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Tataskweyak Cree Nation to get $40M water pipeline after 6 years under boil water advisory

Tataskweyak Cree Nation to get $40M water pipeline after 6 years under boil water advisory

Taralee Beardy never thought she would see her community get a safer source of water, but a national $8 billion drinking water class-action settlement affecting First Nations is set to change that. Beardy, the chief of Tataskweyak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, says the construction of a new 40-kilometre pipeline and water treatment plant for her community is set to begin next spring, meaning Tataskweyak's six-year boil water advisory will be coming to an end.

This First Nation is just 20 km from downtown Prince George — but they still can't drink their water

This First Nation is just 20 km from downtown Prince George — but they still can't drink their water

Kym Gouchie lives just 20 kilometers away from downtown Prince George, northern B.C.'s largest city and one that has been rated as having one of the best water systems in the country — but because she is on reserve land, she has been unable to drink from her taps for more than a year. Gouchie lives with her mother on the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation reserve, which was established after its members were removed from the Lheidli T'enneh village near present-day downtown Prince George in 1913. In 2019, the First Nation announced the installation of water filtration systems, which have since failed.