Shoal Lake 40 'Freedom Road' fundraiser falls $9.9M short of goal
A crowdfunding campaign to pay Ottawa's portion of an all-weather road for a reserve under one of the longest boil-water advisories in Canada has ended.
Crowdfunding campaign to pay Ottawa's portion of road for isolated reserve ends
A crowdfunding campaign to pay Ottawa's portion of an all-weather road for a reserve under one of the longest boil-water advisories in Canada has ended.
The fundraising campaign fell short of its $10-million goal — it garnered $101,000 from just over 1,000 donors.
- Freedom Road campaign aims to raise $10M for Shoal Lake 40 First Nation
- AUDIO | Shoal Lake 40 'Freedom Road' crowdfunding campaign nears deadline
- Freedom Road crowdfunding campaign ends Saturday short of goal
The campaign intended to raise enough money to pay the federal government's share of a permanent road for the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary.
The reserve was cut off from the mainland a century ago during construction of an aqueduct to send clean water to Winnipeg.
The community has been under a boil-water advisory for 17 years.
Rick Harp, who organized the crowdfunder, said the fight for Shoal Lake 40 will continue until the reserve gets justice.