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Less than a week aft parents were notified elevated pb levels were recovered successful 2 Yellowknife schools' drinking water, the N.W.T. authorities is saying archetypal h2o investigating was not done properly.
Deputy Minister of ECE says section moving to rebuild spot with parents
CBC News
· Posted: Jun 03, 2025 9:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago
Deputy Minister of the N.W.T. section of Education of Culture and Employment says determination was a deficiency of coordination betwixt his section and different departments of the Northwest Territories.
The section has reported elevated levels of pb successful the drinking h2o astatine 2 Yellowknife schools. The levels were first detected connected Jan. 22, but parents and unit were not notified until May 27.
ECE lawman curate James Fulford says that has to bash with mediocre connection and coordination wrong the territorial government.
"There was a deficiency of coordination among my department, Education Culture and Employment, and different departments wrong the [Government of the Northwest Territories]," helium said.
Fulford said determination volition beryllium an autarkic reappraisal to find what went incorrect and however to determination forward.
He said it's imaginable determination has been pb successful the h2o since earlier the investigating but they don't cognize for however long.
He said helium expects the reappraisal should lone instrumentality a week oregon 2 and that enactment is underway for that reappraisal to begin. Fulford said helium doesn't cognize however overmuch the reappraisal volition cost. As a genitor with a kid successful 1 of the school, helium says helium recognizes parents concerns and that the section is moving to rebuild spot with parents, students and staff.
"[The department] places the highest precedence connected wellness and information of students and unit successful schools," Fulford said.
In a uncommon play property release, the territorial authorities formed uncertainty connected the h2o trial results.
It said champion practices were not followed, nary extracurricular experts were consulted, and that radical with cognition of h2o investigating wrong the authorities were not consulted.
With files from Hilary Bird
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