2018 NPOY News Picture Story Finalists

2018 NPOY Picture Story News – Sponsored by the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

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Listed in alphabetical order.

 

Chris Donovan / Independent

Waterless Generations – The people of Neskantanga First Nations haven’t been able to drink their tap water in more than 23 years. The community is under Canada’s longest-running boil-water advisory.

The federal government says the water system will be fixed in Spring 2019 but many community members are skeptical.

Casey Moonias, 26, has lived under the advisory for most of her life and her five children have never drank tap water from their community. She says that even if the government says their water is safe, she won’t use it because she doesn’t trust the government.

 

 

Chad Hipolito / The Canadian Press

The six-week military and education program known as RAVEN in Esquimalt, B.C., provides aboriginal youth with the experience of what it takes to be a member of the Canadian Armed Forces.

 

 

Ben Nelms / Bloomberg

The Athabasca oil sands are large deposits of bitumen and oil in northern Alberta. The Canadian oil sands, roughly centred around Fort McMurray, have left large swaths of land scarred due to the massive amount of earth that is moved to access the oil.

 

 

Jesse Winter / The Star Vancouver

The worsening flood-and-fire cycle in the British Columbia interior that experts say is being made worse by climate change.

 

 

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