Lead Water

• You can now view the specific locations of all Regina lead service connections online

  The Cathedral resident who requested the information hopes making it public will help build public pressure on the city to fast-track its lead service connection program.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2021
  
• N.S. to spend another $14.3 million on school programs, drinking water

  The province's education and early childhood minister Zach Churchill announced the funding on Wednesday.

  Education

  Dec 2, 2020
  
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• Montreal to distribute 15,000 water filters to vulnerable residents with lead pipes

  The city encourages affected low-income residents, residents with children under five years old and pregnant women to get in contact with 311 to place their order.

  Health

  Jun 10, 2020
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• Do you have lead in your tap water? What you can do to find out in Quebec

  Older homes — those built more than 40 years ago — are at greater risk, because they are more likely to have lead plumbing.

  Health

  Nov 6, 2019
• Do you have lead in your tap water? What you can do to find out in Ontario

  Testing your water is the best way to learn whether there’s lead in it. Here's how.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2019
• Quebec outlines guidelines for preventing lead in school’s drinking water

   Elementary schools have until June 23, 2020, and others have until Nov. 1, 2020 to measure the concentration of lead in their water and begin corrective measures.

  Health

  Oct 26, 2019
• Parents to learn which Vancouver schools had water fountains stopped over lead concerns

  VSB has turned off the taps to some school drinking fountains. Now parents will find out which ones.

  Education

  Oct 5, 2018
• Lead levels in Flint’s water system now fall below the federal limit

  Flint's water system no longer has levels of lead exceeding the federal limit; good news for a city whose 100,000 residents have been grappling with the man-made water crisis.

  World

  Jan 24, 2017
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• Researchers say lead levels in Flint water improving

  Researchers gave an upbeat opinion of the city's water quality Thursday after finding no detectable levels of the toxin in nearly half of 162 homes tested in July.

  World

  Aug 11, 2016