River Run 2026
March 25, 2026
Join Grassy Narrows youth and community members to show that we are with them on their path to achieve mercury justice and freedom!
Grassy Narrows secured a historic ban on logging on their territory for the next 10 years and important promises to clean their river and build a Mercury Care Home. They have the longest-running blockade in Canadian history, which has helped foster Indigenous resistance across Turtle Island and saved 15 million trees from being cut.
But so much is still needed to right the wrong of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows.
On Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026, community members and leaders will travel 1700km from Grassy Narrows to Toronto to demand that Ontario and Canada:
- Compensate everyone in Grassy Narrows fairly for the mercury crisis
- Respect the Grassy Narrows Indigenous Protected Area (end mining and logging plans in Grassy Narrows territory)
- Support Grassy Narrows in restoring their community and way of life from the damage that mercury has done