Multiple pipe breaks believed to cause sudden June spike in Yellowknife water usage
By Luke Carroll · CBC News The City of Yellowknife has fixed multiple breaks in private pipes that are believed to be
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Sea-ice lies thick on the water as Russian oil tanker sails Arctic route
Loaded with up to 38,000 tons of oil, the 245 meter long tanker Shturman Skuratov makes this year’s first transit
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Some of Nunavut’s water treatment plants don’t meet federal standards, minister says
By TJ Dhir · CBC News Four MLAs, MP raise questions about the quality of Nunavut’s drinking water Nunavut MLAs have been
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Aupaluk residents fed up with lack of safe drinking water
By Samuel Wat · CBC News Rebecca Wynn describes what she sees coming out of her taps in Aupaluk, Que. as “yellow, pee-ish
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Nunavik residents say water system can’t meet growing demand
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
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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Iqaluit condo residents without water or sewage services for weeks
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
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
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
Calls are mounting in Nunavut for the territorial government to call a public inquiry into the Iqaluit water crisis. The
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After decade of lobbying, Canadian First Nation in Northwest Territories getting $16.8M for infrastructure
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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Cotton fibres, microplastics pervade Eastern Arctic, study finds
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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Jump in, the water’s (mostly) fine in Finland, study finds
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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New “Frankenstein” shipping fuel could further pollute the Arctic, environmental groups say
A coalition of environmental groups is demanding answers from the oil refining and shipping industries after it emerged that new
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Water reservoir in Iqaluit, Northern Canada almost full as winter nears
Finally some good news for Iqaluit residents regarding their water supply. An emergency project to pump water from Unnamed Lake
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