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Nunavik residents say water system can’t meet growing demand

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 12:04
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By Rachel Watts · CBC News  Communities in northern Quebec region rely on trucks to provide water Dr. Sarah Bergeron is used

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Disagreements between city, territory slowed Iqaluit water crisis response: report

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 09:01
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By Emma Tranter · CBC News  3rd-party report looked at 2021 crisis that left city residents without clean tap water for 2

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) Society (Canada) 

Iqaluit condo residents without water or sewage services for weeks

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 11:44
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Some people living in Iqaluit’s Brown Row condo units haven’t had water or sewage services for several weeks. It was

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Arctic Canada: Federal funding to pay for new water reservoir in Iqaluit, Nunavut

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 14:41
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A new water reservoir system for Iqaluit and upgrades to the city’s water distribution system will be built over the

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Giant sponges feeding on fossils discovered in deep Arctic waters

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 16:13
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Deep beneath the ice-covered Arctic Ocean, scientists have made an unusual discovery. With little to no light, huge sponge gardens

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Arctic Canada: Calls mount for public inquiry into Iqaluit water crisis

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 31, 2022 at 12:00
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Calls are mounting in Nunavut for the territorial government to call a public inquiry into the Iqaluit water crisis. The

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

After decade of lobbying, Canadian First Nation in Northwest Territories getting $16.8M for infrastructure

Hannah Paulson, CBC
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 14:04
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After a decade of lobbying, the Salt River First Nation was finally granted $16.8 million worth of funding toward a

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In this photo, Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis St-Laurent crosses into the Arctic Circle on July 9, 2008.
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Science (Canada) 

Cotton fibres, microplastics pervade Eastern Arctic, study finds

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 12:50
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Chelsea Rochman wasn’t surprised when her research cruise through Canada’s Eastern Arctic showed tiny plastic shards and other human debris

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Jump in, the water’s (mostly) fine in Finland, study finds

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 15:19 — Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2020 at 09:40
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It’s safe to swim at the vast majority of Finland’s public beaches, according to a new report from the European

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

New “Frankenstein” shipping fuel could further pollute the Arctic, environmental groups say

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 12:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 09:33
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A coalition of environmental groups is demanding answers from the oil refining and shipping industries after it emerged that new

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Water reservoir in Iqaluit, Northern Canada almost full as winter nears

Meagan Deuling, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 30, 2019 at 14:34
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Finally some good news for Iqaluit residents regarding their water supply. An emergency project to pump water from Unnamed Lake

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Drought causing water shortages in Southcentral Alaska communities

Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 12:11
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After an unprecedented summer drought drained reservoirs and wells across Alaska, hundreds of people face immediate water shortages — and

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Blue-green algae: Finland’s best August levels in 20 years

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 14:38
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Toxic blue-green algae, technically known as cyanobacteria, has been unusually rare on Finnish inland waters this summer despite spells of

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Artificial intelligence could better predict climate change impacts, some experts believe

Taylor Logan, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 15, 2019 at 11:10 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 13:23
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to track patterns that could help tackle climate change challenges. All signs point toward a

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

River levels ‘surprisingly low’ in northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 12:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 13:58
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While some parts of eastern Canada deal with disastrous flooding, it’s a different story in Yukon, in northwestern Canada —

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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