Saturday, May 10, 2025
Matrix Solutions and AquaResource Merge
Ontario’s AquaResource Inc. will become a division of Calgary-based Matrix Solutions Inc. effective January 1, 2012. The merger expands the geographic reach and industry base…
Ontario Too Slow: ECO’s Annual Report
Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner is worried that Ontario has lost momentum when it comes to the province’s pressing environmental issues. In his 2010/2011 Annual Report, titled…
Feds Announce $70M for St. Lawrence River
The feds announced a 15-year commitment to protect the St. Lawrence River this morning. The agreement, known as the St. Lawrence Action Plan 2011-2026, will continue…
Interview: Sarah Dickin
Sarah Dickin is a graduate student in the school of geography and earth sciences at McMaster University, and part of the Water Without Borders student…
Natural Resources Canada’s Largest Water User: Report
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRT) says that if Canada is to ensure the sustainability of its water supply, governments…
Cultivating Growth
Situated in the agricultural heartland of Ontario, Rondeau Bay is an important ecosystem. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), it’s an important spawning…
Three Make Evans-Thomas P3 Shortlist
EPCOR, Plenary Environment, and SNC Lavalin/Black & Veatch have been shortlisted for the Alberta government’s Evan-Thomas Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment Facility public-private partnership (P3)…
Ecojustice Gives Feds an ‘F’ Grade for Water Protection
The federal government is still failing to ensure all Canadians have access to safe drinking water, according to a new report from Ecojustice. Waterproof 3,…
Deconstructing “Deleterious”
Located near the mouth of Rivers Inlet, north of Port Hardy on the central coast of British Columbia, the floating Rivers Lodge is one of…
Poll: Are You App-Savvy?
Water Canada’s January/February 2012 issue, set to fête Canadian water achievements with our second annual Water’s Next supplement, will also explore the growing use of…
CWN Pursues Partnerships
The Canadian Water Network has issued a call for partners from water policy and management organizations that would like to become involved and co-invest in…
Trojan Acquires OpenCEL
Trojan Technologies has acquired the business assets of OpenCEL of Glencoe, Illinois. OpenCEL is an environmental biotechnology company that offers a proprietary technology which significantly…
World Wide Water
In 2010, Suncor Energy’s Edmonton refinery drew 50 per cent of its water from the City’s Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant, significantly reducing the amount…
Good Vibrations
Crumbling asets. Rusting pipes. Leaking watermains. Musings about the state of our civil infrastructure usually come around to this type of talk. It may seem…
Feds Invest in Stave Lake Project
The feds will contribute up to $65.7 million through the P3 Canada Fund towards the Stave Lake Water Project, Minister of International Trade Ed Fast…
Lake Winnipeg Clean Up Projects Receive Funding
The federal government has announced over $398,000 in federal funding for nine new community projects supported under the fifth round of the Lake Winnipeg Basin…
New Wetland Conservation Policy for Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia has released its new Nova Scotia Wetland Conservation Policy (PDF). With a focus on the roles wetlands play to the province’s landscapes and…
Water in Agriculture
In many parts of the world, people are worried about the increase in water scarcity. Greater scarcity can be traced to two trends. The first…
WCWC Calls for Advisory Council Members
The board of directors of the Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) has approved the establishment of two advisory councils, the research advisory council (RAC) and…
Technological Exploits
When the art gallery at the Gordon Pinsent Centre for the Arts in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland put out a call for proposals for its annual…
Edmonton’s Gold Bar Selects Houston Company for Upgrades
Edmonton’s Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant has selected Houston-based Headworks Inc., a wastewater screening manufacturing, to replace some of its existing equipment. Located in the…
Capstone Acquires Bristol Water
Toronto-based Capstone Infrastructure Corporation has acquired a 70 per cent interest in Bristol Water, a regulated water utility in the United Kingdom, from Suez Environnement…
B.C. Introduces Act to Protect Flathead Watershed
British Columbia has a new conservation act to consider. The Flathead Watershed Area Conservation Act, introduced on Tuesday, is intended to preserve the environmental values…
Vaughan Lauds Feds for Oil Sands Action Plan
For over a decade, Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada have warned that key environmental information regarding the effects of oil sands projects has…