You may soon be getting a letter in your mailbox with Durham Region’s logo on it, advertising an insurance plan for your water and sewer lines. The letter will appear different from other regional correspondence because it is being sent out by Service Line Warranties of Canada (SLWC), a private company. The program is run by SLWC, with regional approval. It would cover repairs to your home’s service lines, specifically the ones that the region is not responsible for maintaining. You may want to check if your home insurance already covers such repairs. SLWC runs similar programs in tandem with a number of municipalities across Ontario.
Boil water advisory to end as Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation finalizes water agreement with Kenora, Ont.
About 400 people who have lived under a boil-water advisory for nearly a decade, will soon be able drink the water coming out of their kitchen faucet. The City of Kenora and Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation, which borders Kenora on its eastern boundary, first started to formally negotiate in 2018 how to bring clean water to the neighbouring First Nation.