It has been one year since Airdrie introduced a Waterworks bylaw that encourages residents and businesses to conserve water through a year-round watering schedule. “We…
Stormwater goes into Saskatoon’s rivers untreated, so garbage introduced into the storm drain system means more pollution in the local river systems. Even more worrying…
Drever Agencies Inc. was fined $1,250,000 on February 18, 2020 for an offence under the Fisheries Act. The company pleaded guilty to a charge of depositing a…
The Government of Saskatchewan’s new Aquatic Invasive Species Strategy was introduced by Environment Minister Dustin Duncan at the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation’s (SWF) annual convention in…
The new Research Junction collaboration between the City of Saskatoon and the University of Saskatchewan has received funding for research projects that will examine urban…
The Capital Regional District (CRD) Board has approved a motion to allow a portion of biosolids produced at the Residuals Treatment Facility to be used…
The Manitoba government will be providing more than $61 million to support the upgrade of the water pollution control facility in Portage la Prairie, according…
The Okanagan region in British Columbia (B.C.) is expected to face an increase in precipitation across all seasons except summer, according to a new climate…
The Manitoba government has launched a flood protection program to help municipalities prepare for spring flooding, according to an announcement made by Municipal Relations Minister…
The results are in, and the news is good: the Government of Saskatchewan’s monitoring program detected no invasive mussels in 123 waterbodies sampled throughout the…
The City of West Kelowna has issued civil works tender documents for the Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant. “Providing clean, safe and reliable drinking water…
A new government-to-government partnership will help ensure long-term water sustainability in the Koksilah Watershed and explore the benefits of a water sustainability plan for the…
Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency (WSA) has released its preliminary spring runoff outlook for 2020, which shows average spring runoff for most of the province. Although…
A state of local emergency was declared by Mayor Sylvia Pranger for the District of Kent on February 1, 2020. Heavy precipitation in the area…
CIBC Innovation Banking announced that it is providing $8 million debt financing to Aquatic Informatics. The capital will be used by the company to support…
An Alternative Approval Process (AAP) has been launched in Courtenay, B.C. to measure public support for funding the Greenwood Trunk Sanitary Sewer. The project is…
The Capital Regional District (CRD) has awarded a $6.8-million contract to Jacob Bros Construction to construct the Trent Forcemain. Jacob Bros Construction was selected by…
A new water treatment plant will provide safe drinking water to residents in Parksville and Nanoose, British Columbia. “I’m pleased that Canada’s historic infrastructure investments…
Richard Florizone has been named the new president and chief executive officer of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), a research organization dedicated to…
Manitoba has announced the Watershed District Act and registered two new regulations that will formalize a watershed-based approach in the province. “Our government recognizes the…
Updated rules for water use in mineral exploration and small-scale placer mining operations are now in place in British Columbia (B.C.). The updated provisions, under…
Natural environmental processes—not upstream energy projects—are the primary cause of changing flood patterns in Alberta’s Athabasca Delta, according to new research. The research also shows…
The City of Winnipeg has released results from its 2019 lead water quality testing program. The testing program was launched in August, following the introduction…
A new project is examining the impact of melting glaciers on current and future drinking water in Western Canada. The results of the project will…