By Calvi Leon  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES – Canada’s Indigenous services minister made a promise to Oneida Nation of the Thames on Monday, pledging cash to connect the First Nation to a water supply system that would give residents clean drinking water. “The department and the government of Canada will be able to support this work financially,” Minister Patty Hajdu said in an interview. “The money is committed, and obviously, this is super important, not only to the Oneida Nation of the Thames but to the federal government in our work to make sure that everybody has access to clean drinking water.” Oneida, a 6,500-member community about 30 kilometres southwest of London, has been under a boil water advisory since 2019 and intermittently long before

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