Indigenous Services moves to end water crisis in Neskantaga First Nation ‘as quickly as possible’ – CBC

After 25 years without safe drinking water, Neskantaga First Nation now has no running water at all

Oct 22, 2020

The federal government is moving to support people displaced by a water crisis in a remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario and is working to end the 25-year boil water advisory “as quickly as possible,” says Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller.

About 200 people were evacuated from Neskantaga earlier this week after the water plant was shut down after an unknown substance was found in the reservoir. That left the community of 300 people without any running water at all. It has been more than 25 years since the First Nation had tap water that is safe to drink.

“No water to bathe. No water to flush toilets. No water servicing homes, the nursing station, the band office, the school,” Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday afternoon.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/neskantaga-no-water-1.5772313

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