Fight for clean water for all Six Nations of the Grand River residents

Indigenous community, water advocates, moving ahead on drinking water solutions

An innovative way to bring clean water to indigenous communities is being installed in homes at a reserve not far from Toronto. The project is an early step in a plan that advocates hope will eventually…

September 1, 2022 12:17 pm EST EST

Filters offer a temporary source of clean water on Six Nations reserve

It’s installation day at Beverley Maracle’s house at Six Nations of the Grand River. A water man has arrived with a water filter, a small blue and white cylinder, only a few inches long. As it’s attached…

September 1, 2022 10:50 am EST EST

High cost of water plant connection blocking Indigenous residents from accessing clean water

In Six Nations of the Grand River, just two hours away from Toronto, more than 80 per cent of households don’t have direct access to clean drinking water, despite a multi-million-dollar water treatment…

August 31, 2022 1:47 pm EST EST

Foundation working to bring filters for clean water across Ontario reserves

Water is an extremely important part of Indigenous culture which makes the fact that 27 Indigenous communities across Canada are living with a boil water advisory while countless others struggle for access…

September 1, 2022 4:09 pm EST EST

Filters offer a temporary source of clean water on Six Nations reserve

It’s installation day at Beverley Maracle’s house at Six Nations of the Grand River. A water man has arrived with a water filter, a small blue and white cylinder, only a few inches long. As it’s attached…

September 1, 2022 10:50 am EST EST

High cost of water plant connection blocking Indigenous residents from accessing clean water

In Six Nations of the Grand River, just two hours away from Toronto, more than 80 per cent of households don’t have direct access to clean drinking water, despite a multi-million-dollar water treatment…

August 31, 2022 1:47 pm EST EST

Foundation working to bring filters for clean water across Ontario reserves

Water is an extremely important part of Indigenous culture which makes the fact that 27 Indigenous communities across Canada are living with a boil water advisory while countless others struggle for access…

September 1, 2022 4:09 pm EST EST

Six Nations resident takes first sip of clean water from the tap ever
Beverley Maracle, a resident of Six Nations of the Grand River, had her first glass of clean drinking water from her tap just last week. CityNews was on hand to watch the Dreamcatcher Foundation install a temporary filter on her tap.

Many Six Nations of the Grand River residents live without direct access to clean water

In a new series, CityNews will be talking to Six Nations community leaders, residents and water keeper Autumn Peltier about efforts to get every resident access to clean water and why this issue is proving…

August 30, 2022 6:01 pm EST EST

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Filter bringing clean water to a local Indigenous community

After decades of limited access to clean water, a resident of Six Nations of the Grand River in southern Ontario drinks her tap water for the first time. Stella Acquisto explains the filter that’s enabling a better quality of life on reserve.

September 1, 2022 2:46 pm EST EST

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Indigenous community working toward access to clean water

Many residents of Six Nations of the Grand River have been living without easy access to clean water for years. It’s a problem indigenous communities face Canada-wide, but as Stella Acquisto reports, a new solution is helping open the taps.

August 30, 2022 9:08 am EST EST

New TIFF documentary shines a light on boil water advisories across Indigenous communities

A documentary that sheds light on the unclean water crisis in Indigenous communities across the country is premiering this week in TIFF. The film, Boil Alert, directed by Stevie Salas and James Burns…

September 12, 2023 5:47 pm EST EST