Water bill push gains cross party support from Indigenous leaders
Indigenous Services Minister Hajdu and AFN National Chief Woodhouse Nepinak urge MPs to back a bill guaranteeing clean drinking water for First Nations and safeguarding source water. Critics say funding and strong protections are needed as the bill sits at committee amid partisan delays and accusations of broken promises.
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Indigenous Services
Patty Hajdy
Assembly of First Nations
Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak
Hajdu
House of Commons
Senate
Peared
House
Andrew Scheer
NDP
Scheer
Woodhouse Nepinak
Canada
Waterways cleanup kickoff by divers at Thunder Bay marina
A coalition led by Eco Divers Thunder Bay and partners will deploy divers at the Thunder Bay marina boat launch on October 20 at 10 30 a m to remove plastics metals and debris from the lake. Volunteers may join with gloves and old clothes to help retrieve items including bottles tires and even a disused pistol from the water.
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Eco Divers
Thunder Bay
Thunder Country Diving
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
City of
Thunder Bay Marina
Len Mason
Ontario
Mason
Wally Peterson
Rocky Bay First Nation
Nipigon
Silver Harbour
Fishermen’s Park
Peterson
Marina
OPSEU
Marina Park
Ontario funds still open for wetlands program for farmers
Ontario says the Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program still has funds in its second intake. Since June, more than 215 projects across wetlands and reduced tillage have drawn over 12 million dollars. Eligible farmers can receive up to 30 dollars per acre for reduced tillage and up to 25 thousand dollars per acre for new wetlands.
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Ontario Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
Rob Flack
Lawrence MacAulay
Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association
Association
Phil Degema
World Wild Life Fund
WWF
Ontario
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