A science project by a group of elementary school students in northern Quebec has focused attention on a potential issue with the quality of water in the local school.
It has also brought the students south to compete with their project — called Water: the essence of life — at a provincial Indigenous science fair happening this week in Quebec City.
Four Grade 5 students at Mistissini Voyageur Elementary School tested water quality at the source of the community’s water, as well as at different parts of the school building, such as the washrooms, water fountains and in newer and older parts of the