Tag Archives: water

Gaza is facing a man-made drought as its water systems collapse, the United Nations’ children agency said, as Israeli fire killed more than 40 Palestinians across the territory on Friday. “Children will begin to die of thirst … Just 40 per cent of drinking water production facilities remain functional,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder …

A wildfire burning near the community of Badger forced residents to evacuate on Wednesday. (Lisa Powell-Dempster/Facebook) A resident of Badger, who was forced to flee with her family as a wildfire inched closer to her community, says it’s been a stressful couple of days, but the sight of water bombers in the sky …

The Cree Nation of Chisasibi has declared a state of emergency because of an ongoing water shortage. Many local services, including the hospital and elders home, are also operating on reduced services because of the issue. Chisasibi is the largest community in Eeyou Istchee, with about 5,200 residents. It also has …

Both Moose Jaw and Regina have lifted the voluntary water restriction notices that were issued on Thursday due to needed upgrades at the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant. News Source link

Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their only source of clean water in the past week after supplies from Israel’s water utility were cut by the Israeli army’s renewed offensive, municipal authorities in the territory said. Many now have to walk, sometimes for miles, to get a small water fill after the Israeli military’s bombardment …

A dishwasher-sized NASA satellite was launched into space from Florida on Wednesday to identify places on the moon’s surface where water exists — for example, in the permanently shadowed craters at the lunar poles. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral carrying NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer …

It was in early January that Awanti Naik’s symptoms first crept up on her, starting with double vision and quickly followed by a debilitating headache and a strange feeling in her face.  “There was heaviness in my jaw and eyes, and my throat was completely blocked,” she said. “I was …

ਸਥਾਨਕ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਜਲ ਦੀ ਵਪਾਰਕ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਦੀ ਇਜਾਜ਼ਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ; ਵਿਧਾਇਕ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਕਸੋਲ ਵਿਚ ਹੀ ਲੱਭ ਲਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ ਵਿਕਲਪ ਸ਼ਿਮਲਾ/ਮਨਾਲੀ, 20 ਫਰਵਰੀ ਹਿੰਦੂਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਦੋਵਾਂ ਭਾਈਚਾਰਿਆਂ ਲਈ ਸਤਿਕਾਰਤ ਤੀਰਥ ਸਥਾਨ ਮਨੀਕਰਨ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੇ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਜਲ ਨੂੰ ਹਿਮਾਚਲ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ ਦੇ ਕੁੱਲੂ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ …

Water sharing between Canada and the United States has long been a contentious issue.  In 2005, former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed warned against sharing Canada’s water supply with the United States, suggesting Alberta’s most important resource was water, not oil and gas. “We should communicate to the United States very …

It may be a cruel irony that a dead whale washed ashore in Wine Harbour, N.S., in December about two kilometres from a proposed whale sanctuary that is once again readjusting its timeline.  For years, the Whale Sanctuary Project hoped to see orcas, belugas and the like from marine parks retired in …