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‘Our water should never be that dirty’: the water crisis in First Nations is about staffing too

Sep 19, 2025 | Daily News

In many Ontario Indigenous communities, water treatment plants are staffed by a single person. A training program is trying to change that. Read the full story by The Narwhal.


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