Courts asked to force immediate hearing into Tyendinaga's water issues
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News The mother of a child who died of leukemia…
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News The mother of a child who died of leukemia…
When the Tyendinaga Mohawks closed their landfill in 2007 they were required to complete a closure report and conduct water monitoring tests to ensure toxic chemicals didn’t leachate into the ground water directly below.
The parents of three children diagnosed with leukemia on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory are refusing to sign a waiver allowing a doctor to examine their medical records for possibly links.
The Tyendinaga band council has handed over copies of reports completed on it’s drinking water to provincial and federal agencies, including Health Canada, to determine the toxicology levels of chemicals found in test wells around at the controversial landfill.
The Tyendinaga Mohawk police have been asked to investigate whether the band council has been criminally negligent in its handling of the on-going water crisis where children have recently been diagnosed with cancer and developed body sores.
Dawn Sero sits on the couch holding a large framed photograph of her daughter smiling.
The search began Wednesday for a missing Winnipeg woman who is believed to have been murdered by a suspected serial killer.
APTN National News Winnipeg Police stated that they will go ahead with the search of…
The Saskatoon police is asking the public for help in retracing the steps of an Aboriginal man who was found in a ditch near the city landfill.