Monday, July 7, 2025
Chiefs of Ontario and Ont. Legislature Address Water Resources
Following the fourth annual Chiefs of Ontario Leaders in the Legislature event in Toronto, Premier Kathleen Wynne and Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day released a…
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Day One, Great Lakes Day on Parliament Hill Met With Support
Canada and the U.S. have a long legacy of strong diplomatic ties that have been fostered through security, trade, and co-management of the Great Lakes.…
New Brunswick’s Tobique Generating Station Opens Fish Passage
Yesterday, New Brunswick Power announced that a fish passage has been completed at Tobique Generating Station. Improved survival rates of wild Atlantic salmon and other…
Lack of Data Jeopardizes Progress on Water Health in BC
A new report from the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia (REFBC), Murky Waters: Taking a snapshot of freshwater sustainability in BC, examines the successes…
Enterprise Car Foundation Supports Boreal Wetland Conservation
The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation, associated with Enterprise car rentals, has announced a $30 million donation to The Nature Conservancy to conserve rivers and regionally important…
BC Rural Dividend Program Supports Small-Scale Water Projects
Applications for funding of the fourth intake of the BC Rural Dividend program will be accepted Nov. 15th to Dec. 15th, 2017, Minister of Forests, Lands,…
Chevron Develops Shale Plays in Alberta
Chevron Canada, a subsidiary of global giant Chevron Corp, has announced that it will begin to develop its first ever Canadian shale play development in the East…
CWN Names Advisory Panel on Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater
The Canadian Water Network has announced the names of the experts who will participate on a new advisory panel tasked with framing and assessing the knowledge, practice, and priorities in…
Mikisew Cree First Nation: Site C Impact on Peace River Violates Treaty 8
The British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) inquiry into the Site C hydroelectric project heard strong objections to the project from Mikisew Cree First Nation with respect…
Survey of Drinking Water Plants Shows Population & Tech Growth
Statistics Canada has released data from the 2015 Survey of Drinking Water Plants, which shows growth in the population supplied, a slight decrease in per…
Drinking Water Expert Inducted as a Member of the Alberta Order of Excellence
Professional engineer and water scientist Steve Hrudey was recently inducted as a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence. Steve is an internationally renowned researcher, educator, author,…
Chaudière Falls Opens to Public
For the first time in more than 100 years, the historic site of Chaudière Falls has opened to the public. Hydro Ottawa’s Board Chair Jim…
Mapping Boreal Wetlands and Traditional Knowledge
This July, Paul Betsina spent five days in a helicopter over boreal wetlands, flying so low he thought he could “reach out and grab the…
Local and Traditional Knowledge in Watershed Governance
A new report released today by researchers from the University of Alberta shares the early results of efforts to capture Traditional Indigenous Knowledge about social-ecological changes that…
New Brunswick Releases Draft Water Strategy
A draft water strategy has been developed based on input from stakeholders, the public and First Nations and is now available online for comment for…
Collaborative Consent for Watershed Co-Governance
On September 21st, the POLIS Water Sustainability Project at the University of Victoria and the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources released Collaborative Consent and British…
Chiefs Express Concern Over Water Quality at Potlotek First Nation
Chiefs in Atlantic Canada are expressing frustration and concern over Canada’s lack of action to address hazardous water quality in Potlotek First Nation. It’s been…
AquaHacking Offers Five Innovative Solutions for Lake Erie
Leaders from government, First Nations, philanthropically minded businesses, and youth activists came together for the 2017 AquaHacking Summit to address the many issues facing the…
Yukon Receives Fed. Funding for Climate Change Preparedness
Yukon will receive $1.7 million over five years from the Government of Canada’s Climate Change Preparedness in the North program (CCPN). The program supports climate…
Treaty #3 Communities Receive Federal Support for Water
The federal government has committed $1.2 million to end long-term drinking water advisories in 8 Treaty #3 communities. Last week, Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous…
Report Addresses Flood Resilience in Bow River Basin
The Government of Alberta has begun implementing the advice from a report that identifies ways to improve flood resilience in Calgary and better manage water…
AFN Points to Water Priorities on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
To mark the tenth anniversary of the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) national Chief Perry…
Reframing Water Security for a Human Wellbeing Approach
A recent article published in the journal Water Security, Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach, argues that water security needs to move away…
Neskantaga First Nation To Receive $8.8M for Water Infrastructure
The Government of Canada will invest approximately $8.8 million to help upgrade the Neskantaga First Nation community’s water treatment system. The announcement includes an addition…