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A century-old standoff over Native land rights in central Ontario may finally be coming to an end.

The Teme-Augama Band reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government on a land claim dispute that has prevented land development in the region for the last two decades.

The agreement would see 297 square kilometres of land handed over to the band for their own use, $15 million in compensation and the shared stewardship of 1,295 square km of land around Lake Temagami.

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A federal report recently obtained a Vancouver newspaper shows environmental problems exist on more than half the reserves in British Columbia.

The Indian Affairs document obtained the Vancouver Sun last month outlined about 500 pollution problems on 200 Indian reserves in B.C. including:

- Sewage disposal and industrial landfill problems on the Coquitlam Reserve that have tainted drinking water.

- A hospital waste dump site on the same reserve, the contents of which are not known.

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A federal report recently obtained a Vancouver newspaper shows environmental problems exist on more than half the reserves in British Columbia.

The Indian Affairs document obtained the Vancouver Sun last month outlined about 500 pollution problems on 200 Indian reserves in B.C. including:

- Sewage disposal and industrial landfill problems on the Coquitlam Reserve that have tainted drinking water.

- A hospital waste dump site on the same reserve, the contents of which are not known.

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A federal report recently obtained a Vancouver newspaper shows environmental problems exist on more than half the reserves in British Columbia.

The Indian Affairs document obtained the Vancouver Sun last month outlined about 500 pollution problems on 200 Indian reserves in B.C. including:

- Sewage disposal and industrial landfill problems on the Coquitlam Reserve that have tainted drinking water.

- A hospital waste dump site on the same reserve, the contents of which are not known.

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A federal report recently obtained a Vancouver newspaper shows environmental problems exist on more than half the reserves in British Columbia.

The Indian Affairs document obtained the Vancouver Sun last month outlined about 500 pollution problems on 200 Indian reserves in B.C. including:

- Sewage disposal and industrial landfill problems on the Coquitlam Reserve that have tainted drinking water.

- A hospital waste dump site on the same reserve, the contents of which are not known.

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A federal report recently obtained a Vancouver newspaper shows environmental problems exist on more than half the reserves in British Columbia.

The Indian Affairs document obtained the Vancouver Sun last month outlined about 500 pollution problems on 200 Indian reserves in B.C. including:

- Sewage disposal and industrial landfill problems on the Coquitlam Reserve that have tainted drinking water.

- A hospital waste dump site on the same reserve, the contents of which are not known.

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A federal report recently obtained a Vancouver newspaper shows environmental problems exist on more than half the reserves in British Columbia.

The Indian Affairs document obtained the Vancouver Sun last month outlined about 500 pollution problems on 200 Indian reserves in B.C. including:

- Sewage disposal and industrial landfill problems on the Coquitlam Reserve that have tainted drinking water.

- A hospital waste dump site on the same reserve, the contents of which are not known.

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A federal report recently obtained a Vancouver newspaper shows environmental problems exist on more than half the reserves in British Columbia.

The Indian Affairs document obtained the Vancouver Sun last month outlined about 500 pollution problems on 200 Indian reserves in B.C. including:

- Sewage disposal and industrial landfill problems on the Coquitlam Reserve that have tainted drinking water.

- A hospital waste dump site on the same reserve, the contents of which are not known.

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A federal report recently obtained a Vancouver newspaper shows environmental problems exist on more than half the reserves in British Columbia.

The Indian Affairs document obtained the Vancouver Sun last month outlined about 500 pollution problems on 200 Indian reserves in B.C. including:

- Sewage disposal and industrial landfill problems on the Coquitlam Reserve that have tainted drinking water.

- A hospital waste dump site on the same reserve, the contents of which are not known.

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A federal report recently obtained a Vancouver newspaper shows environmental problems exist on more than half the reserves in British Columbia.

The Indian Affairs document obtained the Vancouver Sun last month outlined about 500 pollution problems on 200 Indian reserves in B.C. including:

- Sewage disposal and industrial landfill problems on the Coquitlam Reserve that have tainted drinking water.

- A hospital waste dump site on the same reserve, the contents of which are not known.