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CBC
2 days ago
- General
- CBC
Chippewa of the Thames First Nation residents told not to consume tap water
The 1,000 people who live in Chippewa of the Thames First Nation have been told not to drink the water coming out of their taps because of broken, aging infrastructure that can't keep up with the demands of the community, Chief Joe Miskokomon told CBC News. "It's been a problem at Chippewa for decades," Miskokomon said. "We have an inadequate delivery system and an inadequate filtration system, and so it's been a struggle to maintain quality water. The system is not good enough to meet the growing needs of our community." Residents have been told to not use their tap water for drinking, cooking, brushing their teeth or using it for baby formula. Boiling the water will not make it safe, officials say. "It's unfiltered, raw water," Miskokomon said. "It goes through a two-stage filtration and the last stop is where the micro-organisms are being filtered out of the water. We're having trouble keeping that filter. It's supposed to last for a month, but we're going through them every three days." Pumps that should only run eight hours per day have been running 24-7, the chief said. Water deliveries are being arranged and the u-fill station will be operating on extended hours, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Staff will be on-site to help fill and carry just for people who need assistance, Miskokomon said. The issue of poor water quality in First Nations communities has been frustrating for leaders and residents, he added. "We're getting to the point where our system is so overworked and out of date that it can only handle so much. There needs to be a whole rethinking on how to do infrastructure within First Nations." The problem with the Chippewa water was caught at 5 a.m. Monday, Miskokomon said. The nation is waiting for deliveries of specialized filters, he added. The fix is expected to take about a week. "We've been faced with this now for 20 years," the chief said. "It just speaks to the inability of government to address health and safety concerns and issues within First Nations, not only within Chippewa of the Thames First Nation, but quite truthfully, nearly every First Nation in southwestern Ontario and indeed, many across Canada."
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce getting ready for Farmer Appreciation Dinner
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – The Chippewa Valley is mooing with excitement. The Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce is getting ready for the 55th annual Farmer Appreciation Dinner. While dairy farmers play a vital role in the Chippewa Valley, we can't forget about the farmers growing corn, wheat, and other products that wind up on our dinner table. Along with an incredible chicken dinner, the evening will feature music, kids' activities, and ice cream. The Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce is not only celebrating the farmer with this dinner, but they are also dedicated to helping the next generation of farmers as well. Chamber Director of Commerce Programs and Partnership, Angela Kapp, explained, 'We have a school-to-skills program at the Chamber. Our workforce Development Director works with local school districts to get kids exposed to different careers that are right here in our community. So really filling that workforce pipeline, keeping our students here, kind of expanding or exposing them really to a lot of different careers. Farms are very technologically based nowadays as well. It's not just dairy, it's grain and everything. They kind of have to learn, but it's important to just recognize those individuals that really kind of are the backbone of our community.' The dinner is on Wednesday, June 18th, between 4 and 8 pm at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Enbridge Line 5: A clear and present danger
Anti-Line 5 graffiti at Enbridge's pumping station in Mackinaw City, Mich. (Laina G. Stebbins | Michigan Advance) Canadian energy company Enbridge's Line 5 traverses an extremely sensitive ecological area across northern Wisconsin, 400 rivers and streams as well as a myriad of wetlands, in addition to a path under the Mackinac Straights between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, all the while skirting the southern shore of Lake Superior. Such close proximity to the Great Lakes, lakes that hold over 20% of the world's fresh surface water, lakes that supply drinking water to nearly 40 million people, yes, that does indeed make Line 5 a ticking time bomb. Northern Wisconsin is also a very culturally sensitive area, home to the Bad River Reservation. The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa were guaranteed rights to their lands by an 1854 treaty with the U.S. government. The easements for Line 5 across the reservation, granted to Enbridge by the Chippewa, expired in 2013 and the Bad River Band chose not to renew them. Enbridge continues to operate the line, illegally and in direct violation of the Bad River Band's right to sovereignty over their land. The Bad River Band has a guaranteed legal right to their land. They also have a right to Food Sovereignty, the internationally recognized right of food providers to have control over their land, seeds and water while rejecting the privatization of natural resources. Line 5 clearly impinges on the Band's right to hunt, fish, harvest wild rice, to farm and have access to safe drinking water. A federal court ruled that Enbridge has been trespassing on lands of the Bad River Band since 2013 and ordered the company to cease operations of Line 5 by June of 2026 (seems that immediate cessation would make more sense), but rather than shut down the aging line, Enbridge plans to build a diversion around the Bad River Reservation. They plan to move the pipeline out of the Bad River Band's front yard into their back yard, leaving 100% of the threats to people and the environment in place. Liquid petroleum (crude oil, natural gas and petroleum product) pipelines are big business in the U.S. With 2.6 million miles of oil and gas pipelines, the U.S. network is the largest in the world. If we continue our heavy and growing dependence on liquid fossil fuels, we must realize that we will continue to negatively impact the climate and the lives of everyone on the planet. Instead of moving to a just transition away from fossil fuels, liquid or otherwise, the government continues to subsidize the industry through direct payments and tax breaks, refusing to acknowledge the cost of pollution-related health problems and environmental damage, a cost which is of course, incalculable. There are nearly 20,000 miles of pipelines planned or currently under construction in the U.S., thus it would appear that government and private industry are in no hurry to break that addiction, much less make a just transition. While no previous administration was in any hurry to break with the fossil fuel industry, they at least gave the illusion of championing a transition to cleaner energy. The current administration is abundantly clear. Their strategy is having no strategy. They don't like wind and solar and they plan to end any support for renewable energy. They don't care if they upend global markets, banking, energy companies or certainly any efforts to help developing countries transition away from fossil fuels. Pipelines are everywhere across the U.S., a spiderweb connecting wells, refineries, transportation and distribution centers. The vast majority of pipelines are buried and many, if not all, at some point cross streams, rivers, lakes and run over aquifers. Pipeline ruptures and other assorted failures will continue and spillage will find its way into the bodies of water they skirt around or pass under. It's not a question if they will leak, but when. Enbridge controls the largest network of petroleum pipelines in the Great Lakes states, and they are hardly immune to spills. Between 1999 and 2013 it was reported that Enbridge had over 1,000 spills dumping a reported 7.4 million gallons of oil. In 2010 Enbridge's Line 6B ruptured and contaminated the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history. Over 1.2 million gallons of oil were recovered from the river between 2010 and 2014. How much went downstream or was buried in sediment, we'll never know. In 2024 a fault in Enbridge Line 6 caused a spill of 70 thousand gallons near Cambridge Wisconsin. And Enbridge's most infamous pipeline, the 71-year-old Line 5 from Superior Wisconsin to Sarnia Ontario, has had 29 spills in the last 50 years, loosing over 1 million gallons of oil. Some consider Line 5 to be a 'public good' because, as Enbridge argues, shutting the line down will shut down the U.S. economy and people will not be able to afford to heat their homes — claims they have never supported with any evidence. A public good is one that everyone can use, that everyone can benefit from. A public good is not, as Enbridge apparently believes, a mechanism for corporate profit. Line 5 is a privately owned property, existing only to generate profits for Enbridge. If it were a public good, Enbridge would certainly be giving more attention to the rights of the Bad River Band, the well-being of all the people who depend on the clean waters of the Great Lakes and to protecting the sensitive environment of northern Wisconsin and Michigan. They are not. Their trespassing, their disregard for the environment, their continuing legal efforts to protect their bottom line above all else, only points to their self-serving avarice. The Bad River Band wants Enbridge out, and in their eyes it is not a case of 'not in my back yard' they do not want Line 5 in anyone's back yard. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
New York Post
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
These three zodiac signs will feel the 2025 full Strawberry Moon in Sagittarius the most
Shoot your shot and try not to shoot off at the mouth, folks — the full Strawberry Moon in Sagittarius is upon us. Peaking on Wednesday, June 11 at 3:44 a.m. EST, at 20 degrees of Sagittarius, we'll all be under the optimistic arrows of this full moon — but three signs in particular are poised to feel its effects most acutely. Strawberry Moon 2025 4 Read on to see if your sign is among those most affected by the sweet, swashbuckling strawberry moon. Jelena – Advertisement The full moon in June is known by the Algonquin, Ojibwe, Dakota, Lakota, Chippewa, Oneida and Sioux tribes as the Strawberry Moon. It's the first flush of summer that coincides with the wild and widespread ripening of the ruby red fruit. Can dig. Read on to see if your sign is among those most affected by the sweet, swashbuckling Strawberry Moon. 4 Friendship or romantic relationships might shift during this time. Mia – Ahoy, Gemini! The Strawberry Moon is throwing a love light on your seventh house of trusted relationships, both platonic and romantic. Advertisement The seventh house, like the moon, is a mirror and this one offers course-correcting clarity. Given the truth, letting energy of Sagittarius, you may receive information about a friend or partner that changes the dynamic of your relationship. Regardless of whether these changes feel abrasive or amicable, they are here to help you deepen your bonds or break free from the bondage of them. 4 Virgos will be reflecting on how far they've come. Mia – Advertisement Hello Virgo! The Strawberry Sag Moon is transiting your fourth house of origin; home, nurturance, heart strings and umbilical cords. This is tender territory and a buried family secret or acute memory may surface for you. This is not meant to destabilize you, but to help you discern what you need to feel safe in the here and now — and to reveal how far you've come from where you've been. Pulled between the obligations of others and your own needs, remember that a healthy bond is a boundaried bond. Advertisement Draw the line, build your sanctuary and know that you can always go home to yourself. 4 The Sagittarius sign will need to let their guard down. Mia – Happy full moon to you, Sagittarius! The Strawberry Moon rises and shines on your first house of identity, heralding a moment of culmination and restructuring. There's nowhere to hide and nothing to do but drop the mask, lay down your defenses, speak what's true without fear of consequence and look long and hard at your unadorned self. The word adventure comes from the Latin adventura, meaning 'to reach, or something about to happen.' I hope under the light of your moon and the realization that anything can happen, you'll reach for the road that feels like freedom. Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture, and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Some sun and rain: See Chippewa County's weekly forecast here
Chippewa County can expect some rain and some sun this week, with temperatures forecast in a range of 64 to 66 degrees, according to data from AccuWeather. You can search for more information on hourly, daily, monthly weather forecasts and current air quality conditions for your location here. Here's a breakdown of the weekly forecast for Chippewa County: Tuesday is forecast to have a high of 64 degrees with a low of 51 degrees and partly cloudy at night. Expect the daytime temperature to feel five degrees hotter at 69 degrees. There will be light rain during the day, with less than an inch of rain expected. Throughout the day, wind will be blowing south at 8.1 miles per hour. Tuesday's forecast high is below average for this time of year. The 30-year average maximum temperature for June 10 is 71 degrees. This internationally agreed-upon average represents climate data from 1991-2020 and is recalculated every 10 years. The forecast low is three degrees hotter than the established normal of 48 degrees for this time of year. Historically, this day is usually a bit wet, with an average 0.1 inches of precipitation. Chippewa County saw a record-breaking temperature high for June 10 in 1959 at 89 degrees. On this day in 1980, a record low of 28 degrees was set. Precipitation hit a record of 1.53 inches for June 10 in 2020. Wednesday is forecast to have a high of 65 degrees with a low of 48 degrees and clear at night. Expect the daytime temperature to feel five degrees hotter at 70 degrees. Throughout the day, wind will be blowing south at 11.5 miles per hour. Wednesday's forecast high is below average for this time of year. The 30-year average maximum temperature for June 11 is 72 degrees. The forecast low is one degree cooler than the established normal of 49 degrees for this time of year. Historically, this day is usually a bit wet, with an average 0.1 inches of precipitation. Chippewa County saw a record-breaking temperature high for June 11 in 2012 at 87 degrees. On this day in 1980, a record low of 31 degrees was set. Thursday is forecast to have a high of 65 degrees with a low of 46 degrees and partly cloudy at night. Expect the daytime temperature to feel two degrees hotter at 67 degrees. Throughout the day, wind will be blowing northwest at 9.2 miles per hour. Thursday's forecast high is below average for this time of year. The 30-year average maximum temperature for June 12 is 72 degrees. The forecast low is three degrees cooler than the established normal of 49 degrees for this time of year. Historically, this day is usually a bit wet, with an average 0.1 inches of precipitation. Chippewa County saw a record-breaking temperature high for June 12 in 1949 at 90 degrees. On this day in 1947, a record low of 34 degrees was set. Friday is forecast to have a high of 64 degrees with a low of 48 degrees and mainly cloudy at night. Expect the daytime temperature to feel one degree cooler at 63 degrees. Throughout the day, wind will be blowing east-southeast at 6.9 miles per hour. Friday's forecast high is below average for this time of year. The 30-year average maximum temperature for June 13 is 72 degrees. The forecast low is one degree cooler than the established normal of 49 degrees for this time of year. Historically, this day is usually a bit wet, with an average 0.1 inches of precipitation. Chippewa County saw a record-breaking temperature high for June 13 in 1956 at 90 degrees. On this day in 1968, a record low of 36 degrees was set. In Michigan, daily weather forecasts can be unreliable at times due to the volatile nature of lake effect — cold air passing over warm water that causes extreme low or high temperatures — and lack of weather-measuring coverage in the state, according to Dr. Jeffrey Andresen, the State Climatologist for Michigan. The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across Michigan, generated with data from AccuWeather. Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu. Our News Automation and AI team would like to hear from you. Take this survey and share your thoughts with us. This article originally appeared on The Sault News: Some sun and rain: See Chippewa County's weekly forecast here June 10-13, 2025
