Saturday, December 13, 2025
Canada and U.S. Come Together to Control Asian Carp
Canada has joined the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ACRCC), the latest step in the United States’ effort to ensure comprehensive action to protect the…
National
Harper Launches Phase Two Lake of Winnipeg Cleanup
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced federal support for the second phase of the Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative (LWBI) which will focus on improving water quality…
CIDA Renews and Expands WaterCan Partnership
Canadian water charity WaterCan announced its renewed and expanded partnership with the federal government through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) last week. The five-year…
FCM Wants Long-Term Plan for Wastewater Upgrade Funds
Meeting the new federal wastewater regulations is an important national project that requires a national funding plan supported by all orders of government, according to…
Feds Implement Wastewater Effluent Regs
After over three years of discussion, including very public feedback the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association, the federal government…
Feds Invest in Wastewater System for Greater Victoria
The governments of Canada and British Columbia and the Capital Regional District (CRD) have announced funding for the construction of a new wastewater treatment system…
2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grants Announced
RBC has announced its 2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Thirty organizations from five countries, selected from 219 applicants from around the world,…
American Water Scholarship Presented to Ecole Polytechnique Montreal Doctoral Student
Water and wastewater utility company American Water recently announced that Emilie Bedard, a doctoral student at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, has been chosen as the recipient of…
Invasive Species Centre Gets New Executive Director
Robert Lambe is the new executive director of the recently constructed Invasive Species Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. As the former regional director general…
Mayors Make Declaration on Water Sustainability to Protect Great Lakes and St. Lawrence
This week, mayors from Québec, Ontario and the United States made a Declaration on Water Sustainability, committing to common sustainable water management practices to protect…
Brock University Leads Major Water Research Network
Water researchers at Brock University have received federal funds to set-up a research network to look at the economic, political and social aspects of water-related…
Senate Passes Bill S-8
The Senate has passed Bill S-8, the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act after its third reading last night and will now move to…
Parks Canada and Lakehead Join to Protect Lake Superior
Parks Canada and Lakehead University have signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration on research efforts aimed at better understanding the dynamics of Lake Superior’s…
Ontario and B.C. Lead in Green Provincial Report Card
Corporate Knights has released its third bi-annual Green Provincial Report Card, with Ontario and British Columbia leading the pack in the race to become Canada’s…
Maxxam Acquires Becquerel Labs
Canadian lab company Maxxam Analytics has acquired Becquerel Laboratories. Based in Mississauga, Ontario, Becquerel provides specialized radiological testing and neutron activation testing services. The terms…
HMM Acquires Engineering Northwest
Thunder Bay, Ontario-based Engineering Northwest Ltd. (ENL), a professional consulting engineering firm, has joined Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM). ENL is focused on highway, municipal, water,…
Giveaway: Free Pass to the 2012 Canadian Water Summit in Calgary
The Canadian Water Summit recently launched its annual Twitter contest. Winners will be awarded a free ticket to the event, this year held in Calgary…
Cross-Canada Tour Reveals National Concern About Water
This week, the Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT) released Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on our Water Future, highlighting a 16-city cross-Canada tour conducted by…
Feds Support Preventing Bulk Water Export
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has announced the federal government’s support for Bill C-383, which proposes stronger measures to prevent the bulk removal of water…
Cuts Could Erode Water Progress: Report
The slow and steady decline in federal water science and management capacity may negatively affect government’s ability to protect Canada’s freshwater resources, says the Forum…
Poll: Changes to the Fisheries Act
Yesterday, the federal government announced a proposal to change certain aspects of the Fisheries Act. For details, click here. We’d love to know what you…
Feds to Introduce Changes to Fisheries Act
Current rules for protecting fish habitat are “indiscriminate and unfocused,” according to Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. In a release today, the…
CIPH Launches Because Water Matters
The Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating (CIPH) is celebrating Earth Day with the launch of its new consumer-facing website, Because Water Matters. The site…
Poll: Will We Miss the NRT?
The austere Economic Action Plan for 2012 aims to “enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of government operations, programs, and services” as part of a plan…