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A remote northern Ontario First Nation now has a water treatment plant, but is still unable to lift its boil water advisory of almost three decades.

A nearly year-long drought that lasted through the winter and brought both record heat and unprecedentedly low snow levels have left the province under drought conditions from the Lower Mainland to northern B.C., straining the vital resource for communities and farmers alike.

By creating a robust Canada Water Agency, investing in fresh water and renewing the Canada Water Act, the federal government can demonstrate its commitment to addressing climate change and protecting Canadians.

A highly critical report from the auditor released Wednesday finds Alberta has implemented water conservation objectives in two of its seven major river basins. The government also doesn't know if existing water conservation objectives are working.

The amount of water it takes to mine cryptocurrency in Canada is on the rise, with little regulatory oversight and no disclosure requirements to track the operations’ consumption levels. 

Over 65 per cent of Bali’s fresh water is funnelled to tourism, which is contributing to a water shortage exacerbated by growing urbanization, recent droughts and climate change.

With decades of experience, Reno Red Cloud knows more than anyone about water on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. As climate change makes fire season on the reservation more dangerous, he sees a growing need for water to fight those fires.

The province doesn't keep track of exact usage by most groundwater licence holders, the Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship confirmed.

B.C.'s snowpack is 40 per cent below normal spurring action by watershed groups to buffer the rising risk of another extensive summer drought.

The first complete "scientific health check" shows most global systems are beyond the stable range in which modern civilization emerged.

The heat waves wracking the country are bad enough on their own. But they’re colliding with another crisis: The water is running low.

A new groundbreaking analysis of safety and justice hopes to inform the next generation of sustainability policy.

Ontario's auditor general Bonnie Lysyk found improvements but said the Doug Ford government is not providing clear and transparent information on how its policy decisions are affecting the environment.

It has been two years, but University of British Columbia architecture student Katie Theall can vividly recall the"surreal moment" when their team learned it had received a site on the Vancouver campus to build a "carbon-minimal" student space.

U.S. President Joe Biden is embarking on a 27-hour whirlwind visit to Ottawa, where he will meet Friday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and speak to a joint session of Parliament — his first bilateral sojourn north as commander-in-chief.