As part of Budget 2017, the Government of Newfoundland & Labrador introduced a new three-year municipal infrastructure program and a call for applications from interested…
Nearly five years of planning has finally paid off for the Town of Gander in Newfoundland. Federal, provincial, and municipal leaders announced that over $22…
Halifax regional council’s Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee (ESSC) will pursue a mandate that anything built in its Cogswell Interchange redevelopment be powered by energy…
Nova Scotia Supreme Court is hearing arguments regarding the installation of a five-story tidal turbine in Minas Passage, an inlet of the Bay of Fundy…
New Brunswick has announced a working group to help provide recommendations to the government and direct a provincial water strategy. The announcement came today from…
Power outages, groundwater contamination, and telecommunications disruptions are the top three climate-change hazards identified by New Brunswick municipalities in a Community Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment…
As long as ecologists have studied temperate lakes, the winter has been their off-season. It’s difficult, even dangerous, to look under the ice, and they…
The government of Prince Edward Island has announced the local creation of an environmentally friendly fish fungus killer that can help protect farmed fish from…
Twenty years of innovative water management is noteworthy. As 2016 came to a close, Halifax Water released its twentieth annual report, noting the many accomplishments…
The governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador announced more than $14 million for 11 water and wastewater projects across the province this week. Pablo Rodriguez, Parliamentary…
The Governments of Canada and New Brunswick have announced more than $45 million in federal-provincial funding for improvements to the TransAqua Wastewater Treatment Facility. With…
A new funding formula will improve how watershed organizations on Prince Edward Island receive provincial support. The province has instituted a plan to make the…
Coldwater Consulting Ltd., a Canadian engineering firm focused on water- and shoreline-related projects, has been contracted to build an intertidal reef as a shoreline conservation…
The government of Prince Edward Island has placed a temporary moratorium on bottled water production until its new Water Act is in place. The order…
Halifax Regional Municipality and the provincial government of Nova Scotia have agreed to work together to address the long-standing water contamination issues affecting residents of…
Nova Scotia has introduced legislation to assist municipalities and residents who are experiencing dry wells as a result of a historic water shortage. Amendments to…
The City of Charlottetown, in partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada, has announced funding for the Ellen’s Creek Watershed Group (ECWG) for their Living…
The Canadian Rivers Institute is celebrating 15 years of achievements in aquatic research, in time for World Rivers Day on September 25th. Founded at the…
On August 23rd in St. John’s provincial court, a judge ordered Vale Newfoundland and Labrador Limited to pay $30,000 in penalties after the company pleaded…
The Environmental Trust Fund is providing about $870,000 to support 26 environmental projects in the Moncton region, including watershed management, bloom research, and flood protection.…
The provincial and federal governments have announced a bilateral agreement that will make more than $176 million in combined funding available under two new federal…
Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and the Honourable Stephen McNeil, Premier of Nova Scotia, announced a new bilateral agreement that will result in more than $238…
The town of Wabush in Labrador is hoping to receive federal funding for the wastewater treatment plant, that is in desperate need of an upgrade.…
The governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island announced a bilateral agreement that will make more than $112 million in combined funding available under two…