Water is flowing once again to some farmers in southern Alberta after the Piikani First Nation shut down a vital water weir in a two-week-long protest.
The region near Granum, Alta., doesn't see a lot of rain and agriculture depends on water diverted from the Old Man River, which runs through the Piikani Nation. Every spring, the canal gates open from a weir on Piikani land, but on April 12, the Piikani closed it tight.
Heather Yourex-West explains what drew the ire of Indigenous leaders and what resolved the feud.
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The region near Granum, Alta., doesn't see a lot of rain and agriculture depends on water diverted from the Old Man River, which runs through the Piikani Nation. Every spring, the canal gates open from a weir on Piikani land, but on April 12, the Piikani closed it tight.
Heather Yourex-West explains what drew the ire of Indigenous leaders and what resolved the feud.
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/8789545/piikani-nation-irrigation-dispute-continues/
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