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Canada Native Groups Join to Protect Water Supply
"The idea here is that this becomes a catalyst so people can actually start focusing on this really serious issue of water,"
- Deh Cho First Nation Grand Chief Herb Norwegian
Calgary, AB - Booming oil and gas development in Western and Northern Canada has prompted native groups to build a united front to better protect the vast region's water resources, aboriginal leaders said Thursday.
About 200 First Nations representatives from Alberta, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories gathered in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., this week for a three-day conference on how to stem worsening water quality and diminishing supplies as a result of industrial development.