More on Tainted Water

• Regina committee looks to speed up lead service connector replacement by 15 years

  Fast-tracking the replacement program would make it mandatory for property owners to replace their private connectors at the same time the city-owned ones are being replaced.

  Canada

  May 19, 2021
• Former Neskantaga contractor accused of cutting corners in other First Nations

  Five of the projects have been peppered with allegations, including excessive overcharges, deficient work, delays and racism, reveals an investigation.

  Investigations

  Dec 21, 2020
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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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• N.S. to spend another $14.3 million on school programs, drinking water

  The province's education and early childhood minister Zach Churchill announced the funding on Wednesday.

  Education

  Dec 2, 2020
• Nearly every single Halifax-area public school has too much lead in its drinking water

  Data released by the provincial government this week reveals that the majority of public schools in Nova Scotia have too much lead in their water.

  Education

  Oct 1, 2020
• Education Department publishes test results, reveals schools with lead in drinking water

  The department initially committed to having the database online by the start of the school year.

  Education

  Sep 30, 2020
• Education Department misses target date on lead database for Nova Scotia school water

  After a groundbreaking investigation on lead in drinking water, the province promised to publish all lead test results by the start of the 2020 school year.

  Health

  Sep 4, 2020
• ‘Transformational’: Halifax Water will lead landmark lead pipe replacement program for private homes

  'Halifax Water will be the first to pay for both public and private lead replacement'

  Investigations

  Aug 27, 2020
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• Lead testing in Quebec schools and daycares delayed due to COVID-19

  With classes in Quebec set to resume, those concerned about lead levels in school drinking water wonder when testing, halted by COVID-19, will be done.

  Education

  Aug 11, 2020
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• Liberal MPs call on Ottawa to tackle ‘national public health crisis’ of lead in drinking water

  A group of federal Liberal MPs are asking their government to invest up to $400 million to combat the “health crisis” of lead-contaminated drinking water.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2020