In response to the blocking of news media on Meta (soon Google) in the settler state of Canada, we've started a weekly newsletter, Keeping Up! Every week, we'll send out a digital newsletter to help you stay informed on water news and issues that matter to you. We are all invited to add to this newsletter. The deadline for the newsletter is weekly on Fridays at noon. We will accept all submissions connected to water protection, Indigenous rights, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, emergency information related to climate disasters for climate refugees, and environmental issues as long as they do not condone or promote violence, lateral violence or include hate speech.

Here is our Vol 1., No. 1 edition:

“OKANAGAN WILDFIRES: What you need to know for Sat, Aug 19/23” - Ashley Wadhwani for Kelowna Capital News

“Northwest Territory wildfire evacuees frustrated by lack of communication” - By Danielle Paradis, Chris Stewart for APTN News

“Hidden Hazards: THE CHEMICAL FOOTPRINT OF A PLASTIC BOTTLE” - Report by DefendOurHealth.org

“Hydro Quebec workers, vulnerable Cree community members evacuated due to wildfires” - By Canadian Press in APTN

“Don’t Mine McClelland” - By Phillip Meintzer, Alberta Wilderness Association, Conservation Specialist

“Group That Calls CO2 ‘Gas of Life’ Praises Alberta’s Renewables Moratorium” - By Geoff Dembicki, posted in DeSmog Blog

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👈🏾This form is not only for Keepers of the Water staff and board members but also for community members and allies to submit news stories promoting water protection, land, Indigenous rights and sovereignty, and climate emergency news in our weekly newsletter. We'll be sharing news that matters to you every week so that you can stay informed and help others stay informed on all information related to the Water is Life movement.

From our beginning declaration on the land, we've relied on Facebook to share breaking news and other threats to the water information to raise awareness on the water issues directly impacting the health and wellness of Indigenous communities along the Athabasca River, its tributaries, the Deh Cho, and the cumulative impacts of industry spreading further and further downstream.

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