Monday, May 19, 2025
Canadian Canoe Museum Receives $7.5M Gift
The Canadian Canoe Museum will bring people even closer to the water and Canadian heritage now that the W. Garfield Weston Foundation has announced a $7.5…
News
EPCOR Completes Stress Tests for Regina WWTP Upgrade
EPCOR has successfully completed the performance testing and final facility requirements of Regina’s Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade project, as confirmed by independent certification firm BTY…
Public-Private Partnership Conserves World’s Largest Boreal Reserve
A partnership between the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), the Tallcree Tribal Government, the governments of Alberta and Canada, and Syncrude Canada have led to the…
Labatt Breweries of Canada Provides Emergency Drinking Water in N.B.
Labatt Breweries of Canada is providing 100,000 cans of emergency drinking water for New Brunswick as part of its Canadian Disaster Relief Program. The water will go…
New Aquatic Species Added to Endangered Species List
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) added the Midland Painted Turtle to a growing list of species found to be at…
Saskatchewan Drainage Compliance Had a Record Year in 2017–18
A record 693 quarter sections of land were brought into drainage compliance in the 2017–18 fiscal year in Saskatchewan, the provincial government has announced. This…
Over $3M in Funding for Asset Management, Wastewater, and More
Yesterday, the Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) announced spending on a number of new projects, including for asset management plans,…
Record Year for Eco-Certified Beaches and Marinas in Canada
Environmental Defence is celebrating the end of winter with a record number of Canadian of beaches and marinas achieving the Blue Flag eco-certified designation. Overall,…
Insurance Industry Dangerously Unprepared for Extreme Weather
As historic flooding caused by climate change devastates communities in New Brunswick and British Columbia, new research from the University of Waterloo reveals the insurance…
Griffith University IWRM Masters Scholarships Open
The 2019 International IWC Master Scholarships for the Master of Integrated Water Management (MIWM) program is open for application; deadline August 1. The IWC Master Scholarships granted each…
Digital Tech Supercluster CEO Announced Today
The federally funded Digital Technology Supercluster announced the appointment of Sue Paish as CEO today. Paish will be responsible for building and leading the Supercluster…
Regina to Invest $50M in Water Projects for 2018 Construction Season
The City of Regina has announced the commencement of its 2018 summer construction season. Through the construction season, the city will invest $85.3 million in…
B.C. Dedicates Ongoing Funding to Invasive Mussel Defence Program
The Government of British Columbia has announced dedicated annual funding for B.C.’s Invasive Mussel Defence Program to help protect the province’s waterways from the environmental,…
Cascade Falls Generation Station Completed in Parry Sound
Last week, the Ontario Waterpower Association (OWA) congratulated Bracebridge Generation Ltd. on the completion of the Cascade Falls Generation Station. OWA, government, Wasauksing First Nation,…
District of Kootenay Boundary, BC Experiences Historic Flooding
The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia has issued evacuation orders to 1390 addresses, nearly 2800 residents, as of May…
Report Provides Recommendations to BC Gov. on Flooding and Wildfires
British Columbia will act to mitigate flooding and wildfires in 2018 based on recommendations from a report on the 2017 spring floods and wildfires. As…
Ont. Ice Storm Caused Over $190M in Insured Damage
Strong winds, flooding, heavy snow, and ice from the mid-April ice storm in southern Ontario resulted in more than $190 million in insured damage, according…
Kelowna Sets Contractor, Plan for Phase One of Integrated Water System
The City of Kelowna has announced the contractor for the first phase implementation of its integrated water system and provided details on how it will…
St. John River Levels in Decline as New Brunswick Deals with Flood’s Aftermath
Water levels in the St. John River have been falling over the last three days according to recent data from New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization…
Engineers Revisit Ancient Approach to Purify Water
The idea of using energy from the sun to evaporate and purify drinking water is ancient. The Greek philosopher Aristotle reportedly described such a process…
Saltworks Tech Shows Significant Savings in Treating Injected Water
This week, BC-based Saltworks announced a successful pilot of its Flex EDR technology, which produced strong results in freshwater recovery from recycled injected water. The Flex…
Toronto Investing Over $350M in Water Projects in 2018
Today, the City of Toronto announced the beginning of its construction season with over $350 million in spending on water projects through 2018. Councillor Jaye…
Over $70M to New Oil Sands Technologies, Helps Reduce Water Use
Nine Alberta oil sands technologies will receive more than $70 million through the Oil Sands Innovation Challenge to support economic growth in the oil sands…
Sask. Water Security Agency Invests $43.6M in Water Infrastructure
Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency (WSA) has announced that it plans to invest an all-time record $43.6 million in its water management infrastructure in 2018–19. The…