Indigenous water treatment systems failing due to lack of government funds
Photo Credit: The Canadian Press - Paul Chiasson From The National Post, article written by Ryan Tumilty, December 1st, 2021: Canada still has 43 long-term drinking water advisories in 31 Indigenous communities across the country, down considerably from when the Liberals first came to office. But the government admitted last year it would not meet its initial promise to address all of the advisories in the first five years in office. In those communities the water is either completely [...]
Climate Change Adaptations Needed in B.C. After Year of Fires and Floods
Photo Credit: Ben Nelms (CBC) From The Narwhal, article written by Ainslie Cruickshank, December 14th, 2021: “Climate change is upon us,” John Clague, a professor emeritus of earth sciences at Simon Fraser University and an expert on natural hazards, said in an interview. The heat wave that helped set the stage for the devastating Lytton fire “was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change,” according to a rapid analysis by a group of scientists with the World Weather Attribution initiative. And the [...]
Ontario towns are preparing for increases in storm water due to climate change
Photo Credit: Shaun Vardon (CTV News Ottawa) From the Toronto Star, article written by Brian Lockhart, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter New Tecumseth Times, December 2, 2021: An increase in the amount of rain fall can cause flooding that will in turn cause a lot of damage. The current systems were designed using historic climate data and built to a certain depth to control the amount of water typically falling on an area over the course of the year. According [...]