The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is renewing a call for legislation that would require all out-of-province watercraft to be inspected for invasive zebra and…
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have presented a new way to clean contaminated water using an electrochemical process. The research, Effective removal of…
The federal government and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced 109 new initiatives to be funded through the Green Municipal Fund (GMF), the…
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…
The City of Regina has released its proposed Utility Fund 2019 Operating Budget and 2019–2023 Capital Plan, which recommended a 3 per cent rate increase,…
Environment and Climate Change Canada has launched a call for proposals for the Natural Heritage Conservation Program, which will assist with the protection of Canada’s…
Vantage Canada has announced the acquisition of Vantage Manitoba from AgWest Ltd. The acquisition completes the nationwide portfolio for the new Vantage Canada entity that…
The Government of Canada has updated its digital mapping for tracking aquatic invasive species across the country. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has updated and improved…
On Friday, more than $16.5 million in federal and provincial funding was announced to support work on 32 projects under the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP). Joyce…
A new water treatment plant has opened in the Rural Municipality of Gimli, Manitoba. The opening was announced by Infrastructure and Communities Minister François-Philippe Champagne,…
“If I had an ultimate vision… it would be that there would never be a flood ever again in any city in the world.” Dr.…
Today, François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and Vicki-May Hamm, FCM President announced more than $5.7 million for green infrastructure in the Town of…
The Swiss-Canadian investment firm, Emerald Technology Ventures has announced the acquisition of its portfolio company SecurityMatters, a provider of operational technology (OT) network protection, by…
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…
A First Nation, municipality, and environmental non-profit have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaboratively purchase, restore, and manage a key property in the…
The International Water Association (IWA) has appointed new IWA Fellows and Distinguished Fellows. These individual water professionals are being recognized by their peers for their…
Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, has announced close to $1 million in federal funding to Newfoundland and Labrador under the National…
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…
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…
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…
The federal government has announced 28 Indigenous projects have been selected for early funding totalling just under $5.7 million as part of the Indigenous Guardians…
Ontario’s Swim Guide, a Swim Drink Fish initiative, has announced the release of its open data standard for the automated exchange of recreational water quality…
Built Green Canada has partnered with the Green Builder® Coalition to bring performance-based water efficiency to Canada through its third-party certification programs’ water conservation section.…
Last week, Northern Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc introduced Bill C-88 to the House of Commons, which will retain the Northwest Territories’ four regional land and…