Canada Approves Nunavut’s Request for Military Help With Iqaluit’s Water Emergency

Canada Approves Nunavut’s Request for Military Help With Iqaluit’s Water Emergency
Residents line up to fill containers with potable water in Iqaluit on Oct. 14, 2021. The Canadian Press/Emma Tranter
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IQALUIT, Nunavut—The federal government is sending the Canadian Armed Forces to help with the water emergency in Nunavut’s capital, and the work may include setting up a mobile water treatment plant.

In a tweet Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had spoken with Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq and that the military will be deployed to Iqaluit to co-ordinate and deliver clean drinking water.