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Inquest to examine deaths of 5 people following blastomycosis outbreak in northern Ontario First Nation
A coroner's inquest has been announced into the deaths of five people during an outbreak of blastomycosis in Constance Lake ...
Over 2,000 people expected to evacuate from northwestern Ontario First Nations due to wildfires
Evacuations of Pikangikum and North Spirit Lake First Nations in northwestern Ontario are expected to begin Friday, as out-of ...
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First Nations call for Ontario environment minister's resignation
Ontario strongly believes this is not an either-or proposition: we can and need to bring clean drinking water to First ...
Inquest to examine 5 deaths during blastomycosis outbreak in First Nation in northern Ontario
A coroner's inquest has been announced into the 2021-2022 deaths of five people during an outbreak of blastomycosis in Constance Lake First Nation just west of Hearst, Ont. Dozens of people were also ...
First Nations call for Ontario environment minister to resign for trying to stop clean water bill
McCarthy singled out the fresh drinking water bill when asking the federal Liberals to stop legislation that would 'delay project development and undermine competitiveness' ...
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Ontario First Nation slowed down traffic on Trans-Canada Highway over mining laws
Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg Chief Louis Kwissiwa says they demonstrated alongside Highway 17 to show their disapproval of the ...
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Chiefs in Ontario and Alberta condemn opposition to reintroducing First Nations safe drinking water bill
“Kainai, Siksika, and Piikani Nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy are outraged at the Government of Alberta’s morally ...
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Alberta and Ontario ask Carney government to ‘refrain’ from reintroducing First Nations clean water bill
Environment ministers in Alberta and Ontario don't want the federal government to reintroduce the safe drinking water law for ...
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Members of First Nation in northern Ontario to return home after wildfire evacuations
Residents of a First Nation in northern Ontario will start returning home Friday after a wildfire threatened the community ...
First Nations say ancestral remains found during excavation near Ontario Power Generation’s new Oshawa headquarters
The remains were found while Ontario Power Generation was digging on land that had been long-identified as an Indigenous ...
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Federal Minister planning to table First Nations water bill despite opposition from Alberta and Ontario
Despite opposition from Alberta and Ontario, the federal minister of Indigenous services plans to reintroduce legislation to ...
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Ontario extends olive branch to First Nations on ‘special economic zones’
Ontario’s Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford is reassuring First Nations that they’ll have a say in how “special ...