Sunday, August 31, 2025
The Long Haul
Most of Alberta’s 3.6 million residents rely on regulated water systems. But, according to Brent Paterson*, a significant number of Albertans still use water from…
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Manitoba Considers New Groundwater Rules
New rules being proposed this week would replace Manitoba’s almost 50-year-old groundwater regulations as part of a strategy to better protect the 25 per cent…
Charlottetown Begins $18M Sewer Separation Project
This month, the City of Charlottetown awarded the consulting engineering services portion of the Spring Park Combined Sewer Separation Project to the Charlottetown Office of…
FOCA Renews Agreement with Province of Ontario
The Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations announced this week that it has renewed its agreement with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in support of the Ontario…
Know Your Network
Life-cycle asset management is generally based on three steps: you build it, you use it, and you replace it (if you still need it) or…
B.C. Showcases River Remediation Project
Victoria public had the opportunity to learn more about river remediation at an open house at British Columbia’s Goldstream Provincial Park this past weekend. The…
Feds Invest in Great Lakes Clean-Up
Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent celebrated World Water Day at the Sherbourne Common in Toronto this morning, highlighting 46 projects that have received funding under…
Feds Announce First Nation Water Pilots in Ontario
Four First Nation communities will participate in the Canada-Ontario First Nations Pilot Initiative to Improve Drinking Water Quality. Through this joint initiative, the federal and…
Interview: Diana Frost
Water engineer Diana Frost is passionate about improving the standard of living in developing countries by contributing her expertise with water systems. Through funding from…
The Big Leap
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Ontario’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) developed the York Durham Sewage System (YDSS) to convey sewage from York Region…
Don’t Drink the Water
When Attawapiskat First Nation declared a state of emergency in October 2011, Charlie Angus (MP Timmins-James Bay) visited the community to find out why. “It…
Off the Grid (Nearly)
This past summer, the Churchill Northern Studies Centre (CNSC) moved into its new 27,800-square-foot facility. Designed for 88 visiting scientists and 12 staff working year-round on…
Feds Reintroduce First Nations Safe Drinking Water Act
Speculations that the Harper government might revive its bill for clean water for First Nations have proven correct. Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan made the…
NB Reveals Long-Term Wetlands Strategy
New Brunswick’s provincial government has released a long-term wetland management strategy (pdf) and will implement it in phases to allow for the implementation of operational,…
A Bitter Pill
If the brook trout swimming in Dr. Sébastien Sauvé’s laboratory tanks at the City of Montreal wastewater treatment plant smiled while his team probed their…
Interview: Steven Renzetti
What’s our water worth? It’s a big question. Depending on whom you ask, the answer might not be able to be quantified in dollars. Even…
Savings at the Pump
In a recent University of Toronto publication discussing the water-energy nexus, Bryan W. Karney writes: “…if you are thinking about big challenges, and big threats,…
Ontario Too Slow: ECO’s Annual Report
Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner is worried that Ontario has lost momentum when it comes to the province’s pressing environmental issues. In his 2010/2011 Annual Report, titled…
Cultivating Growth
Situated in the agricultural heartland of Ontario, Rondeau Bay is an important ecosystem. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), it’s an important spawning…
Ecojustice Gives Feds an ‘F’ Grade for Water Protection
The federal government is still failing to ensure all Canadians have access to safe drinking water, according to a new report from Ecojustice. Waterproof 3,…
Water in Agriculture
In many parts of the world, people are worried about the increase in water scarcity. Greater scarcity can be traced to two trends. The first…
WCWC Calls for Advisory Council Members
The board of directors of the Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) has approved the establishment of two advisory councils, the research advisory council (RAC) and…
Vaughan Lauds Feds for Oil Sands Action Plan
For over a decade, Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada have warned that key environmental information regarding the effects of oil sands projects has…
Time to Backtrack
Growing up near Elliot Lake, Ontario, Lorraine Rekmans remembers picking berries near Elliot Lake. A band member of Serpent River First Nation, Rekman’s maternal grandparents…