By: Donovan Martin Sr, Editor in Chief When nearly ten million litres of raw, untreated wastewater pour directly into the Red River, the official explanation from City Hall is remarkably neat. We are told that two automated bypass gates at the North End Water Pollution Control Centre opened unexpectedly in the middle of the night, that primary alarms mysteriously failed to register the event, and that the spill was only halted after secondary sensors elsewhere in the facility caught a shift in overall flow. It is presented to the public as a freak, automated malfunction, a unfortunate comb