Beginning May 20, the public will have the chance to interact with real environmental scientists at the Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) St. Lawrence River Power…
On May 6 a Federal Review Panel, formed in January 2012 by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, approved the controversial plan to bury low-level nuclear…
The City of Oshawa, along with the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and Friends of Second Marsh, began a drawdown project at…
The federal government announced on April 7 it has “identified a new project for funding consideration of up to $62.1 million” as part of the…
Fleming College’s Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment (CAWT) and Trent University will receive federal research funding through a College-University Idea to Innovation grant, part of…
To kick off Canada Water Week (March 16-22), the Government of Ontario has released a number of tips for people to follow to save and protect…
The University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute announced on March 9 that it will provide $70,000 to researchers from the United States and Canada working…
The Government of Ontario announced its approval of the North Bay-Mattawa Source Protection Plan on March 5. The plan, which was developed by local municipal…
LiquiForce was given the 2015 Canadian Association of Family Enterprise’s Southwestern Ontario Family Enterprise of the Year Award. Liquiforce, an international contractor and manufacturer that…
The Grand Bend Area Wastewater Treatment Facility project has earned the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s (ISI) Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system’s platinum award. The treatment…
The Water Research and Innovation Network (WRAIN) and Good Harbour Labs (GHL) announced on February 27 a collaboration wherein GHL will promote WRAIN services to…
The Province of Ontario announced on February 18 that it will introduce new legislation to help protect the Great Lakes and recognize their importance to…
The Province of Ontario announced on January 29 its approval of the South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Plan, which was developed by local…
The Ontario Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (OCSI) released a new report on January 13 resulting from research and consultation on the Wastewater Infrastructure Needs Assessment…
Tony Clement, MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka, visited Parry Sound on January 16 to announce 32 environmental projects aiming to improve the ecosystem health of the…
Clearford Water Systems Inc., based in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata, and Signina Capital AG of Zurich, Switzerland, announced on January 14 a $100-million funding…
A January 6 meeting of Sudbury’s city council resulted in frozen water rates for the city’s residents and businesses. In order to avoid a proposed…
The governments of Canada and Ontario emphasized their commitment to the health of the Great Lakes on December 19 by signing the Canada-Ontario Agreement on…
The City of Timmins, Ontario’s new water pollution control plant has faced raising cost estimates and resultant public backlash since the project was approved by…
After two years of construction, the Cornwall wastewater treatment plant has been completed and the families and businesses in Cornwall, Ontario are finally reaping the…
The Ontario government has approved the Cataraqui Source Protection Plan to strengthen local source-to-tap drinking water protection. The plan was developed by local municipal and…
Ontario re-introduced the proposed Invasive Species Act on November 5. If passed, the act will protect the province’s natural environment from invasive species and the…
Ontario has approved the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Plans to strengthen local source-to-tap drinking water protection. The plans were developed by local municipal and…
Kirkland Lake, Ontario has completed its Kirkland Lake Wastewater Improvement Project, which will better protect the surrounding environment and residents of the community. A celebration…