
Oilsands Panel Unveiled
In response to concerns about industrial pollution in the Athabasca River and connecting waterways, Canada’s environment minister, Jim Prentice, has appointed an independent advisory panel…
In response to concerns about industrial pollution in the Athabasca River and connecting waterways, Canada’s environment minister, Jim Prentice, has appointed an independent advisory panel…
Ottawa-based Clearford Industries Inc. has made agreements with two municipal governments representing towns near Cali, Colombia to design and supply wastewater collection and treatment systems.…
The Town of Richmond Hill, Ontario has received an $85,300 Green Municipal Fund grant from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to test a specialized water…
Ontario’s chief drinking water inspector, John Stager, has released his fifth annual report, providing an overview of the state of the province’s drinking water including…
A committee of independent scientists will be created to review water monitoring data collected from Alberta’s oil sands region, announced the Province earlier this week.…
The government is failing to follow through on all of its environmental promises, says Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller. “This government rightly prides itself on…
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has announced a Green Municipal Fund (GMF) grant for the City of Yellowknife. The City is investing the $90,000…
Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Member of Parliament for Provencher, on behalf of Canada’s Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and Manitoba’s Minister of Water Stewardship,…
The Township of Esquimalt has launched a new website, TheWrongPlan.ca, in opposition to Victoria’s Capital Regional District (CRD) plans for sewage treatment. In August, the…
Insituform Technologies, Inc. has been awarded a contract with a first year value of US$5.9 million by the City of Calgary. Upon completion of the…
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) today announced its 18th round of funding for Canadian clean technology demonstration projects. Canadian entrepreneurs and technology developers with new…
The second $100,000 Imagine H2O competition has launched its call for entries. This year, the theme is the water-energy nexus—innovations could focus on a number…
The B.C. government has approved a wastewater management strategy proposed by the Capital Regional District (CRD) that will for the first time treat up to…
As we reported in our May/June issue, the City of Dawson Creek, B.C., and Shell recently reached an agreement to build the City’s Reclaimed Water…
A computer model developed to determine the amount of water resources required for agricultural land in the Okanagan now and in the future is helping…
Water conservation efforts in Manitoba will be further improved with the development of a new strategic plan by Manitoba Water Stewardship and the Winnipeg-based International…
Liberal members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development today released their report from the committee’s study of the impact…
The City of Windsor has signed on to become one of Ontario’s first municipal participants to connect its water and wastewater facilities to the next…
Last Wednesday’s Council of the Federation results announced that Canada’s Premiers have endorsed what the Western Premiers agreed to back in June: a Canada-wide Water…
Last week RBC announced the last wave of its 2010 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Seven organizations from Canada, the United States and…
Both federal and provincial governments made investments totalling nearly $6 million to demonstrate the power of water using modular river turbines in the St. Lawrence…
Calgary-based Pure Technologies Ltd. has announced that it will purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of The Pressure Pipe Inspection Company Ltd. for…
Yesterday, the United Nations adopted a resolution proclaiming the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation. Presented by Bolivia and 33 other States, the…
The recent ratification of legislation favouring ultraviolet (UV) disinfection methods—in addition to other variables—bodes well for the market, says Frost & Sullivan. The company’s new…