Thursday, December 11, 2025
2018 Water’s Next Finalists Announced!
Every year, Water Canada’s Water’s Next awards program honours the incredible achievements and ideas of individuals and companies that successfully work to make a positive…
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White River First Nation Demands Panel Review of Yukon Mining Project
The White River First Nation is calling on the Yukon Government and the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board to conduct a Panel Review (the…
B.C. First Nation to Deliver New Coastal Marine Emergency Response
Photo: Nathan E. Stewart spill off the Bella Bella coast. Credit: Heiltsuk Nation. A B.C. First Nation and Canadian marine and offshore company announced that they…
IC-IMPACTS Deepens Canada-India Ties with Water Research
The Ganges River is the focus of a new collaboration between IC-IMPACTS and India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT),…
Campbell River’s Largest Infrastructure Project Flows With Success
Photo: Roof purlins being welded and the control valve chamber. Source: Campbell River. The B.C. coastal city of Campbell River is celebrating the near-completion of…
Lake Huron LAMP Released
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) for Lake Huron 2017-2021, part of a binational effort to restore…
A New Baseline for Water Infrastructure Risk in Canada
The Canadian Water and Wastewater Association, Public Safety Canada, and Dalhousie University released a study yesterday assessing the risks and level of preparedness to water…
Okanagan Basin Water Board Receives $1.45M for Floodplain Mapping
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) held a joint news conference with representatives from the provincial government, Okanagan Nation Alliance, and City of Kelowna to announce…
Indigenous Circle of Experts Report on Indigenous-led Conservation
Indigenous Circle of Experts (ICE) has released a report on conversation in Canada and recommended changes with respect to achieving Canada Target 1, protecting 17…
Ontario Budget 2018 Supports Provincial Water Resources
Ontario Budget 2018 will support the health of water resources and water infrastructure through a number of spending programs. Indeed, Budget 2018 devotes considerable detail…
Indigenous Canadians Speak for Water on World Water Day 2018
Indigenous Canadians spoke out on World Water Day 2018, the start of the International Decade for Action — Water for Sustainable Development 2018–2028. They called…
New Brunswick Increases Funding for Emergency Preparedness
The Government of New Brunswick has announced an additional $1.7 million in funding to help improve local emergency preparedness and double the number of regional…
B.C. Announces Independent Scientific Review of Hydraulic Fracturing
The British Columbia government is moving forward with an independent scientific review of hydraulic fracturing to ensure it is meeting the highest safety and environmental…
Slate Falls Nation Ends 11 Long-Term Drinking Water Advisories
Slate Falls Nation has opened a new water treatment plant, allowing the Nation’s Band Council to lift 11 long-term drinking water advisories (DWAs) that had…
Yukon 2018–19 Budget Includes $3M in Water Resource Spending
Yukon’s Premier and Finance Minister, Sandy Silver, delivered the 2018–19 budget yesterday in the Legislative Assembly. Local construction activity within the Territory will continue to…
Budget 2018 Applauded for Striving to Meet Pledged Freshwater Protections
The word around the water cooler is that Budget 2018 was successful in continuing the federal government’s investment in land and freshwater protections improving access…
Federal Budget 2018 Delivers a Wide Range of Spending
Finance Minister Bill Morneau released the 2018-19 federal budget today in Ottawa today. The budget featured a wide range of new spending, including many line…
Farmers, Cities Team Up to Help Meet 40 Per Cent Target
The Thames River Phosphorus Reduction Collaborative (PRC) is moving into the next phase in developing practical ways to reduce the amount of phosphorus getting into…
Lake Erie Action Plan to Reduce Phosphorus Loads by 40%
The governments of Canada and Ontario have released the final Lake Erie Action Plan. The plan identifies more than 120 federal, provincial, and partner actions…
Plan Would Prioritize Water Management for Fort McKay First Nation and Métis
Alberta has released a draft of its Moose Lake 10-kilometre Management Zone Plan (10KMZ), intended to recognize the significance of the traditional lands to the First…
Ontario Recognized Freshwater Users in Inaugural Rural Leader Award
Ontario has recognized innovative leadership in rural communities through the inaugural Rural Ontario Leaders Awards, winners of the award include innovative freshwater users. Jeff Leal,…
Proposed Impact Assessment Act Has a Mixed Impact
Last week, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-69, which would introduce the Impact Assessment Act, replacing the Environmental Assessment Act. “Previous reforms to environmental…
Tsal’alh First Nation End Long-Term Drinking Water Advisory
Canada’s Department of Indigenous Services announced today that a long-term drinking water advisory in Tsal’alh First Nation in British Columbia was lifted on February 5th,…
Proponent Selected for CRVD Residuals Treatment Facility
A proponent has been selected to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain (DBFOM) the Capital Regional District (CRD) Residuals Treatment Facility located at the Hartland…