Inuit village in Quebec’s Far North facing ‘severe’ water distribution challenges – Toronto Star
May 14, 2025
MONTREAL – Officials in Quebec’s Nunavik region are raising the alarm over water shortages in the Inuit community of Puvirnituq, where a frozen pipe and persistent blizzards have left residents without consistent water deliveries for nearly two months.
The Kativik Regional Government says the village’s five-kilometre-long water pipeline froze during a blizzard in mid-March and has yet to thaw.
As a result, the town of roughly 2,100 people has been forced to bring in water by truck in extreme weather on icy, snowy roads.
