
Poll: Election 2011–Who’s Got the Best Plan for Water?
Since Budget Day’s disappointing lack of water support and Parliament’s subsequent collapse, a few of the five major parties have released their environmental platforms. When…
Since Budget Day’s disappointing lack of water support and Parliament’s subsequent collapse, a few of the five major parties have released their environmental platforms. When…
Forty per cent of all home insurance claims are a result of water damage, says data from insurance provider Aviva Canada Inc. Additionally, the average…
While City of Edmonton’s Dr. Fayi Zhou (general supervisor of environmental planning in the City’s drainage services branch) is proud of Edmonton’s Insurance Bureau of…
“Anybody who thinks this is a run-of-the-mill problem is wrong,” says John Fjeldsted, executive director of the Manitoba Environmental Industries Association (MEIA). “Make no mistake—this…
Earlier this week, Environment Minister Peter Kent presented Environment Canada’s plan for a new Lower Athabasca Water Quality Monitoring Program. Developed in collaboration with Alberta,…
Seattle-based Hydrovolts has taken the top prize of this year’s Imagine H2O competition, the theme of which was the water-energy nexus. The winner and runners…
As part of our Canada Water Week series, culminating in today’s World Water Day celebrations, we learned about the African Medical and Research Foundation’s (AMREF’s)…
While the majority of Canadians (55 per cent) continue to believe that fresh water is the country’s most important natural resource and say they are…
As part of our Canada Water Week series, we spoke with The Water Brothers, Alex and Tyler Mifflin. Currently, the two brothers, along with SK…
As part of our Canada Water Week series, we met with Toronto’s Youth4Water organization to ask members what they’re doing to celebrate Canada Water…
Canada’s boreal, the world’s largest intact forest and on-land carbon storehouse, contains more unfrozen freshwater than any other ecosystem, says a new report from Pew…
As part of our Canada Water Week series, we spoke with Jennifer West about the Ecology Action Centre’s plans to celebrate and get communities involved…
Tim Morris launches our Canada Water Week series. Watch all week for more articles on events and organizations across Canada! Why am I so excited…
This week, Senate held its last days of hearings for Bill S-11, the First Nations Drinking Water Safety Act, which proposes that water quality on…
In a report released March 7, Alberta’s water monitoring data review committee recommended comprehensive monitoring, more rigorous scientific analysis, and new monitoring objectives in order…
Canada and several other countries marked the second Bottled Water Free Day on March 10. “Canadians are rejecting the privatization of public water resources and…
The International Joint Commission provided 32 recommendations for action at the federal, state, provincial and local levels of government in its 15th biennial report, released…
Chemistry researchers at Montreal’s McGill University have developed a key step towards making a cheap, portable, paper-based filter coated with silver nanoparticles to be used…
Canada’s water experts are now increasingly needed to help countries elsewhere brace for drought, flood and unsafe water problems looming on a 15- to 20-year…
Roughly 10 years after the Walkerton outbreak, much of Canada remains out of step with the international leaders in adopting management systems for assuring safe…
The federal government announced on Tuesday that 19 projects will receive funding under round six of the Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund. “Since 2008, the five-year…
PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, and the Government of Ontario have officially agreed to enter into a strategic alliance to conduct advanced clean water research…
Today, at the 2011 Canadian Edition of its Women of the Earth Awards, the Yves Rocher Foundation honoured three women for their commitment to preserving…
Howard Wheater, a world-renowned expert in hydrological science and water quality, has joined the provincial panel tasked with creating a world-class environmental monitoring system for…