Sunday, May 18, 2025
Worst-Case Economics: Accounting for Climate Change
“Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task, if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell us, that when the storm is long past,…
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Edmonton Completes Mechanized River Valley Access Project
Access to Edmonton’s River Valley has been improved by infrastructure funding from the provincial and federal governments. On Saturday, Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and…
Floodplain Mapping Progresses Under National Climate Change Strategy
On Saturday, Canada and British Columbia announced the first annual progress report on the implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, the first pan-Canadian…
Ultraviolet Treatment Serves Comox Valley as Interim Measure
The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) is moving forward with the installation of temporary ultraviolet treatment that is expected to reduce boil water notices by approximately…
Ontario Invests in Water Project to Reduce GHGs
Ontario has announced the first recipients of TargetGHG—a program that helps companies adopt leading-edge technologies in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while supporting entrepreneurs.…
First Nations Water and Wastewater Under-Resourced in Federal Budget
The Parliamentary Budget Officer, Jean-Denis Fréchette, released a report today analyzing federal spending on drinking water and wastewater treatment on First Nations reserves. In it, he…
Ontario Launches Consultations on Greenbelt Expansion to Protect Water
Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Mauro posted a statement today inviting feedback on a study area for potential Greenbelt expansion to protect important…
Ontario Biosolids Company Awarded NSERC Grant to Work With Dalhousie
Canadian biosolids and organics solutions provider, Lystek International, has been awarded a NSERC Engage Grant to collaborate with Dr. Gordon Price, an associate professor at…
Canada-China Cleantech Mission Celebrates Water
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, released the a photo and statement today after returning from a successful engagement with the Canadian…
Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change Steps Down
Jennifer MacIntyre, Canada’s first female Ambassador for Climate Change, has stepped away from her post due to a death in the family. Minister Catherine McKenna issued a press…
Pipe Technology Aids Halton’s Expansion Plans
Halton Region, which lies between the cities of Hamilton and Mississauga southwest of Toronto, on Lake Ontario, is growing rapidly. According to statistics from Ontario…
Steep Increase in Water Disclosure by Global Giants
Corporate giants and water leaders gathered in Johannesburg today to discuss the findings of the annual Global Water Report published today by Carbon Disclosure Project (the non-profit global…
B.C. Government Launches Review of Spring Flooding
On Monday, the B.C. government has launched an independent review of this year’s unprecedented spring flooding and wildfire seasons. “Wildfires and flooding this year devastated…
Mining Water Disposal to Continue After Seismic Fears Settled
Canada Energy Partners Inc. (CEP) has reported that it has received a decision from the British Columbia Oil & Gas Commission (OGC) that will allow…
Columbia Basin Trust Invests $10M in Ecosystem Enhancement
The Columbia Basin Trust has announced a new five-year, $10-million Ecosystem Enhancement Program for the organization’s eponymous watershed. The Trust’s goal is to help maintain…
Alberta Brownfield Project Installed Thousands of Metres of Pipes in 2017
Edmonton’s Blatchford Redevelopment Project saw a productive year in 2017, installing thousands of metres of water and sewer mains for its district energy system. Over…
City of London and FluksAqua Partner to Combat Fatbergs
FluksAqua has partnered with London, Ontario to offer fat, oil, and grease (FOG) collection cups to municipalities across Canada and the United States by providing utilities with the…
Expanding Scope of Water Treatment Plant Causes Council Concern
Cold Lake, Alberta’s Council in its most recent meeting has discussed a number of obstacles to the expansion of the area’s water treatment plant. Council…
Officials Pen Letter of Protest Over Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Storage
Over one hundred mayors and other elected officials have written a letter to Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, urging her government not…
Comox Valley Completes Forcemain Replacement Project
Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) recently announced the completion of its HMCS Quadra Forcemain Replacement Project. Construction of the forcemain restarted in September to replace the existing…
Acceptable Lead Concentration in Water Systems at Prince George Public Facilities
The City of Prince George, British Columbia has conducted a review of drinking water quality at civic facilities and found it to be safe for…
Regina to Increase Water Rates to Support Capital Project Investment
Regina has announced an overall 2 per cent utility rate increase, effective January 1st, 2018, pending council approval later in December. The increase would support…
Contract Awarded for Wastewater Pumps at Woodward Pumping Station
Mississauga-based KSB Pumps Inc. has been awarded a contract to supply twelve large wastewater pumps for the Woodward Avenue Main Pumping Station in Hamilton, Ontario.…
Supreme Court Backs Indigenous Rights in Dispute Over Peel Watershed
Yukon First Nations and environmental groups have won a landmark Supreme Court case. The judgment released on Friday upholds a land use plan that protects…