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Even though repairs at the communitys water treatment plant are complete and a 14-day performance test shows its producing cleaner water than ever before, Neskantagas 25-year-long boil water advisory — the longest of any First Nation in the country — remains in place.  Samples taken from the plant by ALS Laboratories in Thunder Bay show the water does not contain any disease-causing bacteria, such as E. coli. Community members must bring their water to a full boil for at least one minute...

Posted: Dec 17, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020 A sign pleading for help in Neskantaga First Nation.(Olivia Stefanovich/CBC) Members of a First Nation that has been under a boil-water advisory for longer than any other in Canada are hoping to return home before Christmas to clean running water for the first time in 25 years. Neskantaga, accessible only by air and an ice road in winter, sits about 450 km north of Thunder Bay, Ont. — where nearly 300 of its members have been ...