues Winnipeg, feds over impacts of diverted drinking water

  The Winnipeg aqueduct, built in 1915, left the community accessible only by ice road in the winter or boat in the summer.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2023
  
• ‘An ongoing symbol of colonization’: How bad water affects First Nations’ health

  For years, First Nations across Canada have suspected that they've been getting sick from poor water quality -- and a gap in health data is not helping the situation.

  Features

  Sep 30, 2021
  
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• New treatment plant ends Shoal Lake 40 First Nation’s 24-year boil water advisory

  A decades-long battle to supply the First Nation with clean drinking water — even as Winnipeg takes 100 million gallons per day from their lake — will soon be over.

  Health

  Sep 10, 2021
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• Winnipeg’s drinking water a source of frustration for Indigenous community

  'We never made an agreement with the city. We never signed no rights away with the city.'

  Health

  Mar 31, 2021
• First Nation to get new water plant after being under boil water advisories for 22 years

  Government officials are at Shoal Lake 40 to celebrate the start of construction on a new water treatment system.

  Health

  Sep 6, 2019
• First Nations ‘living in Third World conditions’ as communities endure water advisories

  Despite an influx of billions in funding and a campaign pledge, the Liberals have barely made a dent in ending drinking water advisories for First Nations communities, a report released Thursday found.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2017
• ‘This is a new beginning’: Shoal Lake 40 First Nation gets funds for Freedom Road

  The final hurdle appears to have been cleared for construction of an all-weather road for Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.

  Dec 12, 2016
• ‘We had nowhere else to go,’ residents from Shoal Lake 40 trapped after barge break down

  Many of the over 250 people living on the reserve at Shoal Lake 40, Manitoba were scrambling to find a way home yesterday as their physical access to the outside world froze over.

  Dec 10, 2016
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• Road to Shoal Lake 40 First Nation one step closer

  An isolated reserve near the Manitoba-Ontario boundary is a step closer to being connected with the outside world.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2016
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• Human Rights Watch calls out Canada over First Nations water crisis

  A leading human rights organization says Canada is failing the country's First Nations communities by not providing the same access to clean and drinkable water as non-indigenous Canadians.

  Environment

  Jun 7, 2016