Friday, May 16, 2025
Former U.S. State Senator and Great Lakes Director Passes
Former state Senator and Office of the Great Lakes director Patricia Birkholz has died at age 74 following a battle with cancer. Ms. Birkholz brought…
News
Coast Guard Assists with Flood Relief Efforts in New Brunswick
The Canadian Coast Guard will provide assistance with flood relief efforts in New Brunswick, the province announced yesterday. “It is clear that due to flooding…
Alberta Invests $720K in Agricultural Lands for Flood Prevention
Photo: Road washout in the Modeste subwatershed flood in August 2016. Credit: County of Wetaskiwin The Government of Alberta is investing $720,000 in farmlands through…
Calgary Watertech Co. to Present at AGRI Tech Venture Forum
Livestock Water Recycling, an Alberta-based technology provider in agriculture nutrient recovery, is one of 11 ag tech companies selected to present on-stage at the AGRI…
White River First Nation Demands Panel Review of Yukon Mining Project
The White River First Nation is calling on the Yukon Government and the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board to conduct a Panel Review (the…
BASF Merger Focuses on Paper and Industrial Water Technologies
Solenis and BASF have signed an agreement to combine BASF’s paper and water chemicals business with Solenis to jointly create a customer-focused global specialty chemical company.…
Waterfront Festival Brings Beachball Art to City
The Redpath Waterfront Festival, an annual summer event that provides on-land and on-water programming with the goal of promoting Toronto’s waterfront areas, has announced that…
B.C. First Nation to Deliver New Coastal Marine Emergency Response
Photo: Nathan E. Stewart spill off the Bella Bella coast. Credit: Heiltsuk Nation. A B.C. First Nation and Canadian marine and offshore company announced that they…
Fertilizer Canada Extends Memorandum of Cooperation with Saskatchewan
Fertilizer Canada and the Government of Saskatchewan have signed a three-year extension to their 2016 Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) in support of 4R Nutrient Stewardship that will…
Blueprint for Action on Contaminants in Wastewater
The findings of a national review of contaminants in municipal wastewater were released this week by Canadian Water Network, highlighting opportunities for a more strategic,…
Report on Climate Change Impacts to Financial Risk Assessment
A new report from the UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) working group, a collaboration among sixteen international financial institutions, proposes a methodology to increase…
Global Water Partnership Position Paper on Engaging the Private Sector
Global Water Partnership (GWP) has published a discussion paper, Engaging the Private Sector in Water Security, which aims to recognize the importance of including the…
Using Satellite Data to Provide Early Flood Warning & Reservoir Management
A new study led by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has analyzed what it would take for river-observing satellites to provide improved mitigation…
Ontario Water Infrastructure Projects Supported by CWWF
Last week, Ontario municipalities announced federal-provincial investments to support water infrastructure in Thunder Bay, Regional Municipality of Durham, and the township of Red Rock. Both…
Environmental Assessment Process to Begin at Boat Harbour, N.S.
Nova Scotia has announced that Boat Harbour in Pictou County will undergo a detailed Class II environmental assessment process under the province’s Environment Act. Environment…
B.C. Swears In New Conservation Officers, Boosts Staff to 160
Twenty new conservation officers were sworn in yesterday in Victoria, British Columbia and will begin their postings this fall throughout the province. “We recognize the…
Regionalism Approach to Drinking Water Offers Rural Resilience
Rural regions in Canada face many challenges when it comes to managing drinking water systems. New research from the University of Saskatchewan examines the potential to manage drinking…
N.B. Environmental Trust Fund Supports Community-Based Water Projects
New Brunswick’s Environmental Trust Fund (ETF) will invest about $8.4 million in environmental projects through 2018 and 2019. This includes 227 community-based environmental initiatives worth…
Steam Whistle Brewing Receives Award for Water Conservation
The Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating (CIPH) has presented Steam Whistle Brewing with its National Water Wise Award for the brewery’s commitment to water…
Saskatoon Schools Recognize Student Projects to Reduce Water Consumption
Educational institutions in Saskatoon have highlighted the work of students to reduce water consumption through the Student Action for a Sustainable Future (SASF) program. One…
Powell River Moves Forward on Wastewater Treatment Facility Design
Yesterday, Powell River, BC, announced that its design for a new wastewater treatment facility is almost complete. The final two decisions—the conveyance route from Westview…
IC-IMPACTS Deepens Canada-India Ties with Water Research
The Ganges River is the focus of a new collaboration between IC-IMPACTS and India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT),…
Canadian Technology Used to Help Protect India’s Ganga River
The Government of India has made a commitment to clean up the Ganges River, which is regarded as the most important river in India with…
Green Party Responds to CESD Spring Report
Green Party leader Elizabeth May issued a press release regarding Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Julie Gelfand’s three reports that were tabled in…