Compensation for All Postering Campaign

Click below to register to help poster in your community to demand Compensation for All for Grassy Narrows.

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Compensation for All

Virtual Campaign Launch

Grassy Narrows has turned a decades-long injustice into a national issue that can’t be ignored.

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Now it’s time to launch a new phase of the campaign for mercury justice.

On Saturday March 27 at 2pm EDT
Join Grassy Narrows leaders along with
Leanne Simpson and Tanya Talaga to speak out on Zoom. 

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Early death linked to mercury in Grassy Narrows

Grassy Narrows people with higher long-term mercury exposure were far more likely to die early according to an authoritative new study published Monday evening in the Lancet Planetary Health scientific journal. 

The study is the first to directly support Grassy Narrows’ long held belief that their people are dying young because of the ongoing impact of mercury poisoning which started in 1962 when an upstream paper mill began dumping 10 tonnes of mercury into Grassy Narrows’ English-Wabigoon River system. Only 14% of Grassy Narrows people currently get compensation from the Mercury Disability Board.

50th anniversary of fishing industry shutdown

April marks the 50th anniversary of the fishing industry being shut down in Grassy Narrows due to mercury contamination of the river system.  

Between 1962 and 1970, a paper mill dumped 9,000 kg of mercury into the Wabigoon River upstream from Grassy Narrows, with the Province’s permission.  No one told Grassy Narrows about this poison until 1970. In April 1970 the Ontario government shut down the local fishing industry. Within a year, unemployment rates in Grassy Narrows skyrocketed from 5% to 95%.  This is because most people worked as commercial fishers, fishing guides, or in other work related to fishing tourism. 

Since then, it has been found that many people suffer from mercury poisoning.  

Grassy Narrows wins historic Mercury Home contract!

Yesterday evening Grassy Narrows First Nation secured a signed contract from Canada to provide the full funding required to build a Mercury Care Home in the community following Grassy Narrows’ plan. Canada is also bound to provide long-term funding for operations and maintenance, including federally funded services, although the amount is not yet specified. The agreement is an important step to implement promises made by Canada since 2017 on the facility. However, Grassy Narrows continues to seek secure long-term funding for the full services required at the facility for people suffering from the debilitating impacts of mercury poisoning. 

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