Saturday, December 13, 2025
The Benefits of Going Tankless
Ontario Energy Savings L.P. (OES), an independent energy retailer, and Nationwide Energy Advisors (NEA), a licensed provider of energy evaluations for Natural Resources Canada’s ecoENERGY…
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ACSH Calls BPA Scares “Unfounded”
The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) has released its Top 10 Unfounded Health Scares of 2008 list-and near the top sits the bisphenol…
Groups Challenge Nestlé’s Bottled Water “Greenwashing”
As Toronto City Council gathered yesterday to consider passing a city-wide ban on bottled water, a new coalition challenged advertising claims made by Nestlé Waters…
Water Favourite Beverage of Canadians: StatsCan
A new study about beverage consumption by children and adults reveals that at all ages, water is the beverage consumed by the highest percentage of…
Poor Results in Water, Waste and Greenhouse Gases Worsen Canada’s Environmental Ranking
Canada’s environmental record is one of the worst-standing 15th out of 17 developed countries- according to the latest Report Card on Canada: How Canada Performs:…
WWF-Canada Partners with Coca-Cola on Freshwater Conservation
WWF-Canada and Coca-Cola Ltd. have announced a three-tiered partnership to conserve freshwater and fight climate change. One of the tenets is a four-year, $1-million commitment…
Global Opportunities for Canada: Conference Board
“The biggest challenge is to bring Canada’s widely dispersed technologies together, so that Canadian companies can compete on a global scale, and ultimately become more…
Draft Boron Guidelines Available for Review
A draft version of Canadian Water Quality Guideline for the Protection of Aquatic Life – Boron, based on a scientific criteria document contributed by Ontario…
WWF: Canadians Using Three Times Share of Global Resources
Human demands on the world’s resources have reached nearly a third more than planet can sustain, according to the latest edition of WWF’s Living Planet…
Barlow Appointed Senior Water Advisor for UN
Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and founder of the Blue Planet Project, has been appointed as the first senior advisor on…
Health Canada: Bisphenol A on Toxic Substances List
Canada is taking steps to prevent importation, sale and advertising of polycarbonate baby bottled containing bisphenol A (BPA). While BPA is not an issue for…
Federal Party Leaders Plans for Great Lakes Protection
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI) sent questionnaires to five political parties; four were returned. “Given the national and international importance of…
Federal Water Quantity Report Made Available
The Council of Canadians and MiningWatch Canada have made public a report drafted by Environment Canada in December 2007 revealing that the agency had documented…
U.S. House Approves Great Lakes Compact: AP
The House ratified a compact Tuesday to prevent the diversion of water from the Great Lakes, one of the world’s largest sources of fresh water,…
CTZoom Complies with PACP
CTZoom Technologies Inc. has become the first Canadian vendor to provide sewer system assessment software that complies with the requirements of the Pipe Assessment Certification…
Water Pipeline Project Launched
Ottawa, Ont.- A $4.22 million federal government infrastructure investment will lay the groundwork for the construction of a regional water supply and distribution system that…
Limited Access to Drinking Water on Canadian University Campuses: Report
The bottled water debate continues to be spurred as a national online survey, Corporate Initiatives on Campus – a 2008 Snapshot, developed by the Canadian…
Weekend Water News
Funds A wastewater treatment plant in Cambridge, Ont. is getting a $21-million upgrade: the aim is to “dewater” the sludge held in its digesters. Meanwhile,…
CAW, AFN Celebrate Clean Well Water
On Wednesday, Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine and Canadian Auto Workers union president Buzz Hargrove will visit the community of Little Salmon…
OMERS to Acquire Maxxam Analytics
Maxxam Analytics International Corporation has announced that it has entered into a definitive acquisition agreement with OCPI MA Holdings Inc., an acquisition vehicle majority-owned by…
CSA International Announces New Certification Program
Last week, CSA International announced a new program to test and certify products to the requirements of the new CAN/CSA B483 Drinking Water Treatment Systems…
Stop Taking Water for Granted: Ottawa Report
Canada’s stores of fresh water are not as plentiful as once thought, and water shortages threaten to pinch the economy and pit provinces against each…