Ontario will spend $85 million to clean up industrial mercury contamination that is poisoning the people at Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong First Nations in northwestern Ontario, Environment Minister Glen Murray announced on Tuesday. "This really is a historic day in Ontario," Murray told CBC News in an interview. Grassy Narrows First Nation activist Judy Dasilva attends a 2012 rally in Toronto. Murray said the announcement came after two months of intensive work with the chiefs of Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong. "This river is the lifeblood of my people," said Grassy Narrows Chief Simon Fobister in a statement on Tuesday evening.

Source: CBC News June 27, 2017 22:56 UTC