Even 20 years after the Walkerton water crisis erupted in his hometown, Bruce Davidson is careful not to say it couldn't happen again in Ontario. "That's a very, very dangerous road to go down ...

As COVID-19 has done now, the drinking water contamination back then forced the closure of town schools and restaurants ... the midwestern Ontario community. The post-crisis Walkerton Clean ...

The hospital in the small Ontario community of Walkerton usually wasn't busy ... advocacy group in response to the tragedy. Schools and restaurants were closed, he said, and streets that normally ...

The opening of a judicial inquiry on October 16 and the recent publication of two investigative reports have again focused attention on the e-coli contamination of Walkerton, Ontario's water ...

Whilst the Ontario Tory government has vigorously denied any responsibility for the poisoning of Walkerton’s water, the inquiry found that it must bear primary responsibility for the tragedy.

This year, after seven E.coli deaths in Ontario, other provinces immediately began to seek out and correct serious drinking water problems lest a Walkerton occur there. Quebec identified 90 ...

The report from the judicial inquiry into the Walkerton water disaster will be released as soon as possible, the Ontario government promised yesterday. In a motion, Liberal Jim Bradley said he was ...

TORONTO - The Ontario government has paid out more than $72 million in compensation to victims of Walkerton’s tainted water tragedy and their families. Seven people died and about 2,500 became ...

Having learned tragic lessons from the deadly Walkerton catastrophe, the province of Ontario is offering to help troubled Flint, Michigan with its water contamination disaster. After a meeting ...