Monday, May 12, 2025
Ontario to improve its water power
The Ontario government announced changes to build low-risk waterpower projects faster, such as such as expansions or changes to an existing facility. The changes to…
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Southwest Alberta rancher protects provincially rare habitat
Alberta – The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing a new conservation site in southwest Alberta. This 303-hectare property, dubbed Chapel Rock, boasts coniferous…
NCC purchases N.S. forest and over 25 km of lake shoreline
Nova Scotia – The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has purchased 950 hectares of mature Acadian (Wabanaki) forest, over 25 kilometres of undisturbed lakefront shoreline…
Fisheries and Oceans Canada to close herring spawn on kelp fishery
Bella Bella, B.C. – Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is closing the commercial harvest of herring spawn on kelp (SOK) in Heiltsuk Territory under the…
Atlantic Mining NS Inc. pleads guilty, fined
Dartmouth, N.S. – Atlantic Mining NS Inc. (previously Atlantic Mining NS Corp.) pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia to one count of contravening the Fisheries Act.…
Canada supports expedition undertaking first of its kind pan-Pacific salmon survey
Vancouver, BC – In recent years, climate change, habitat loss and fishing pressures have negatively affected Pacific salmon at every stage of their lifecycle. In an effort…
Manitoba invests in water quality testing projects in Northern Communities
The Manitoba government is partnering with three northern Indigenous communities to improve access to timely testing of water quality samples by establishing a pilot bacteriological…
Manitoba receives funding for natural disaster mitigation and preparedness program
Manitoba – More than $186,700 will be provided to fund 12 municipal projects under the Mitigation and Preparedness Program (MPP) to prepare for future natural…
Contaminants of emerging concern
When we lather up our hair with shampoo in the morning, we seldom think about what is actually going down the drain to be treated…
Barrie, ON Council approves change to stormwater funding
Barrie, ON – City Council approved the Stormwater Climate Action Fund to help improve the City’s resiliency against climate change impacts, mitigate flooding, protect Lake…
New National Standard of Canada will help standardize natural asset inventories
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), CSA Group, and the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI) have signed an agreement where CSA Group will develop a…
AECOM and FMIS partner to create energy hub
Calgary – AECOM announced today that it has formed a partnership with FMIS (Fort McKay Industrial Solutions) to create an energy hub for engineering, environment,…
Collingwood, ON receives detailed stormwater model management report
Collingwood, ON – The Master Stormwater Management Model Report which was received by the Development & Operations Services Standing Committee on February 14th is the…
Canadian homes sell for 8.2% less after catastrophic floods
New findings show that over the past eight years, catastrophic flooding in communities resulted in an average 8.2 per cent reduction in the final sale…
Premier Tech Water and Environment launches process and service for on-site sanitation market
Premier Tech Water and Environment has developed a process and unique tools to extract sludge accumulation in on-site aerated systems with fixed culture. Thanks to its…
6 steps to improve water quality: Study
Nitrogen fertilizers are critical for growing crops to feed the world, yet when applied in excess can pollute our water for decades. A new study…
Remembering Lee Scarlett
It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Lee Scarlett, Water Canada’s former associate publisher. Lee lost his courageous 19-year battle with brain cancer on Friday, February…
Canada joins international initiatives to cut plastic pollution and protect our oceans
Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, virtually joined other world leaders today at the One Ocean Summit, hosted by France, to announce Canada will join international partnerships and initiatives toward…
Nature groups from across Canada converge on Parliament to meet with Ottawa decision-makers
This year, Nature Canada’s annual Nature on the Hill event is connecting over 70 nature groups with Members of Parliament to push for cross-party support…
B.C. Parks additions strengthen protection of wildlife habitat, ecosystems
Increased protection for diverse wildlife habitat, wetlands and bolstering the natural legacy of existing parks are all parts of strategic land additions to strengthen B.C.’s…
SPONSORED: Permeable paving: Stormwater management for the future
With the predicted increase in precipitation and storm events over the coming decades, the issue of how to effectively manage stormwater is becoming more pressing…
Assessing stormwater quality in Saskatoon
Stormwater is rainfall and snowmelt that runs off land into isolated storm sewers (separated stormwater sewers) or systems that collect a combination of stormwater and…
Upgrades completed to Saratoga Water System, Shuswap
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) is celebrating the completion of a $1.4 million upgrade to the Saratoga Water System and the addition of 41…
Seabins divert multitudes of plastic from Toronto Harbour over 7-week test period
PortsToronto and program partner the University of Toronto Trash Team (U of T Trash Team) report that the PortsToronto Seabin Program – a network of…