Friday, August 8, 2025
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…
News
Nova Scotia Draft Coastal Strategy Feedback Now Available
Feedback on Nova Scotia’s draft coastal strategy is now available online. “The thoughtful and thorough feedback we’ve received on this draft strategy makes it clear…
Groundbreakers: Speedy Samples
Although the technologies involved in water analysis are complex, they’re vital to ensuring the world’s supply of safe drinking water sources. Recognizing the need for…
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…
Prairie Flooding Takes Top Spot on Weather Stories List
Spring flooding in Canada’s Prairie region took 2011’s top spot in Environment Canada’s annual list of top weather stories. Epic melts occurred everywhere, says EC’s…
Parksville Receives Funds for ASR
The Englishman River Water Service (ERWS), a joint venture between the City of Parksville and the Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, has been awarded…
The Top 100: Water Breakdown
Water and wastewater projects have a decent presence in the 2012 edition of ReNew Canada’s Top 100: Canada’s Biggest Infrastructure Projects, released this week. Seven…
Happy Holidays from Water Canada
Despite lacking the snowy sort of precipitation in Toronto, the Water Canada team is eager to take a few days to celebrate the holidays with…
MP Miller Proposes Bulk Water Transfer Law
Last week, Larry Miller, MP for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, introduced Bill C-383, An Act to amend the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act and the International River…
Canadian Water Summit Moves West in 2012
The Canadian Water Summit is moving west for the first time. The third annual event will be held in Calgary in June 2012 to explore…
Lasting a Lifetime
As readers of Water Canada are well aware, there is a significant need for the upgrade of existing water infrastructure and the development of new…
Interview: Steven Renzetti
What’s our water worth? It’s a big question. Depending on whom you ask, the answer might not be able to be quantified in dollars. Even…
Savings at the Pump
In a recent University of Toronto publication discussing the water-energy nexus, Bryan W. Karney writes: “…if you are thinking about big challenges, and big threats,…
Matrix Solutions and AquaResource Merge
Ontario’s AquaResource Inc. will become a division of Calgary-based Matrix Solutions Inc. effective January 1, 2012. The merger expands the geographic reach and industry base…
Ontario Too Slow: ECO’s Annual Report
Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner is worried that Ontario has lost momentum when it comes to the province’s pressing environmental issues. In his 2010/2011 Annual Report, titled…
Feds Announce $70M for St. Lawrence River
The feds announced a 15-year commitment to protect the St. Lawrence River this morning. The agreement, known as the St. Lawrence Action Plan 2011-2026, will continue…
Interview: Sarah Dickin
Sarah Dickin is a graduate student in the school of geography and earth sciences at McMaster University, and part of the Water Without Borders student…
Natural Resources Canada’s Largest Water User: Report
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRT) says that if Canada is to ensure the sustainability of its water supply, governments…
Cultivating Growth
Situated in the agricultural heartland of Ontario, Rondeau Bay is an important ecosystem. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), it’s an important spawning…
Three Make Evans-Thomas P3 Shortlist
EPCOR, Plenary Environment, and SNC Lavalin/Black & Veatch have been shortlisted for the Alberta government’s Evan-Thomas Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment Facility public-private partnership (P3)…
Ecojustice Gives Feds an ‘F’ Grade for Water Protection
The federal government is still failing to ensure all Canadians have access to safe drinking water, according to a new report from Ecojustice. Waterproof 3,…
Deconstructing “Deleterious”
Located near the mouth of Rivers Inlet, north of Port Hardy on the central coast of British Columbia, the floating Rivers Lodge is one of…
Poll: Are You App-Savvy?
Water Canada’s January/February 2012 issue, set to fête Canadian water achievements with our second annual Water’s Next supplement, will also explore the growing use of…
CWN Pursues Partnerships
The Canadian Water Network has issued a call for partners from water policy and management organizations that would like to become involved and co-invest in…