Friday, August 15, 2025
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…
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Halifax Waterfront Awarded International Blue Flag Designation
Today the Halifax waterfront was awarded the Blue Flag designation, a label awarded to over 3850 beaches and marinas in 46 countries for meeting high environmental standards.…
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,…
Lakehead Area First to Finish Plan for Protecting Drinking Water
The Ontario government announced this week that the Lakehead Source Protection Committee is the first of 38 source protection areas to deliver a plan to…
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…
Nanaimo Becomes Newest “Blue Community”
Nanaimo’s City Council has made the city the fourth “Blue Community” in British Columbia. To become a Blue Community, a municipality must approve three key…
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…
McGuinty Government Renews Provincial-Municipal Collaboration to Protect The Great Lakes
Ontario and mayors from communities surrounding the Great Lakes have renewed their shared commitment to protect the Great Lakes. This week, Jim Bradley, Minister of the…
Report: Watershed Health in Nova Scotia
A report released last week that features provincial watershed data inventory, is the first of its kind in Nova Scotia. The province invested $29,000 in…
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…
New Computer Technology To Bolster Lake Winnipeg Watershed Protection
Manitoba’s Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh and Lynette Gillen, regional vice-president, RBC Royal Bank, today announced $225,000 in private sector funding for the…
Manitoba Unveils Comprehensive Environmental Strategy
Manitoba continues moving forward on environmental protection with an aggressive strategy of more than 100 initiatives across government that will bolster the Province’s economy and…
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…
Proposed Wastewater Deal a First for City of Regina
The City of Regina recently approved a recommendation for a 45-year deal to supply Western Potash Corpwith the City’s treated wastewater. The arrangement to supply…
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…
Improving River and Watershed Management in Alberta: Report
Water Matters, an Alberta-based water policy think tank, has released a report with recommendations on how to use science-based management to ensure that Alberta’s rivers remain…
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,…
Ontario Proposes Great Lakes Protection Act
The Ontario government has proposed a Great Lakes Protection Act, strategy, and support for local actions. Already, several groups have commented on the news. “Protecting…
Energy and Water – Two Sides of the Same Policy Coin: Report
The latest report from the Canada West Foundation focuses on the connections between the call for a Canadian energy strategy and the push for a…