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A number of appointments at Hotel Dieu Hospital have been postponed due to flooding. Kingston Health Sciences Centre says the burst pipe was discovered early Sunday morning, affecting several areas of the hospital, including the Sydenham, Centenary and Johnson wings. Hospital staff quickly responded to contain the water damage and …
Read More »Kingston’s Hotel Dieu postpones appointments due to a burst water pipe – Kingston
A number of appointments at Hotel Dieu Hospital have been postponed due to flooding. Kingston Health Sciences Centre says the burst pipe was discovered early Sunday morning, affecting several areas of the hospital, including the Sydenham, Centenary and Johnson wings. Hospital staff quickly responded to contain the water damage and …
Read More »These plants soak up nutrients from manure. They may make feedlot water clean enough to drink
On a feedlot in central Alberta, nearly 100 kilometres northeast of Calgary, researchers gathered to watch as floating islands were launched onto a pond created by runoff water. To people driving past on a nearby dirt road, it might not look like much. But the islands are the result of …
Read More »Energy regulator rations water supply for oil, gas companies in northeastern B.C. amidst drought
British Columbia’s energy regulator is rationing the water supply for some oil and gas companies because of drought in the northeastern part of the province. On Thursday, the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC) suspended 20 water permits for 12 energy companies that draw water from rivers, streams and lakes in the Peace River …
Read More »Quebec municipalities want their water sources protected — and industry to pay more
Quebec has three per cent of the world’s fresh water, but municipalities west of the island of Montreal are increasingly concerned about their supply. Officials want the next government to force industries to pay more for the water they use. Once a week, municipal workers in the town of Saint-Lazare, …
Read More »Untreated wastewater again being released into harbour, Halifax Water says
Halifax Water is again asking people to stay away from Halifax harbour and flush less. In a news release Sunday night, the utility said a wastewater pump failure is causing “screened but untreated” wastewater to be released into the harbour. “Residents and visitors are strongly advised not to go swimming or …
Read More »As water sources dry up, towns in southern Quebec sound the alarm
During an unrelenting stretch of dry, hot weather last August, Rachel Mahannah and her husband spent two hours a day hauling water from their other farm a kilometre and a half away, to make sure their dairy cows didn’t get dehydrated. The well on the dairy farm, 70 metres deep, …
Read More »I thought I understood what happens to your body in frigid water. Then I fell in
This First Person piece is by Jacob Ulrich, a master’s student in biology at the University of Saskatchewan. He is originally from Milestone, Sask. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. A splash, a flash of panic and a thump in my chest like a …
Read More »‘Hard to up and leave your home’: More Hay River residents prepare to flee rising water
Since flood waters rose in her community, K’atl’odeeche First Nation Chief April Martel has barely slept except for a 10-minute nap here, an hour there, if she’s lucky. Volunteers are hard at work on the reserve, going door to door to ask residents to leave their homes early, pack the essentials and …
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