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News tag: Canada

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Keeping Coaldale and Lethbridge County safe from floods

Water Canada For more than three decades, the Town of Coaldale and Lethbridge County, located within the Malloy Drainage Basin, have experienced destructive floods that can damage homes, businesses and […]

Fraser River could see increased flow as rain falls

Prince George Citizen A high streamflow advisory has been issued for the Fraser River near Prince George, as well as other parts of British Columbia’s Interior, where rivers are rising […]

Regina, Moose Jaw asking residents to conserve water due to issue at treatment plant

CBC Regina and Moose Jaw are asking all residents to voluntarily restrict their water usage, as a disruption at the facility feeding both cities has reduced water supplies. Kurtis Doney […]

Calgary set to add fluoride to drinking water by end of next month

City News Calgary In a Thursday release, the city says it will start adding fluoride on June 30 after council decided to reintroduce the mineral to the drinking water system […]

N.W.T. gov’t says it didn’t use ‘best practices’ for lead testing at schools

CBC Less than a week after parents were notified lead samples were found in two Yellowknife schools’ drinking water, the N.W.T. government is saying it did not use best practices […]

York Region using collaborative project delivery mode for sewage works project

Water Canada “The York Region Sewage Works Project is essential to increase water and wastewater capacity for growing communities in York Region and Durham Region, where our population is anticipated […]

Provincial water meter pilot project for Erickson Water System

Water Canada The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) announced that the Erickson Water System in Electoral Area B has been awarded $3,502,332 in grant funding from the Provincial Water […]

Invisible, toxic and slow to break down — forever chemicals are contaminating our food and water. Here’s what we know about forever chemical hotspots in Canada.

CBC Aiports, military bases, former landfills and firefighting training sites across Canada are polluted with forever chemicals – and a CBC News analysis has revealed some of those site could […]

Acceptable fluoride levels in drinking water briefly exceeded in December

Discover Moose Jaw The incident occurred when one of the City of Moose Jaw’s pumps shut down twice during control system upgrades related to the ongoing plant renewal project. Once […]

London’s airport is among Canada’s hotspots for ‘forever chemicals’

CBC In a statement to CBC News, Transport Canada said the risk management plan for the airport site includes “provisions to monitor for contaminant migration and potential impacts to drinking […]

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