Thursday, May 1, 2025
Private Donors Match $1M Donation for IISD Experimental Lakes Area
Dr. Michael Paterson, Gail Asper, and family have just announced that they will match, dollar-for-dollar up to $1 million of donations of money raised for…
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Guelph Researchers Develop eDNA Protocol to Identify Aquatic Plant Diversity
Ecological surveys of biodiversity provide fundamental baseline information on species occurrence and the health of an ecosystem, but can require significant labour and taxonomic expertise…
Commercial Shipping Collaborates to Address Threats to Whales in Canada’s Pacific Gateway
A group of commercial marine shipping carriers and their agents have proposed voluntary protective measures for Southern Resident Killer Whales on Canada’s West Coast in…
Wolseley Canada Acquires Western Canadian Company
Keith Strachan, general manager of Wolseley Canada Western Region today announced the acquisition of James Electric Motor Services Ltd., a market leader in the sale…
Swimmers Take On 24-Hour Challenge to Protect Lake Erie
A group of four swimmers are preparing to complete a series of 10 swims in locations across Lake Erie, all in a span of 24…
FCM Highlights 2018 Impacts of Green Municipal Funds
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has released its annual report highlighting the positive environmental impacts the Green Municipal Fund has achieved in communities across the…
Governor General of Canada Honours Accomplishments in Water, Infrastructure
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, has announced that she will invest eight Officers and 31 Members into the Order of Canada on Thursday at Rideau Hall, including…
Royal Canadian Mint Issues Coin Honouring Voyageurs
The Royal Canadian Mint, with the help of Mint engraver Matt Bowen, have announced the release a new 2018 $250 Fine Silver Coin that celebrates Canadian Voyageurs and river travel.…
New Parliamentary Secretaries for Environment, Infrastructure, Indigenous Services
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced changes to the parliamentary secretaries. The parliamentary secretaries included in the announcement are either newly appointed, taking on new…
Vancouver Drinking Water Technology Receives NSF Certification
Vancouver-based Acuva Technologies Inc, a provider of UV-LED drinking water purification technology with products for OEM appliance integration as well as systems for home, cottage,…
Water Canada Announces Editor’s Departure
The team at Water Canada and Actual Media would like to announce that after three wonderful years, Katherine Balpataky will be leaving her role as…
Canada Green Building Council Appoints A New Chief Commercial Officer
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has announced that Brent Gilmour has accepted a new role of chief commercial officer (CCO). As part of the…
Canada Releases Core Public Infrastructure Data
The Government of Canada has released its first dataset under Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure (CCPI) survey in an effort to build its public infrastructure knowledge…
Projects Assist Freshwater Ecosystems in the St. Lawrence River
The Government of Canada has announced new funding to protect and improve the health of freshwater ecosystems in the St. Lawrence River. Minister of Environment and Climate…
Flood Damage Insurance Expands to SK, NT, and YT
Guelph, Ontario-based insurance and investment co-operative, The Co-operators Group Limited, has announced that Comprehensive Water, which includes overland flood damage coverage, is now available to homeowners…
Research Aims to Understand Impacts of Forest Fires on Water Quality
North American forest fires have achieved unprecedented scale in 2018. New research funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Strategic…
Greywater Dumping In Arctic Waters Set to Double By 2035
A gap in Canadian regulations governing greywater disposal in the Arctic could lead to a significant increase in pollution in highly sensitive waters in the future…
Canadian Chicken Farmers Achieve Significant Water Use Reduction
Canadian chicken farmers have reported a 45 per cent reduction in water consumption following the release of a recent lifecycle assessment by the Chicken Farmers…
Soil and Groundwater Quality Guidelines Available for Public Comment
Documents published by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment(CCME) regarding the Canadian Soil and Groundwater Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and…
New Research on Manure Infiltration of Groundwater
Add just enough fertilizer, and crops thrive. Add too much, and you may end up with contaminated surface and groundwater. That’s what researchers at the…
New Policy Aims to Strengthen Trust in Government Science and Research
Yesterday, the Government of Canada announced the Model Policy on Scientific Integrity, with an intention to foster a culture that supports and promotes science. Kirsty…
Sarnia, Ont.’s Forward Water Technologies Secures Scalability and Field Test
As announced in June, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) made an investment in Forward Water Technologies (FWT) through BIC’s Centre for Commercialization of Sustainable Chemistry Innovation…
Vanier Scholars Elevate Canadian Water Research
Last week, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships were announced, with a number of scholars whose work addresses water-related issues being supported through the funding program. Named…
Nearly $9M of New Funding Announced for Local Great Lakes Projects
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna visited Port Colborne, Ontario, on the shores of Lake Erie, today to announce an $8.95 million investment over four years for 36…