Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Project to Improve B.C. Lake’s Water Quality Enters Fifth Stage
As part of a large scale project to improve the water quality of Williams Lake in central British Columbia, construction is set to begin on…
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IJC Assesses Lakes Huron and Michigan’s Water Level Woes
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has recommended that the governments of Canada and the United States consider structural options for raising the water levels in…
Ontario Supporting the Experimental Lakes Area
Ontario is working collaboratively with the federal government, the Government of Manitoba and other partners to keep the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) operational in 2013…
Harper Launches Phase Two Lake of Winnipeg Cleanup
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced federal support for the second phase of the Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative (LWBI) which will focus on improving water quality…
IJC to Hold Public Hearing on International Osoyoos Lake Agreement
The International Joint Commission (IJC) is holding public hearings on the renewal of Operating Orders for Osoyoos Lake July 24 in Oroville, Washington, and July 25…
Feds to Introduce Changes to Fisheries Act
Current rules for protecting fish habitat are “indiscriminate and unfocused,” according to Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. In a release today, the…
Selinger Unveils New Plan for Lake Winnipeg
The Government of Manitoba will take new action to protect the province’s water and save Lake Winnipeg, Premier Greg Selinger announced yesterday. “The stakes are…
Manitoba to Launch Action Plan for Lake Winnipeg: Selinger
The Government of Manitoba will take the steps necessary to save Lake Winnipeg, Premier Greg Selinger announced today, concluding Dr. Peter Leavitt’s five-year study of…
Canada-Ontario Great Lakes Agreement Extended
The 2007 Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem (COA) has been extended to March 31, 2011. The agreement, signed in June 2007, was…
Protecting Lake Simcoe
Once known as Canada’s ice fishing capital, Lake Simcoe is Ontario’s largest lake after the Great Lakes, boasting a surface area of approximately 744 square…
What We Missed Beneath the Ice
What decades of research and a rapidly changing climate are revealing beneath the ice – and why it matters now. By Elie Dolgin Originally published…
Restoring Our Connection to Water: A Legacy Worth Salvaging
From 1942 to 1944, my grandfather, Harold Mattson, commanded the 2nd Canadian Recovery Company through France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany. His mission was to recover…
Grand River Source Protection Plan
An amendment to the Plan that protects the sources of municipal drinking water in the Grand River watershed was approved by the Ministry of the…
Canadian Government Launches Canada Water Agency, Invests $650M in Freshwater Action Plan
WINNIPEG, MB – Fresh water is a vital resource that is facing pressing challenges. To ensure that fresh water in Canada is clean and healthy, the Government…
Brock University researchers analyzing toxic algae blooms in local waterway
A team of Brock researchers is gathering samples at the Wignell Drain in Port Colborne this summer as part of a study on factors contributing…
Important wetlands and forests in Essex County, ON now protected
More than 25 years ago, Orfeo Lucchese purchased a rural farm and woodlot property in Essex County, near Harrow, Ontario. With great effort and insightful…
Ontario making investments in 100 local wetlands restoration projects
Durham, ON – The Ontario government is investing up to $6.9 million in approximately 100 local conservation projects to restore and enhance wetlands across the…
Canada Water Agency: Keeping our waters clean, now and into the future
Winnipeg, MB – The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has highlighted another step forward with the Budget 2023 investment to protect Canada’s freshwater supply by establishing…
Report calls for urgency to address contaminated river sediments
Contaminated sediments limit the ecological recovery of the Detroit and Rouge River ecosystems, says a report released Tuesday by the State of the Strait Conference…
Nature-based healing: case studies in communities
For years, DUC has been demonstrating the wide range of functions that wetlands can provide in both rural and urban landscapes, from naturalized wastewater lagoons,…
New sea duck atlas sheds light on poorly understood species and how we can protect them
Oak Hammock Marsh, MB – The 15 species of waterfowl known as sea ducks constitute more than a third of the duck species breeding in…
Nature Conservancy of Canada expands Norfolk County protected wetlands
Simcoe, ON—The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing the protection of 20 hectares of wetland and forest habitat in the Big Creek watershed in…
ALUS project to provide high-resolution modelling of natural infrastructure
ALUS has announced the next phase of its project that will provide high-resolution modelling of natural infrastructure and help deliver watershed-scale ecosystem resilience in the…
Niagara Region takes steps to protect drinking water from blue-green algae
Niagara Region is taking steps to protect Niagara’s drinking water after identifying a small quantity of blue-green algae upstream in the reservoirs serving the DeCew…