Sunday, July 6, 2025
Restoration Work Underway at Clark Island Wetland
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has announced the start of work on a large restoration project to develop the habitat at the Clark Island wetland, which…
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Brockton and Hanover Councils Attend Walkerton Clean Water Centre Training
On December 14th, 2018, new councils from Brockton and Hanover, Ontario, were the first to receive standard of care training related to the Safe Drinking…
Clean Water and Wastewater Fund Supports Halton Region Projects
Canada and Ontario have announced two new projects in Halton Region under the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund. Announced by Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic…
IAGLR Publishes Toronto Harbour Remediation Case Study
According to a study released today by the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR), decades of cleanup efforts and collaborative planning have turned Toronto’s…
Canadian Environmental Law Association Warns Against Ont. Bill 66
In response to the Ontario Government’s proposed Bill 66, the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), which represented the Concerned Walkerton Citizens at the Walkerton Inquiry,…
Ontario’s Annual Report on Drinking Water Quality 2017–18
At the end of November, Ontario’s Acting Chief Drinking Water Inspector, Mili New, released the province’s annual report on drinking water quality for 2017–2018. The…
OCWA Advises Municipalities to Adopt Best Practices for Data Security
The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) has released a statement on cybersecurity, calling on municipalities to put best practices in place to protect sensitive data…
Nature Conservancy of Canada & Partners Help Protect Lake Erie Basin
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and Long Point Basin Land Trust (LPBLT) have announced the protection of four sites totalling 145 hectares. These sites…
Waterfront Toronto Issues Statement on AG Report
Waterfront Toronto CEO Michael Nobrega issued the following statement in response to a report issued last week from Ontario’s Auditor General, which found that the…
New Pilot Scale Treatment Tech at Walkerton Clean Water Centre
The Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) has added a new pilot scale water treatment technology to the Technology Demonstration Facility. The fluidized bed ion exchange…
Thames River Phosphorus Reduction Collaborative Selects Projects to Curb Pollution
The Thames River Phosphorus Reduction Collaborative (PRC) has chosen five projects from 11 proposals to develop and test technologies that intercept and remove phosphorus from…
Funding for St. Clair River Area of Concern to Manage Contaminants
Two weeks after three Beneficial Use Impairments were re-designated to Not Impaired for the St. Clair River Area of Concern (AOC), another positive step towards…
Ont. Gov. Proposes Legislation to Sidestep Clean Water Act
The Ontario government has proposed legislative changes that will allow municipal and residential development to bypass protections granted in the Clean Water Act to source…
Auditor General: Structural Failures Slow Toronto Waterfront Renewal
Yesterday, Ontario’s Auditor General, Bonnie Lysyk, reported that a variety of structural factors kept Waterfront Toronto from effectively delivering on its mandate to oversee and…
Baitfish Primer App to Help Protect Waterways from Invasive Species
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has launched their guide for identify legal and illegal live bait, the Baitfish Primer, as an app. The app allows fish…
Regulatory & Enforcement Failures Permit Water Pollution, Increase Economic Burden
Yesterday, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO), Dianne Saxe, held a webinar to provide further insight into the recently released environmental protection report, Back to…
Ontario Releases New Environment Plan
The Government of Ontario has released its new environment plan, which outlines its intentions to improve water quality and manage climate change. “This plan strikes…
Port Lands Flood Protection Project Breaks Ground
Yesterday, excavation commenced on a new river valley as part of the Port Lands Flood Protection project on Toronto’s waterfront. The project was designed to…
Brock University Launching Research Project on Coastal Flooding in Ontario
A research project examining how coastal communities can deal with the impacts of climate change will formally launch in the Town of Lincoln, Ontario this…
Mark Servos Appointed 2018 Fellow of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Canada research chair Mark Servos has been appointed a 2018 Fellow of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), in recognition of his research…
St. Catharines, Ontario Names Tami Kitay as Director of Planning and Building Services
The City of St. Catharines, Ontario has named Tami Kitay as its new director of planning and building services. Kitay, currently serving as manager of…
Water Treatment Plant Upgrade for Sandy Lake First Nation
The Ministry of Indigenous Services has announced the federal government’s commitment to upgrade and expand the water treatment plant at Sandy Lake First Nation. The…
Report: More Must Be Done to Protect Ontario’s Water
The Ontario government continues to allow raw sewage to overflow into Ontario lakes and rivers at an alarming rate, says a new report by Dianne…
Green Municipal Fund Supports Wastewater Upgrades in Two Communities
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Green Municipal Fund (GMF), a $625-million program to support innovative solutions to environmental challenges, will fund wastewater treatment upgrades…