Water Crisis

• TIFF 2023: ‘Boil Alert’ doc examines most ‘egregious’ water crisis examples in North America

  Throughout the film, Staats shares her own personal battles as a person reconnecting with her Mohawk identity.

  Entertainment

  Sep 13, 2023
  
• Iqaluit water crisis increasing plastic bottle use, companies offer recycling help

  Several companies in Nunavut are banding together to help recycle plastic water bottles being used in Iqaluit during the city's water crisis.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2021
  
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• New treatment plant ends Shoal Lake 40 First Nation’s 24-year boil water advisory

  A decades-long battle to supply the First Nation with clean drinking water — even as Winnipeg takes 100 million gallons per day from their lake — will soon be over.

  Health

  Sep 10, 2021
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• What happened to… Flint Michigan water crisis

  On this episode of the Global News podcast What happened to…?, journalist Erica Vella revisits the Flint Michigan water crisis.

  Environment

  Apr 22, 2021
• Canadian Armed Forces to assist in Neskantaga First Nation amid water crisis: Blair

  “The @CanadianForces will be supporting the community on the ground,” Blair wrote. “We will always be there for those who need it most.”

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2020
• ‘Deeply frustrated’: 60 evacuated from Neskantaga First Nation over water crisis

  Earlier this week, an "unknown sheen" was discovered on the surface of the water reservoir, which prompted a complete shut-off of the water supply on Monday.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2020
• Water quality concerns spur state of emergency in Attawapiskat

  Residents of the northern community have been told to limit showers and not to use the water from their pipes to wash food.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2019
• Weyburn, Sask. man finds a way to plant a two-penny tree

  The Floating Tree Production System uses common materials familiar in most nurseries, like the Styrofoam block containers, but instead of irrigating from the top, the containers float for months in water.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2019
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• Personal attacks, threats of resignation: heated public meeting in Hedley over water woes

  Hedley trustee stuns crowd, says he kept drinking water during 'do-not-consume' water crisis.

  Environment

  Dec 19, 2018
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• New water reservoir to double capacity in Prince Albert, Sask.

  A new reservoir is being constructed in Prince Albert, Sask., as a result of the Husky oil spill in 2016.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2018