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Author: Susan Krashinsky Robertson, Willow Fiddler
Publication Date: December 8, 2025 - 05:30
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Ottawa duty-bound to provide safe drinking water to First Nations, federal judge rules
December 8, 2025
The Canadian government has a duty to ensure First Nations behind a class-action lawsuit have access to clean drinking water, a federal judge has ruled.
The case, the third major class-action lawsuit brought forward in recent years over unsafe water in First Nations communities, was filed by Shamattawa First Nation and its Chief, Jordna Hill, and was certified in 2023.
Shamattawa, a Treaty 5 First Nation in northern Manitoba, is a fly-in community that has faced “a near constant” drinking-water advisory since December of 2018, according to the decision filed on Friday by Federal Court Justice Paul Favel.
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Much of the Atlantic region will see a cold and windy start to the week as an Alberta clipper system heads east. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the whole of Nova Scotia, as well as the eastern part of Prince Edward Island and the eastern part of Newfoundland.
December 8, 2025 - 06:52 | | The Globe and Mail
A table outlining an internal Royal Canadian Air Force 2021 study on the F-35 fighter jet versus Sweden’s Gripen has magically shown up in the press at just the very moment it might most influence the choice about to be made. The confidential internal document lands as Ottawa continues to review its deal of purchasing the full contingent of eighty-eight American-built F-35s following United States president Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty—a process now bogged down by concerns inside the RCAF that the purchase is becoming harder to justify.
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December 8, 2025 - 06:30 | Peter Jones | Walrus
Good morning. The Air Transat pilots’ union has issued a strike notice for early Wednesday morning. More on that below, along with the return of Indigenous artifacts and a rebound in employment data. Let’s get to it.TOP STORY
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