The Government of British Columbia has approved Mount Polley Mining Corporation’s application for a short-term permit to treat and then discharge water outside a secondary…
The end of a long and emotional legal battle to prevent extensive natural resource development in the Peel watershed has ended in favour of wilderness…
The Alberta government has announced a funding commitment for new flood protection measures along the Bow and Elbow Rivers. The measures are intended to protect…
Residents of the Regional District of Nanaimo can now use an online interactive place-based tool to learn about water supplies and use, as part of…
British Columbia Environment Minister Mary Polak and Northwest Territories Environment and Natural Resources Minister J. Michael Miltenberger signed an agreement today committing both governments to…
A new report released today seeks to aid provincial and federal governments in determining the best areas in which to advance studies related to hydraulic…
Source Protection Plans in the Thames and Sydenham region have been approved by the provincial government, as of September 18, 2015. The water protection plans…
On any given day, there are about 1,600 drinking water advisories posted in Canada. A new mobile app designed by the Lake Ontario WaterKeeper, using…
Oil and gas company Nexen has been ordered by the B.C. Environmental Appeal Board to cease taking water out of the Tsea watershed within the…
Ontario is calling on community groups to apply for a Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund grant, in an effort to help protect, restore, and enhance…
British Columbia’s Cowichan Tribes celebrated the completion of water system upgrades on July 28. The project, which received $2.3 million in federal funding in 2014,…
The Government of British Columbia announced on June 9 that it will contribute $400,000 through the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund to finance a…
Canada’s water challenges and the ways provinces and territories address those challenges can be so similar yet entirely unique. Each jurisdiction’s positions on issues of…
Four years ago, if you had asked Stephanie Merrill of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) and Jennifer West of the Ecology Action Centre…
The federal government will contribute $1.7 million toward a proactive emergency response to potential spring flooding in eight at-risk New Brunswick First Nations after record…
On March 30, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt congratulated the community of Moosomin First Nation on the opening of their new water treatment plant. As…
An immigration consultant told Reuters last week that he has clients willing to spend “at least $20 million” to buy wells in British Columbia. The…
The Boothroyd Band, located near Boston Bar in the southern interior of British Columbia, will see its community water system upgraded, according to a February…
The Sci’anew (Cheanuh) Beecher Bay Band First Nation in British Columbia will receive $40,000 in funding from the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund to…
This summer, four Alberta First Nations decided to pursue judicial consideration of their right to water. Over the past decade, the issue of unsafe drinking…
The Woodland Cree First Nation has completed the $4-million Marten Lake, Alberta water pipeline and fill station, ensuring safe drinking water for the registered population…
The Black River First Nation, located on the Eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg about 138 kilometres northeast of the provincial capital, has completed the expansion…
The increasing pressures of population growth, pollution, and a changing climate, coupled with strong demands for more local control, are making it increasingly apparent that…
The Manitoba government announced on August 6 its support of the new Assiniboine River Basin Commission, and a contribution of $50,000 toward initial startup activities.…