Ten months with yellow water in Fort Simpson public housing – St. Catharines Standard
May 22, 2024
Chalifoux’s home in the Northwest Territories village already had issues when she and her two sons first moved in four years ago. There were sunken foundations, boarded windows, insect infestations, plywood covered in dog feces and suspected mould, she says, to name a few.
Chalifoux’s home in the Northwest Territories village already had issues when she and her two sons first moved in four years ago. There were sunken foundations, boarded windows, insect infestations, plywood covered in dog feces and suspected mould, she says, to name a few.
Chalifoux says she overlooked these problems because of her fond memories of the house, which was her childhood friend’s home during the late 1980s. At the time, she considered it a “home away from home.”
Originally, Chalifoux had hoped her children would make new happy memories under the same roof.
Last summer, when the tap water began to appear oily and bath water turned yellow, she says she realized the house was no place for her children to grow up.
