Thursday, May 8, 2025
New COO for evandtec
David Martin has joined Toronto-based evandtec’s executive staff as COO. He will report to Paul Wickberg, CEO. Martin most recently helped Dantherm expand markets for…
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Pond, Tunnel and Pipe
It wasn’t a happy day back in 1987 when the International Joint Commission (IJC) listed Toronto’s waterfront as one of 43 Areas of Concern in…
Study Takes Stock of Pollutants
Over 228 million kilograms of direct pollutant releases to surface waters were reported by industrial facilities in North America in 2006, while a minimum of…
Saskatchewan Flood Plan Proves Popular
Uptake for the Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program has been very strong, Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Watershed Authority Dustin Duncan announced last week. Since the…
Finding Balance
When it comes to the Great Lakes, it’s all about balance. A recent United States Geological Survey five-year report on Great Lakes Basin water availability…
Manitoba Funds Flood Protection Study
The Manitoba government has set aside a total of $740,000 to conduct feasibility studies for future permanent, community flood-protection dikes in 11 municipalities for consideration,…
Poll: Election 2011–Who’s Got the Best Plan for Water?
Since Budget Day’s disappointing lack of water support and Parliament’s subsequent collapse, a few of the five major parties have released their environmental platforms. When…
Water Damage Leading Cause of Claims
Forty per cent of all home insurance claims are a result of water damage, says data from insurance provider Aviva Canada Inc. Additionally, the average…
Damage Control
While City of Edmonton’s Dr. Fayi Zhou (general supervisor of environmental planning in the City’s drainage services branch) is proud of Edmonton’s Insurance Bureau of…
Bio or Bust
“Anybody who thinks this is a run-of-the-mill problem is wrong,” says John Fjeldsted, executive director of the Manitoba Environmental Industries Association (MEIA). “Make no mistake—this…
Kent Releases Athabasca Water Quality Monitoring Plan
Earlier this week, Environment Minister Peter Kent presented Environment Canada’s plan for a new Lower Athabasca Water Quality Monitoring Program. Developed in collaboration with Alberta,…
Water-Energy Wins in San Francisco
Seattle-based Hydrovolts has taken the top prize of this year’s Imagine H2O competition, the theme of which was the water-energy nexus. The winner and runners…
Changing Lives in Kechene
As part of our Canada Water Week series, culminating in today’s World Water Day celebrations, we learned about the African Medical and Research Foundation’s (AMREF’s)…
Most Canadians Have “No Concept” of the Real Value of Water: Study
While the majority of Canadians (55 per cent) continue to believe that fresh water is the country’s most important natural resource and say they are…
Interview: The Water Brothers
As part of our Canada Water Week series, we spoke with The Water Brothers, Alex and Tyler Mifflin. Currently, the two brothers, along with SK…
Youth4Water
As part of our Canada Water Week series, we met with Toronto’s Youth4Water organization to ask members what they’re doing to celebrate Canada Water…
Report: Canada’s Boreal Houses World’s Largest Water Source
Canada’s boreal, the world’s largest intact forest and on-land carbon storehouse, contains more unfrozen freshwater than any other ecosystem, says a new report from Pew…
Wells Worth Monitoring
As part of our Canada Water Week series, we spoke with Jennifer West about the Ecology Action Centre’s plans to celebrate and get communities involved…
Canada Water Week: What’s All the Fuss About?
Tim Morris launches our Canada Water Week series. Watch all week for more articles on events and organizations across Canada! Why am I so excited…
Poll: Should Senate Pass Bill S-11?
This week, Senate held its last days of hearings for Bill S-11, the First Nations Drinking Water Safety Act, which proposes that water quality on…
Water Committee Calls for More Rigorous Objectives for Oil Sands
In a report released March 7, Alberta’s water monitoring data review committee recommended comprehensive monitoring, more rigorous scientific analysis, and new monitoring objectives in order…
Canadians Celebrate Bottled Water Free Day
Canada and several other countries marked the second Bottled Water Free Day on March 10. “Canadians are rejecting the privatization of public water resources and…
IJC Recommends Focus on Human Health Concerns for Great Lakes
The International Joint Commission provided 32 recommendations for action at the federal, state, provincial and local levels of government in its 15th biennial report, released…
McGill Researchers Develop Silver Nano Filter
Chemistry researchers at Montreal’s McGill University have developed a key step towards making a cheap, portable, paper-based filter coated with silver nanoparticles to be used…