Saturday, May 24, 2025
Lakehead Area First to Finish Plan for Protecting Drinking Water
The Ontario government announced this week that the Lakehead Source Protection Committee is the first of 38 source protection areas to deliver a plan to…
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Invasive Species Centre Gets New Executive Director
Robert Lambe is the new executive director of the recently constructed Invasive Species Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. As the former regional director general…
Mayors Make Declaration on Water Sustainability to Protect Great Lakes and St. Lawrence
This week, mayors from Québec, Ontario and the United States made a Declaration on Water Sustainability, committing to common sustainable water management practices to protect…
McGuinty Government Renews Provincial-Municipal Collaboration to Protect The Great Lakes
Ontario and mayors from communities surrounding the Great Lakes have renewed their shared commitment to protect the Great Lakes. This week, Jim Bradley, Minister of the…
Parks Canada and Lakehead Join to Protect Lake Superior
Parks Canada and Lakehead University have signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration on research efforts aimed at better understanding the dynamics of Lake Superior’s…
Maxxam Acquires Becquerel Labs
Canadian lab company Maxxam Analytics has acquired Becquerel Laboratories. Based in Mississauga, Ontario, Becquerel provides specialized radiological testing and neutron activation testing services. The terms…
HMM Acquires Engineering Northwest
Thunder Bay, Ontario-based Engineering Northwest Ltd. (ENL), a professional consulting engineering firm, has joined Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM). ENL is focused on highway, municipal, water,…
Ontario Proposes Great Lakes Protection Act
The Ontario government has proposed a Great Lakes Protection Act, strategy, and support for local actions. Already, several groups have commented on the news. “Protecting…
Peninsula Harbour Sediment Capping Project Awarded to Milestone
Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc. has been awarded the contract to complete the capping of historically contaminated sediment in the Peninsula Harbour, which is a Great…
Ontario-China Call for Water Tech Proposals
Ontario’s Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation has launched its second call for proposals under the Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund. This year’s areas of…
Stantec Wins for Ottawa’s RTC System
Stantec’s water team in Ottawa has been honoured with the Environment Award for their real time control (RTC) system for the City of Ottawa’s combined…
Researchers Discover Resistance in Ontario Freshwater
McMaster University researchers have discovered that floc–“goolike” substances that occur suspended in water and that host large communities of bacteria–also contain high levels of antibiotic…
FOCA Renews Agreement with Province of Ontario
The Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations announced this week that it has renewed its agreement with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in support of the Ontario…
Lake Management Planning Begins on Pigeon Lake
Pigeon Lake has joined Balsam, Cameron, and Sturgeon lakes in a program that seeks to enhance the environmental health and economic sustainability of lakes across…
Water Treatment Research Sparks Fuel Cell Innovation
This week, the Council of Ontario Universities announced that physical chemistry doctoral student Julia van Drunen has received one of five summer fellowships from the…
New Ways to Fund Stormwater Service
The City of Mississauga is looking for a new way to fund its stormwater management program. A stormwater financing study is underway, according to a recent…
The Case for Green Infrastructure in Ontario
A new report by the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition says that green infrastructure offers tangible, cost effective ways to meet the challenges of urbanization and climate change.…
Feds Announce First Nation Water Pilots in Ontario
Four First Nation communities will participate in the Canada-Ontario First Nations Pilot Initiative to Improve Drinking Water Quality. Through this joint initiative, the federal and…
Interview: Angus Toulouse
Water Canada spoke with Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse at this week’s First Nations Water Symposium in Niagara Falls. Here, he provides remarks on Bill…
2012 Green Toronto Award Finalists Announced
The City of Toronto and Green Living Enterprises have announced the finalists for the 2012 Green Toronto Awards. The City’s environmental awards of excellence recognize…
OCWA Lands $35M Operating Contract
The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) has been awarded a five-year contract to operate the water treatment and transmission systems of the two water systems…
Beamsville Biorention Project Wins ECO Award
Staff at Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO) have received the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario’s (ECO) 2011 Recognition Award for using two environmentally beneficial innovations: bioretention…
Friends of the Greenbelt Announce Water Grant Recipients
Water is the focus of a new round of grants announced this week by Ontario’s Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation. Five organizations have been awarded…
Trojan Acquires Norway’s Salsnes Filter
Salsnes Filter AS of Namsos, Norway will join the group of businesses owned by London, Ontario-based Trojan Technologies. Salsnes Filter’s technology removes particles from municipal and…