The Government of Canada is investing over $1.45 million in 38 Saskatchewan communities through the Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP), delivered by the Federation of…
The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) is now accepting applications for community-level projects that monitor, restore or enhance regional watercourses. The Drinking Water & Watershed…
Yukon University – Water system operator trainees can now obtain hours required for certification with the new mobile water treatment plant at Yukon University. YukonU…
Across the Great Lakes basin, hundreds of water utilities treat water from the Great Lakes and deliver safe, high-quality drinking water to nearly 40 million…
Québec City – Forty-two kilometres from Quebec City, in the heart of a peat bog located at the junction of three municipalities; Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, Shannon and…
Southern Ontario wetlands provide $4.2 billion worth of sediment filtration and phosphorus removal services each year, keeping drinking water sources clean and helping to mitigate…
Victoria–Climate change and extreme weather events are strengthening the call for protection and restoration of B.C.’s watersheds to ensure healthy ecosystems support communities with secure…
Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman designated the French River watershed as a protected water area on Monday, January 24. This means that regulations…
The following is based on the remarks made by Conservation Ontario’s General Manager, Kim Gavine, to the Standing Committee on Finance on January 20, 2022.…
Ottawa – The Government of Canada is investing over $1.6 million in 36 British Columbia communities through the Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP), delivered by the…
A study led by Simon Fraser University researchers has discovered that sufficient water flows during summer can be critical to a Chinook salmon population in the…
Toronto – As part of its plan to build out Ontario’s affordable, reliable and sustainable electricity system, the Ontario government has asked Ontario Power Generation (OPG)…
University of Calgary – Undergrad Joshua Evans, BHSc ’20, has discovered that smoke levels in water may present real danger to aquatic life. Recently published in…
Protecting vulnerable marine mammals is a priority for the Government of Canada. Marine mammals, including the Southern Resident killer whale, are particularly vulnerable to the…
The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are pleased to announce an extension to the Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure Program (FRWIP) deadline for livestock producers…
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT—The City of Iqaluit says it is working to find an alternate source of drinking water following a recurrence of fuel odours in its…
Mississauga, ON—Royal HaskoningDHV, an independent consultancy that integrates digital technologies and software solutions to design, safeguard, and maintain the built environment—from infrastructure, mobility and buildings…
Simcoe, ON—The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing the protection of 20 hectares of wetland and forest habitat in the Big Creek watershed in…
Lethbridge—While Lethbridge residents will not have noticed any difference to their water, some new upgrades were completed at the Water Treatment Plant last year in order…
Ottawa, ON and Cleveland, OH–The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), a Canadian not-for-profit forum of business, government, academic, and non-profit leaders committed to…
ST JOHN’S, N.L./TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE BEOTHUK AND MI’KMAQ – The Federal Court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s assessment of the ecosystem impacts…
SASKATOON – A strong partnership between University of Saskatchewan researcher Dr. Helen Baulch (PhD) and the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant is bringing cutting-edge monitoring…
PEI–The province is providing the PEI Watershed Alliance with $2 million so that individual member groups can apply for project funding. “We have done a…
The Government of Canada is firmly committed to improving reliable access to safe drinking water in First Nations communities. On December 22, 2021, the Federal…