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One man’s run to bring awareness to First Nations water crisis reaches Calgary

A Toronto man set foot in Calgary on Saturday afternoon in the midst of his run from Vancouver to Ottawa to raise awareness to, and funds to address, the lack of potable water in First Nations communities across the nation. Hasan Syed, whose family immigrated to Canada from his native Pakistan in the late 1990s, decided to make the pilgrimage from near the shores of the Pacific Ocean to Canada’ capital after first learning of the lack of clean running water while finishing his nursing degree. “I think it has a lot to do with me immigrating from Pakistan,” Syed told CTV Calgary during an interview conducted just west of Calgary city limits.. “Not knowing that (drinking water issues) even existed…

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