Mar 212013
from Vue Weekly
"Canada's First Nations are facing a water crisis — in fact, it has been going on for many years. Twenty-three of the 49 First Nation reserves in this province are on a boil-water notice — Bragg Creek has been on one since 2000. Another reserve has a cyanobacterial bloom (blue-green algae) and the O'Chiese First Nation in Bremmerville cannot consume its water at all.
"A lot of indigenous communities are facing development projects such as oil and gas drilling or pipelines, which really impacts the water quality in their community," says Emma Lui, a water campaigner with the Council of Canadians. …"
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