The City of Timmins, Ontario’s new water pollution control plant has faced raising cost estimates and resultant public backlash since the project was approved by…
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has identified elevated arsenic and manganese levels in several private wells near Edmonton. The manganese levels discovered were in some cases…
The Sci’anew (Cheanuh) Beecher Bay Band First Nation in British Columbia will receive $40,000 in funding from the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund to…
Winnipeg is bracing for another winter of frigid temperatures, and the City is recommending that property owners take all measures to protect internal plumbing from…
After two years of construction, the Cornwall wastewater treatment plant has been completed and the families and businesses in Cornwall, Ontario are finally reaping the…
The Manitoban government has introduced a proposed piece of new legislation in an effort to control the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) like zebra…
The Woodland Cree First Nation has completed the $4-million Marten Lake, Alberta water pipeline and fill station, ensuring safe drinking water for the registered population…
WaterAid has taken a creative approach to shed light on the world’s water and sanitation crisis. The international charity that works to provide clean water…
The Ontario government has approved the Cataraqui Source Protection Plan to strengthen local source-to-tap drinking water protection. The plan was developed by local municipal and…
Yukoners living inside municipal boundaries may now have access to the province’s successful Rural Domestic Water Well Program, which has been in place since 2004.…
The Government of Saskatchewan announced on November 26 the $10-million rehabilitation of a four kilometre section of the M1 Canal. The canal is a 22.5…
The municipalities of Lakeview and Westbourne on the shore of Lake Manitoba have donated thousands of acres of wetland for conservation. The Big Grass Marsh…
Alberta Provincial Court has ordered Norellco Contractors Ltd. to pay $185,000 after the company released chlorinated water into the Sturgeon River. Norellco pleaded guilty to…
The City of Armstrong, British Columbia announced the installation of nearly 1,800 residential water meters on November 20, an important component of the city’s Water…
The British Columbia Ministry of Environment has approved the Elk Valley Water Quality Plan, which will address the management of selenium and other substances related…
The federal government and Government of Manitoba have announced funding for water infrastructure projects in five communities in Manitoba’s Parkland Region. Federal funding will come…
On November 13, the governments of Canada and Manitoba announced funding for five water and wastewater projects to take place in communities in the southeast…
British Columbia’s Whispering Pines/Clinton and Upper Nicola Indian Bands joined with government officials on November 12 to celebrate the completion of upgrades to water and…
A Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta has decided that Alberta Environment can legally be sued for instances of lax investigation…
Ontario re-introduced the proposed Invasive Species Act on November 5. If passed, the act will protect the province’s natural environment from invasive species and the…
Ontario has approved the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Plans to strengthen local source-to-tap drinking water protection. The plans were developed by local municipal and…
The District of West Kelowna in British Columbia has purchased new leak detection equipment in hopes of improving the community’s water conservation efforts. The technology…
Construction is underway on new wastewater facilities in the Centre district in Chelsea, Québec. A joint Canada-Québec investment of more than $2.4 million has been…
Fewer than one-quarter (23 per cent) of Alberta homeowners and tenants polled by Canadian Direct Insurance cite water damage as a top concern despite the…