Sunday, June 28, 2026
Oil Spill in North Saskatchewan River
Environment and Climate Change Canada have confirmed there is presence of subsurface oil in the North Saskatchewan River in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. There are impacts…
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Waukesha Diversion Moves a Step Closer to Approval
On Wednesday, nine of 10 delegates who represent the states and Canadian provinces of the Great Lakes basin voted yes to allow the City of…
Federation of Canadian Municipalities Makes Recommendations For the 2016 Federal Budget
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) released its 2016 Federal Budget submission this week, proposing solutions and a strong partnership with the federal government to…
Ontario Government Announces Recipients of Community Environment Fund 2015
The Ontario government today announced six new recipients of the 2015 Community Environment Fund program that will fund watershed and restoration projects across the province. The…
Greater Toronto Area Municipalities Band Together To Defend Peel Region’s Fluoride Use
The Mayors of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon are calling on Region of Peel Council to maintain the fluoride that is currently added to drinking water…
Addressing Phosphorus in Lake Erie With Canadian Technologies
Harmful algal blooms have become increasingly frequent in Lake Erie. In 2011, the lake experienced its worst cyanobacteria bloom in decades, and in 2014, the…
B.C. Municipal Leaders Weigh In On Shawnigan Lake Controversy
Victoria city councillor Jeremy Loveday has submitted a motion calling on the British Columbia government revoke a permit to allow five million tons of contaminated…
Manitoba Commits To Building Road To Shoal Lake
Families living on the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation are another step closer to gaining all-season road access, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Minister Eric Robinson…
Federal Party Platforms and Great Lakes Issues
In anticipation of the upcoming federal election, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative—a binational coalition of over 110 U.S. and Canadian mayors and local…
Thames-Sydenham area approves Source Protection Plan
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…
Canadian science sheds light on Lake Winnipeg health
Researchers in Manitoba are using “fingerprinting” technology to determine the source of phosphorous in Lake Winnipeg that is negatively impacting water quality. Nutrients entering Lake…
Tracking Data
It’s a tough question to answer, even for those who work in freshwater. What indicators do you use to measure freshwater health? Even more, how…
Federal Government Developing Phosphorus Reduction Targets in Lake Erie
On July 9, federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced the launch of public consultations on the recommended phosphorus reduction targets for Lake Erie. The development…
B.C. Adds New Invasive Mussels Protection Measures
Columbia Basin Trust, with the help of $360,000 in new funding, announced on July 10 that it will double the number of mobile decontamination units…
Moving Forward
Canada’s water is among the safest in the world. This level of assurance has been achieved through quality analysis, but there is much more to…
In-Pipe Hydropower
Not a day goes by that we don’t read or hear something about energy, be it political, controversial, or aspirational. Everyone is thinking about where…
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…
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…