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As historic drought forces the US to mull Colorado River water cuts, Indigenous communities are demanding to be heard.
Al Jazeera travels to key sites and communities in the Colorado River Basin as the region grapples with record drought.
Al Jazeera travels to Indigenous communities in western US that are asserting their water rights amid historic drought.
One of the largest rivers in the US is in crisis. Here’s all you need to know about the key western waterway.
Experts say Canada must act quickly as climate change threatens the slender Chignecto Isthmus on country’s east coast.
From pipelines on Indigenous lands to landfills near Black communities, Canada’s long history of environmental racism.
![Thick smoke and ash filled the air when garbage was being incinerated at the Shelburne dump, residents say [Megan O'Toole/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Shelburne-dump-3.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Experts say strong leadership and quick, decisive action in Atlantic Canada helped region stem spread of the virus.
![A bartender wearing a protective mask arranges glasses at a bar in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Monday, November 16, 2020 [File: Tim Krochak/Bloomberg via Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1229669059.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Canada’s system will extend to people whose death is not ‘reasonably foreseeable’, prompting fears among some advocates.
![The average age of people receiving medical assistance in dying in Canada in 2019 was 75, with cancer the most commonly cited underlying medical condition [File: Michaela Rehle/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2010-04-07T000000Z_1547938498_GM1E6471MLE01_RTRMADP_3_AGE-EUROPE-BONDS.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Competition for tourist dollars has increased in the Omani oasis, where regional tensions seem far away.
