Province Reviewing Water Agreement

A small victory of sorts for the Shoal Lake First Nation in Northwestern Ontario.
Natural Resources Spokesperson Jolanta Kowalski says the Province has launched a review to see if Winnipeg’s plan to extend its water and sewer pipes to rural municipalities violates any historical agreements involving the source of the city’s water.
Ontario gave Winnipeg permission to draw water from Shoal Lake for municipal purposes in 1913.
Kowalski says the department’s legal branch started to sift through 100 years of water agreements two weeks ago.
The First Nation has threatened legal action.