First Nation Opens Water Treatment Plant, Ending Decades Old Drinking Water Advisory

Stewart Redsky, former chief and current Alcohol/Drug Counsellor of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, walks past one week's worth of 20 litre water bottles in the community's water storage room on Feb. 25, 2015. The Canadian Press/John Woods

SHOAL LAKE, ONTARIO, CANADA—Shoal Lake 40 First Nation is welcoming clean, running water for the first time in nearly 25 years.

The First Nation on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary is celebrating today the opening of its new water treatment plant, along with a new school.