Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Metro Vancouver Launches the We Love Water Campaign
Metro Vancouver’s We Love Water campaign aims to improve water conservation year round throughout the region by connecting to the deep appreciation people have for their…
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Canadian Environmental Law Association’s Response to Waukesha Decision
Jacqueline Wilson is counsel at the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and works on law reform and litigation relating to climate change, energy policy, and…
BHP Billiton Connects with Day Star First Nation on Water Project
BHP Billiton, one of the largest mining companies in Saskatchewan, has teamed up with local First Nation to connect 15 homes to its water treatment…
Canada and the U.S. Identified Eight Chemicals of Mutual Concern for the Great Lakes
The governments of Canada and the United States today announced that they have identified eight substances as chemicals of mutual concern under the Canada-U.S. Great…
2016 Water’s Next Finalists Announced
Water Canada magazine has announced the finalists of the 2016 Water’s Next Awards. The Water’s Next Awards program honours the achievements and ideas of individuals…
Calgary and TransAlta Strike Agreement on Flood Mitigation and Climate Change
The tradeoffs between water, energy, and climate change are being handled cooperatively in Alberta through a new five-year agreement between the provincial government and TransAlta.…
Prime Minister Trudeau Visits Shoal Lake 40 First Nation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Manitoba this week. The visit was prompted by an invitation by VICE Media,…
Ottawa Needs A Fresh Approach To Address Drinking Water Regulations For First Nations
In 2005, when half the people living on the Kashechewan First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario were evacuated following an E. coli outbreak in the…
Canadian Hydrogeologist John Cherry Wins Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize
Hydrogeologist John Anthony Cherry was awarded this year’s Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize during Singapore’s World Water Week. The Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize honours…
Researchers Develop New Tool To Assess Aging Water Infrastructure For Small Communities
UBC researchers have developed a tool that is designed to help small to medium-sized cities and towns address the challenges posed by aging drinking water…
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Opposes Waukesha Diversion from Lake Michigan
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, representing mayors across the Great Lakes basin, sent letters to the governors and premiers of the Great…
Action Canada Makes Recommendations For Groundwater Management
One third of the residents in Ontario, everyone in PEI, and 80 per cent of rural residents in Canada depend on groundwater for their daily personal…
Flint’s Water Crisis
News outlets have recently picked up on the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. However, residents in Flint have been living without a safe and reliable…
Addressing Phosphorus in Lake Erie With Canadian Technologies
Harmful algal blooms have become increasingly frequent in Lake Erie. In 2011, the lake experienced its worst cyanobacteria bloom in decades, and in 2014, the…
Pilley’s Island, Newfoundland Declares Water State of Emergency
Pilley’s Island, a small town in Newfoundland and Labrador east of Cornerbrook, has declared a state of emergency due to a problem with the main valve in…
World Council on City Data and Hatch Partner on Global Cities Benchmarking Project
The World Council on City Data and Hatch, a Canadian-based global engineering firm, announced a strategic partnership this week to develop a data portal to…
Alberta Boosts Funding for Municipal Clean Water Systems
Today the Alberta government announced that Budget 2015 will invest $545 million over five years towards water infrastructure in municipalities across Alberta. Over five years,…
Alberta Funds Drinking Water and Wastewater Projects
The Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership (AMWWP) and Water for Life have announced the recipients of grants to support drinking water and wastewater projects across the…
Water Data Analytics Drive Solutions and Profits
Climate change, droughts, and floods are driving business for Canadian software companies. This week, Vancouver-based Aquatic Informatics Inc., a software solutions company for hydrologic data management…
Parksville, B.C., Plans for $24.3M River-Water Intake
Residents of Parksville and Nanoose in British Columbia will benefit from new drinking water infrastructure thanks to joint funding from the federal and provincial governments…
Humboldt, Sask., to Receive $4.4M for Drinking Water
Through joint funding from the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan, Humboldt’s residents will benefit from upgrades to the city’s drinking water infrastructure. The project will…
Revelstoke Receives Funding for Drinking Water Project
The southeastern British Columbian City of Revelstoke will benefit from improved drinking water infrastructure through joint funding from the federal and provincial government. Both Canada…
Charlottetown Moves Forward with Water Meter Program
The City of Charlottetown took another step forward with its Residential Water Meter Installation Program on July 13 by awarding the $1.2-million project contract to…
Rural Water System Upgrades Announced in Manitoba
Several public officials were on hand to officially announce upcoming improvements to the South Central District Water Co-op in Southwest Manitoba on July 7. Both…