By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News Alberta’s UCP government has passed legislation without any input from First Nations that poses severe risks to Alberta’s watersheds, according to a group of Treaty 6, 7 and 8 chiefs. Bill 7, the Water Amendment Act, 2025, which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly by Environment and Protected Areas Minister Rebecca Schulz, received royal assent on December 12. The legislation updates the Water Act to enable “low-risk” transfers between water basins, empower the minister to determine a transfer’s risk level, and merge the Peace-Slave and Athabasca Water Basins into one, reducing the province’s number of watersheds to six. Previously, these transfers were decided on a case-by-case basis and required special legislation to proceed. Minister Schulz said at an Oct. 30…
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