Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Nova Scotia announces new protected areas, funding to protect more land
Nova Scotia is investing an additional $20 million to help protect more of its land and water and designating another 9,300 hectares of Crown land…
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Hamilton’s 2023 rate budget targets infrastructure repair and updates
Hamilton, ON – Hamilton City Council has approved a Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Rate budget for 2023, which supports a 6.49 per cent combined rate…
How can landfill operators prepare to deal with PFAS in their leachates?
Few emerging issues are as contentious for the waste industry as contamination by per-/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These substances, now better known as forever chemicals, are…
Governments invest in infrastructure Projects in Berens River First Nation
Berens River, MB – The Honourable Dan Vandal, federal Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister for PrairiesCan, Minister for CanNor, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic…
Downstream Halifax 2022: Meet the Experts
Downstream is partnering with the National Water and Wastewater Association’s annual conference. At this invite-only speed networking event that brings together current and future generations of water…
Ocean Legacy Foundation launches updated EPIC Academy and expands global education on ocean plastic pollution
VANCOUVER – Ocean Legacy Foundation (“OLF”), a Canadian non-profit organization that develops and implements worldwide plastic pollution emergency response programs, with the goal to end…
Ontario continues to change roles and responsibilities of Conservation Authorities
Newmarket, ON – In a bid to address the housing supply, the Ontario government released a series of new proposed legislative changes, many of which…
Ocean Legacy Foundation partners with TELUS to advance global education on ocean plastic pollution
Vancouver – Ocean Legacy Foundation (“OLF”), a Canadian non-profit organization that develops and implements worldwide plastic pollution emergency response programs, with the goal to end…
Canada invests over $3.9 million to support the Great Lakes
Hamilton, ON – Protecting fresh water is critically important to Canada’s environmental, social, and economic well-being. One of the largest surface freshwater systems in the…
Grant supports municipal infrastructure projects in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia – Fifteen communities will receive support for water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste projects through the Provincial Capital Assistance Program. “Access to safe…
Managing microplastics: The Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup
The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system on the planet, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. Variations in lake depth,…
State of the Great Lakes 2022 Report and 2022 Progress Report of the Parties showing continuing restoration of the Great Lakes
Gatineau, QC – Environment and Climate Change Canada and the United States Environmental Protection Agency jointly recently published two reports required under the Agreement: the State…
Nature-based healing: Wetland conservation for healthy lakes
Decisions made today at every level of government and civil society will determine the future of summer holidays and day trips to local lakes in…
Saskatchewan’s Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week May 9-13
The days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer and soon it will be time to hit the lake. If you’re going to be…
Over and above: Warren Brown
Last spring, when Warren Brown was recognized with Water’s Next awards for both water steward and water/wastewater operator of the year for 2020, he couldn’t…
The Brighton Beach bioswale project
When it rains, the ground acts like a sponge, absorbing much of the downpour, providing essential nutrients for the plant life tucked in the soil’s…
Community collaboration studies microplastics in Okanagan Lake
Okanagan College, B.C. – In what they hope will be a watershed moment for raising awareness of microplastics and their impact on both our local…
New Ontario legislation to prevent invasive species
New legislation in Ontario can result in a fine if boats are not cleaned properly when they are moved from one body of water and…
Upgrades at Walkerton’s Technology Demonstration Facility
Walkerton, ON — The Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) recently completed several upgrades at the Technology Demonstration Facility and laboratory to expand its pilot testing…
Excessive chloride use assaulting lakes and rivers
A new international study says the ecological cost of global road salt use is an underappreciated problem that is harming freshwater resources around the world.…
Contaminants of emerging concern
When we lather up our hair with shampoo in the morning, we seldom think about what is actually going down the drain to be treated…
Seabins divert multitudes of plastic from Toronto Harbour over 7-week test period
PortsToronto and program partner the University of Toronto Trash Team (U of T Trash Team) report that the PortsToronto Seabin Program – a network of…
New economic model finds wetlands provide billions in filtration value
Southern Ontario wetlands provide $4.2 billion worth of sediment filtration and phosphorus removal services each year, keeping drinking water sources clean and helping to mitigate…
What Ontario Conservation Authorities need from this year’s provincial budget
The following is based on the remarks made by Conservation Ontario’s General Manager, Kim Gavine, to the Standing Committee on Finance on January 20, 2022.…