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Feds to provide bottled water, mental health services to First Nations dealing with tailings pond leak

Feds to provide bottled water, mental health services to First Nations dealing with tailings pond leak

The federal government is providing bottled water and mental health services to First Nations struggling to deal with a spill from a tar sands tailings pond that went unreported for months in northern Alberta. “They’re devastated and their communities are devastated,” Indigenous Services Canada Minister Patty Hajdu said at a press conference in Ottawa on Monday. “They’re afraid that the water is contaminated.