Claims can now be filed for compensation from $1.5-billion Safe Drinking Water Settlement Trust

By Cristin Schmitz ( April 28, 2022, 4:14 PM EDT) -- The chiefs of Neskantaga First Nation and Tataskweyak Cree Nation and the federal government have announced that the claims period for compensation has opened under last year’s landmark settlement agreement resolving national class action litigation related to decades of unsafe drinking water in First Nations communities....