Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Watershed Moment
The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) has a long history of working in the Philippines. It all started in 1993, when the country’s national government invited…
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IJC to Hold Public Hearing on International Osoyoos Lake Agreement
The International Joint Commission (IJC) is holding public hearings on the renewal of Operating Orders for Osoyoos Lake July 24 in Oroville, Washington, and July 25…
A Resilient Province
For years, Manitoba has battled water. Cultivating life on a flood plain has meant makeshift dams and dikes, and eventually multi-million infrastructure projects such as…
Manitoba to Create Surface Water Management Strategy
The Manitoba government is partnering with a variety of provincial stakeholders to reduce flooding and maintain a healthy Lake Winnipeg through the creation of a…
Manitoba Improves Strategy for Floods and Water Management
Manitoba is undertaking four initiatives to help improve action against floods and water management, announced the Province’s Infrastructure and Transportation Minister, Steve Ashton, this week.…
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…
Urgent Delivery
Contaminated drinking water is a major source of concern for small and rural communities (SRCs) including First Nations reserves. Many small communities have water contamination…
Know Your Well
For Saskatchewan , spring runoff season presents a huge risk for private well contamination, especially considering the province’s high levels of arsenic, selenium, and uranium.…
Red Cross Offers Help for Flood Evacuees
With floods expected to worsen with the spring thaw, the Canadian Red Cross is ready to ramp up its response for families who have been…
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…
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…
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…
Manitoba to Spend $22M Fighting Floods
Manitoba will invest $22 million in equipment and technology to improve flood-fighting capacity and preparedness as it faces the potential for widespread spring flooding, Premier…
N.B. Developing Guidelines to Improve Wetlands Protection
New Brunswick’s government is developing operational guidelines as part of its wetland conservation policy to achieve effective and consistent wetlands protection. Environment Minister Margaret-Ann Blaney…
Edmonton Wins National Watershed Award
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), in partnership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), has announced the winners of the first annual Watershed Awards…
Sustainable Stormwater Management
Stormwater management has become an increasingly challenging issue for urban communities. In many cases, rainwater can no longer follow its natural patterns, which increases the…
Nunavut Gets Flood Relief
The federal government will cost share eligible territorial expenditures incurred by Nunavut through the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements for flood damage caused by snowmelt and…
RCCAO Links Energy Costs and Water Maintenance: Report
Ontario consumers are paying $700 million per year for water that never reaches their taps. A new study (PDF) released today by the Residential and…
Water by the Barrel
Low Impact Development (LID), the concept of onsite management of stormwater through natural, decentralized controls, has been catching on fast across Canada and the United…
Flood Compensation for Sask. Residents
It’s flood season. Yesterday, Dominion City became the first Manitoba community to declare a state of emergency to deal with the spring thaw and rains…
Waterworld!
Flooding in the GTA leads to overflows at the banks of the Humber River as snow melts and warnings from the Toronto and Region Conservation…
BX Creek Gets a Facelift
Through a provincial grant from the General Strategic Priorites Fund, the City of Vernon, B.C. has been awarded $801,800 representing the full cost of the…