Sunday, May 4, 2025
Moose Jaw has officially opened its brand-new high service reservoir pump house
Moose Jaw, SK – The city of Moose Jaw has officially opened its new High Service Reservoir Pump House. Ground was broken on the $15-million facility…
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infinitii ai signs national distribution agreement with U.S. water industry’s Core & Main
Vancouver – Vancouver-based infinitii ai inc. (“infinitii ai”) announced it has signed a national distribution agreement for infinitii flowworks predictive analytics software for Smart City…
First step taken to establish new Indigenous protected and conserved area around Great Bear Lake
Montreal – At COP15, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change; the Honourable Shane Thompson, Northwest Territories Minister of Environment and Natural…
Extreme events in a changing climate: Canada’s Top 10 Weather Stories of 2022
Ottawa – Environment and Climate Change Canada has presented the 27th annual edition of the Top 10 Weather Stories in Canada, which featured damaging storms, heat…
Canada’s ban on certain harmful single-use plastics starts to take effect
Montreal – The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change; the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health; and the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister…
Improved wastewater treatment for Sechelt, B.C.
Sechelt, B.C. – Patrick Weiler, Member of Parliament for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, the Honourable Anne Kang, Minister of Municipal Affairs, and John…
What’s at Stake for British Columbia’s Fresh Water Systems?
Vancouver – In its newly released Major Outcomes Report, Our Water, Our Future, the Healthy Watersheds Initiative (HWI) documents the successes and challenges of one…
SANEXEN awarded contract for major environmental restoration in Québec
Montréal – SANEXEN Environmental Services Inc., a subsidiary of LOGISTEC Corporation has won the bid for the environmental remediation project of the former Aleris plant…
Lakefield Water Treatment Plant to receive upgrades
Selwyn, ON – The Township of Selwyn has received over $3 million combined from both the federal and provincial governments through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program’s…
New Brunswick achieves goal of protecting 10 per cent of land and freshwater
The provincial government announced on December 13 that it is protecting an additional 277,900 hectares of Crown land to reach its goal of protecting 10 per…
More extreme rainfall to add $6.2 billion to Ontario’s linear storm and wastewater infrastructure costs by 2030, and significantly more by 2100
Toronto – The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) has released its Costing Climate Change Impacts to Public Infrastructure: Linear Storm and Wastewater report, the latest in…
Governments of Canada and Manitoba and four First Nations work together on Seal River watershed
The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Manitoba Minister of Environment, Climate and Parks Jeff Wharton,…
Ducks Unlimited Canada named key delivery agent for Natural Heritage Conservation Program
Montreal – Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has been named a lead conservation organization that will continue delivering the Government of Canada’s Natural Heritage Conservation Program…
BQE Water awarded second operations contract for Selen-IX™ Water Treatment Plant at U.S. mine
Vancouver –BQE Water Inc. has signed an Operating Services Agreement to provide operations services for a water treatment plant utilizing its award winning Selen-IX™ process technology…
WCWC’s hands-on training supports operators of First Nations drinking water systems
Walkerton, ON — The Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) was recently invited to participate in a Water Operator Maintenance Workshop hosted by Mamaweswen, the North…
Peel Region to face a $2 billion shortfall due to impacts of Bill 23
Brampton, ON– Peel Region is asking the Province to implement a municipal fund to compensate the Region and its local municipalities for the impacts of the…
Government of Canada recognizing federal land and water to contribute to 30 by 30 nature conservation goals
The federal government has set the goal of conserving 30 per cent of Canada’s land and water by 2030, because science shows that nature needs…
Nova Scotia announces new protected areas, funding to protect more land
Nova Scotia is investing an additional $20 million to help protect more of its land and water and designating another 9,300 hectares of Crown land…
Peterborough working on cleanup and remediation after discovery of historic contamination in Jackson Creek area
Peterborough, ON – The Jackson/Townsend spill has been a challenging discovery of historic contamination in the area through the Bethune Street construction work, and the…
Hamilton’s 2023 rate budget targets infrastructure repair and updates
Hamilton, ON – Hamilton City Council has approved a Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Rate budget for 2023, which supports a 6.49 per cent combined rate…
Protecting more nature in partnership with Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Peoples have been caring for the lands and waters of Canada since time immemorial. First Nations, Inuit, and Métis have unique relationships with nature…
Upgrades to reduce risk of flooding on Retail Drive in Saint John
Saint John, GNB – Provincial, federal and municipal government officials have announced more than $8 million in combined funding for upgrades to Retail Drive in…
Saskatchewan invests in remote monitoring technology for rural water treatment facilities
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that it is investing over $1.9 million in 10 industry-led research and development projects through the Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation…
COP15: First Nations reaffirm their willingness to take part in actions and decisions for the conservation and protection of biodiversity
Wendake, QC – The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations of Quebec-Labrador Sustainable Development Institute (FNQLSDI) will be present at…