30 years under longest boil-water advisory in Canada, Neskantaga First Nation pushes for new treatment plant

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'It's been traumatic,' says chief of First Nation now 30 years into longest boil-water advisory in Canada

Neskantaga First Nation in northwestern Ontario is marking the 30th anniversary of being under a boil-water advisory — the longest in Canada — by renewing calls to fix the crisis once and for all. As the ruling Liberals prepare for a new leader, the First Nation is ramping up efforts to get the federal government to pay for a new water treatment plant.