Residents of Canadian Arctic Capital Told City Water Is Unsafe to Drink

Jackie Unahah of the City of Iqaluit fills bottles for Elisapee Johnston and others lining up to collect Sylvia Grinnell River water from a tanker truck, after authorities ordered the 7,000 residents of the capital of Canada's northernmost territory Nunavut not to drink the city's water due to suspected fuel contamination, in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, on Oct. 14, 2021. Casey Lessard/Reuters

The capital of Canada’s Arctic territory has ordered its 7,000 residents not to drink the city’s water due to suspected fuel contamination.

Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s northernmost territory Nunavut, which borders Greenland, declared a state of emergency on Tuesday night, telling residents to stop using city water for drinking and cooking.