CRD Integrated Water Services, in consultation with Island Health, advises that the residents of the following area should continue to BOIL their drinking water until further notice: All properties on the Lyall Harbour Boot Cove Water System on Saturna Island. Read more >>

Water samples taken from Eagle Beach at Elk Lake, located within Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park, have tested positive for a type of blue-green algae that produces cyanotoxins. Visitors are advised to avoid swimming at Elk Lake and to keep animals on a leash to prevent them from drinking or swimming in the lake until the advisory has been lifted. There currently are no signs of toxic blue-green algae at Beaver Lake. Read more>>