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NDP projected to win Surrey City Centre, gap narrows in Surrey-Guildford as absentee vote count continues

The B.C. NDP has won the riding of Surrey City Centre, CBC News projects, as Elections B.C. continues to count absentee ballots…

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Caravan from Grassy Narrows First Nation makes stops to educate about mercury poisoning ahead of Toronto rally

Warning: This story contains references to suicide. Annie Sneaky says the loss of her two sisters to suicide is what…

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6 First Nations challenge Ontario’s Mining Act, a month after similar legal action by Grassy Narrows

Six First Nations in northern Ontario are challenging the province’s Mining Act, arguing it violates their treaty and Charter equality rights.…

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Grassy Narrows First Nation taking Ontario to court over Mining Act, lack of consultation on land claims

A First Nation in northwestern Ontario is taking the province to court over its Mining Act, arguing the free-entry system violates its…

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Grassy Narrows First Nation appeals to international human rights commission over mercury contamination

In its efforts to press the Ontario and federal governments to do more to address mercury contamination of its river,…

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Grassy Narrows First Nation files lawsuit against Ontario, federal governments over mercury contamination

A First Nation in northwestern Ontario that has faced decades of mercury poisoning is suing the provincial and federal governments, arguing…

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Mercury poisoning near Grassy Narrows First Nation worsened by ongoing industrial pollution, study suggests

A new study from the University of Western Ontario suggests mercury contamination in northwestern Ontario’s English-Wabigoon River has been made…

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Grassy Narrows chief calls out feds amid ‘ridiculous’ delays to mercury treatment centre construction

The chief of Grassy Narrows is calling out the federal government as a long-promised mercury poisoning treatment centre for the northern Ontario…

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