Monday, December 29, 2025
Canada, In Brief 2015
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…
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New Brunswick Towns Benefit from Federal Small Communities Fund
The federal government’s Small Communities Fund – part of the Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component of the New Building Canada Fund – provides funding for priority public…
Small New Brunswick Communities to Receive $118-Million Infrastructure Investment
On May 19, the Government of New Brunswick announced a partnership with the federal government, municipalities, and local service districts of New Brunswick to jointly…
Off the Frack Track
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…
Controversial Nuclear Waste Dump at Lake Huron Site Given Okay by Review Panel
On May 6 a Federal Review Panel, formed in January 2012 by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, approved the controversial plan to bury low-level nuclear…
One Health
Researchers from the University of Calgary and University of Alberta in collaboration with Alberta’s Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (ProvLab), Alberta Health Services, and FoodNet…
Newfoundland and Labrador Announces New Community Sustainability Partnership
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced a new fiscal agreement with its municipalities to “enhance supports to communities and strengthen the social and economic…
Ontario Approves Essex Region Source Protection Plan
Ontario has approved yet another regional source water protection plan, this time for the Essex Region in the province’s south-west. The plan was developed by…
Pipe Replacement Project for Whistler Neighbourhood
The Resort Municipality of Whistler will be replacing all unlined cast iron pipe in the Alpine neighbourhood over 2015 and 2016. Plastic piping will replace…
Prioritize This
Across the country, municipalities are grappling with major water infrastructure challenges: aging infrastructure, legacy combined sewer systems, upgrading treatment plants to meet environmental requirements and…
B.C. Announces Invasive Species Defence Measures
The Province of British Columbia announced on March 31 measures to improve its resistance to invasive mussels with a $1.3-million investment in early detection and…
One Year In
Federal Infrastructure Minister Denis Lebel officially launched the New Building Canada Fund (NBCF) on March 28, 2014 to a lukewarm reception. While the plan is…
Manitoba Announces Funding for Projects in Eastern Municipalities
Manitoba Municipal Government Minister Drew Caldwell announced on February 17 a $1.2-million provincial investment in water services infrastructure in the Local Government District of Pinawa…
Ontario to Introduce Great Lakes Legislation
The Province of Ontario announced on February 18 that it will introduce new legislation to help protect the Great Lakes and recognize their importance to…
David Versus Goliath
Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est (hereafter “Ristigouche”), a small municipality of 168 inhabitants located in Gaspésie, Quebec, is facing a lawsuit of $1.5 million by Gastem, a local private…
Ontario Approves South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Plan
The Province of Ontario announced on January 29 its approval of the South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Plan, which was developed by local…
Northern Quebec Receives $8 Million in Municipal Infrastructure Funding
Several communities in Nunavik, a region covering the northern third of the province of Québec, will share upwards of $8 million in joint federal and…
Saskatchewan Town Receives Funding for Supply System Upgrades
The Saskatchewan town of Ituna will receive joint federal and provincial funding to help complete upgrades to its water supply infrastructure. The project will include…
Elevated Arsenic, Manganese Levels Found in Edmonton-Area Wells
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has identified elevated arsenic and manganese levels in several private wells near Edmonton. The manganese levels discovered were in some cases…
Rights and Reconciliation
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…
Without a Paddle
During the height of fishing season in New Brunswick, as anglers lured Atlantic salmon on the famous Miramichi River and kids navigated through thickets to…
Toxic Relationship
When McGill professor and researcher Viviane Yargeau used to visit wastewater treatment stations to explain her work on controlling contaminants of emerging concern, municipalities were…
The Fracking Point
The total volume of shale gas present across Canada is estimated to be greater than 4,995 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), and approximately 573 Tcf of…
Shock Waves
In March 2011, a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that crippled the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in northeastern Japan. More than 15,000 people died…