Saturday, May 17, 2025
$28.8M for Alberta Cleantech
The governments of Canada and Alberta together have announced investments in twelve cleantech projects, including several to improve water in natural resources projects, totalling $28.8…
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Canada-U.S. Partnership to Accelerate Water Technologies Innovation
As neighbours do, two leading water innovation organizations have begun a new partnership to support the uptake of promising new water technologies. Today at the…
Milestone Environmental Awarded Victoria Harbour Remediation Contract
A contract has been awarded to Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc. for the Victoria Harbour remediation and cleanup project. Seabed and marine wildlife health are threatened…
Okanagan Tourism Meets Sustainable Development Goals on Water
The Thompson Okanagan Region in British Columbia is the first destination in the Americas to earn the International Biosphere Destination certification recognized by UNESCO and…
N.S. Auditor General Reports on Contaminated Sites and Climate Change
On Wednesday, Nova Scotia’s Auditor General, Michael Pickup, released his report on the environment to the House Assembly, which includes assessments of contaminated sites and…
Ont. Water Utility Develops Joint Venture for Water Infrastructure
Oakville, Ontario’s Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (APUC) has entered into an agreement to create a joint venture (AAGES) with Seville, Spain-based Abengoa, S.A. (Abengoa)…
Mikisew Cree First Nation: Site C Impact on Peace River Violates Treaty 8
The British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) inquiry into the Site C hydroelectric project heard strong objections to the project from Mikisew Cree First Nation with respect…
Kawartha Lakes, Ont. Eliminates Water Infrastructure Deficit
With the approval of its 2018 Water and Wastewater Capital Budget, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario will no longer have a water infrastructure deficit. City council approved the…
Survey of Drinking Water Plants Shows Population & Tech Growth
Statistics Canada has released data from the 2015 Survey of Drinking Water Plants, which shows growth in the population supplied, a slight decrease in per…
New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund Applications Open
New Brunswick’s Department of Environment and Local Government will accept applications for funding under the Environmental Trust Fund starting today, November 1st for the 2018–2019…
First Nations Convene on Project Finance and Planning to Address Infrastructure Crisis
This week, experts have gathered in Montreal, Quebec to collaborate on First Nations-led solutions to the housing and infrastructure crisis facing many First Nations at the…
Red Deer Takes $5.2M in Debt to Fund Water & Wastewater Lines
Red Deer, Alberta, will take on $5.2 million in debenture to finance the construction of the North Regional Water and Wastewater lines. In the city…
Missed Connection: Municipalities Struggle to Hook Up on Wastewater
The City of Selkirk, Manitoba, has issued a statement about its intention to connect the Rural Municipality (RM) of St. Andrew’s to its wastewater treatment…
A Strong First Nations Finance Authority Supports Water Infrastructure
The Government of Canada has congratulated the First Nations Finance Authority (FNFA) on its fourth Debenture Issuance, which assists with financing First Nations water infrastructure…
Water Management Key to Manitoba’s Sustainable Future
On Friday, Manitoba released its sustainability and climate plan, A Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan. The plan underscores the importance of water management, making it one…
Clean Tech Centre Moves Ahead in Montreal for Forest Sector
FPInnovations, a not-for-profit focused on scientific solutions for Canada’s forest sector and Technoparc Montréal completed the purchase of lands to support the development of a new international innovation centre for cleantech development…
Investors Issue Declaration Related to Disclosure of Climate Risks
Thirty Canadian and international institutional investors and pension funds representing approximately CAD $1.2 trillion of assets under management have issued a joint Declaration of Institutional Investors on Climate-Related Financial Risks.…
Online Data Tool Launched to Support Great Lakes Decision-Making
The Great Lakes Commission and The Nature Conservancy have launched new information services for their Blue Accounting initiative at the 2017 Leadership Summit of the Great Lakes and…
Megan Leslie Replaces David Miller at WWF-C
Megan Leslie, former parliamentarian and current VP of ocean conservation for World Wildlife Fund Canada, has accepted the role of president and CEO of the conservation organization,…
Drinking Water Expert Inducted as a Member of the Alberta Order of Excellence
Professional engineer and water scientist Steve Hrudey was recently inducted as a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence. Steve is an internationally renowned researcher, educator, author,…
Researchers Explore Ways to Remove Antibiotics From Water Using Barley Straw
Pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, are an increasingly common pollutant in water systems. Catherine Hui Niu, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the…
Ontario Environmental Commissioner Reports on Nutrient Pollution
Algal blooms are a frequent and wide-spread problem that is hurting the Ontario economy, threatening human and ecological health, and Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner is demanding that…
UN Calls for Zero-Failure Objective in Mining Waste Spills
An international coalition of non-governmental organizations has welcomed the new Assessment Report Summary released last week in Geneva by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which urges States and the…
Long-Term Effects of Arsenic in Drinking Water
A new paper published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that arsenic in drinking water may have one of the longest dormancy periods of…