Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Funds for Athabasca Watershed Council
A two-year $500,000 provincial grant, announced yesterday, will allow the newly-created Athabasca Watershed Council to set up operations to advise government and begin its assessment…
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Putting Water Quality on the Global Agenda
If you like the idea of your great-grandchildren having access to clean, safe drinking water, grab your calendar and set up a recurring reminder for…
Water for Life
Back in 2006, Canadian photographer Peter Bregg accompanied Margaret Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau on their trip to support clean water projects in Ethiopia. WaterCan, a…
Action Plan on Clean Water is a Priority: Prentice
Just days after Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty teased the Heritage Dinner audience with exciting water-related snippets from the upcoming provincial throne speech, Federal Environment Minister…
Wastewater Research Chair Up for Award
Carleton University’s Dr. Banu Örmeci is a finalist in the 2010 Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) Awards. Örmeci is Canada Research Chair in…
Water Funds for Quebec
Two municipalities in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region, Saint Félix d’Otis and L’Anse Saint Jean, will share $532,273 under the federal-provincial gas tax agreement. The communities will…
$10M for Quebec Water Infrastructure
The municipality of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies will receive over $10.5 million in joint funding under the Communities component of the Building Canada Fund–Quebec, for drinking water supply,…
Canadian Water Tech Companies Win Green 15 Awards
Several Canadian water industry companies have won 2009 Deloitte Technology Green 15 Awards, an award created in 2007 to showcase 15 Canadian companies that are…
Atlantic First Nations Get a Water Boost
The Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation has broken ground Phase I of its new wastewater treatment facility for the community located 40 kilometres from the town…
Funds Announced for Saskatoon’s Water Reservoir Project
Feds are setting aside up to one-third of the eligible costs of the Water Reservoir project in Saskatoon, to a maximum federal contribution of $7…
$10.5M for Quebec Water Infrastructure
Quebec’s Municipality of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds will receive $10,561,102 in joint government financial assistance under the Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund – Quebec to carry…
Water Entrepreneurs in the Running
Today Ernst & Young unveiled this year’s Prairie finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, which recognize the spirit and contribution…
RCCAO Links Energy Costs and Water Maintenance: Report
Ontario consumers are paying $700 million per year for water that never reaches their taps. A new study (PDF) released today by the Residential and…
Trojan Wins Stockholm Industry Water Award
London, Ontario-based Trojan Technologies, a developer and proponent of large-scale ultraviolet (UV) water disinfection systems used worldwide, has won the 2009 Stockholm Industry Water Award.…
Can We Rely on Technology to Guarantee Future Water Resources?
During this year’s Rivers to Oceans Week (June 8 to 14), the Canadian Museum of Nature is running a café scientifique—a forum in an informal setting—that asks this very question in several locations around the country.
Eight B.C. First Nations Celebrate Completed Water Projects
Eight British Columbia First Nations have completed projects that will improve their water and wastewater systems. Since 2006, the federal government and First Nations have…
Still Work to Be Done: Strahl on First Nations Water
First Nations will have access to the same quality of safe and reliable water as all Canadians, said Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and…
Vaughan and Kleinburg Water Systems Get Perfect Scores
The City of Vaughan has achieved a perfect score – 100 per cent – for its water quality and distribution systems from the Ontario Ministry…
Five NS Water Projects Receive Funding
Five communities in the Kings County, N.S. area will have better drinking water and wastewater treatment systems with funding from three levels of government. More…
FCM Encourages Reduced Bottled Water Use
The Federal of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is encouraging local governments to reduce the use of bottled water in their own facilities where other options are…
FCM to Vote: Phase Out Bottled Water?
The Council of Canadians is encouraging the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) to vote in favour of a resolution that would call for all municipalities…
Expect Hundreds of Burst Watermains, OSWCA Warns
The Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association today issued an advisory to residents and motorists in Ontario–expect significant disruption and delays resulting from broken water…
$1M to Improve Horse Lake and Canim Water
Horse Lake and Canim Lake, B.C. residents can expect a $1-million federal-provincial investment to upgrade water systems. The Horse Lake project will replace the existing…
Groundwater DVD Makes a Splash
An eight-minute DVD on groundwater is being distributed by Conservation Ontario across the province. The Groundwater, Ours to Protect video, produced by Quinte Conservation in…