Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Government to Address Water Quality in Lake of the Woods Basin
The federal government has announced that it is taking action to address water quality and ecosystem health issues in Lake of the Woods. The government…
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A Fresh Strategy for New Brunswick’s Water Resources
In the December Speech from the Throne, New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant announced that the Department of Environment and Local Government “will begin in partnership…
Watershed Organization Concerned with Energy East Pipeline Plan
The Ontario Rivers Alliance (ORA) have voiced concern about the proposed Energy East pipeline and will have a chance to air them during panel hearings…
Governments of Canada, Ontario partner with Constance Lake First Nation to deliver safe drinking water
The opening of a new water treatment plant has been announced by Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett and Constance Lake First Nation…
Water’s Next Award Winners Announced
It was a dazzling celebration of water leadership and innovation. On June 23, Water Canada celebrated it 2016 Water’s Next winners and nominees at a…
How Financial Actors are Responding to and Driving Water Sustainability
In recent years, investors have become more aware of the impact catalysts like climate change, population growth, and declines in freshwater availability have on the…
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…
Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing in New Brunswick to Remain Indefinitely
New Brunswick announced this week that the province’s moratorium on hydraulic fracturing will remain indefinitely. As a result of the findings from the Commission on…
RBC Water Attitudes Study Reveals Information About Canadian Views On Water Infrastructure
RBC has released its 9th annual Water Attitudes Study, conducted by GlobeScan this spring, providing important information on the perspectives of Canadians pertaining to drinking water,…
Academic Group and Royal Society of Canada Released Statement Opposing Site C Dam
More than 250 prominent university professors from across Canada, including legal scholars, political scientists, water scientists, and environmental scientists, released a statement of concern regarding…
Government’s Plan to Support Manitoba Flood Evacuees Not On Track
The federal government’s plan to support the evacuees of the catastrophic 2011 flood in southern Manitoba is at risk of not achieving its objectives, a…
Ontario Government Announces $1.5 Million in Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund Projects
Ontario is investing $1.5 million this year in local efforts to help protect, restore, and enhance the Great Lakes. Now in its fourth year, the…
Yukon Plans to Invest $1.5 Million to Expand Yukon’s Water Monitoring Network
The Government of Yukon has announced plans to invest more than $1.5 million to expand Yukon’s water monitoring network in between now and 2017, subject…
IBM and Oceans Network Canada Launch Partnership To Improve Ocean Monitoring
Canada’s ability to monitor the coastal waters of British Columbia just got “smarter” now that a new program has been launched to install ocean observing…
Government of B.C. Will Address Groundwater Quality in Spallumcheen
The Government of British Columbia will take a series of immediate steps toward ensuring safe drinking water for approximately 200 residents near Spallumcheen, just north…
Fifty Organizations Make Recommendations To Strengthen The Fisheries Act
A new report calling on the government to make changes to the Fisheries Act is gaining support among a large number of Canadian scientists, First Nations groups,…
Federal Budget 2016 Promises Dedicated Funds For Water Infrastructure, Stewardship, and Science
Canada’s Budget 2016 was released this week, and the federal government’s plan proposes $11.9 billion toward infrastructure over the next five years—starting right away. The budget also…
Using Tundra Wetlands to Treat Municipal Wastewater in Canada’s Far North
The treatment of municipal wastewaters in small northern communities across Canada can be challenging because of harsh climatic conditions, difficult logistical and operational circumstances, competing…
B.C. Supreme Court Rules to Remove Site C Protestors
The movement to stop the development of a hydroelectric dam in northeastern British Columbia has hit a roadblock, as the Supreme Court of British Columbia…
Government of New Brunswick Begins Water Strategy Engagement
The Government of New Brunswick has invited the public, stakeholders, and First Nations to provide input and to participate in public meetings to gather perspectives…
Ontario Government Announces Recipients of Community Environment Fund 2015
The Ontario government today announced six new recipients of the 2015 Community Environment Fund program that will fund watershed and restoration projects across the province. The…
David Suzuki and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip Visit Site C Dam Protestors
Environmentalist David Suzuki and Grand Chief of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Stewart Phillip took to northeastern British Columbia to show support for a group…
Ontario Government Releases 2014-15 Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s Annual Report
Ontario’s drinking water remains among the best protected in the world, according to the 2014-15 Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s Annual Report. In the forward message…
Government of Canada Commits to Partnership to Construct Shoal Lake Freedom Road
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, announced this week that the Government of Canada will be an equal partner with the…