Friday, July 18, 2025
Canadian homes sell for 8.2% less after catastrophic floods
New findings show that over the past eight years, catastrophic flooding in communities resulted in an average 8.2 per cent reduction in the final sale…
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SPONSORED: Permeable paving: Stormwater management for the future
With the predicted increase in precipitation and storm events over the coming decades, the issue of how to effectively manage stormwater is becoming more pressing…
$228M flood recovery program helping B.C. farms return to production
B.C. farmers who suffered extraordinary damages during November’s devastating floods will have access to up to $228 million in federal-provincial government support to help their…
NB releases updated, interactive flood hazard mapping
New Brunswickers can now access comprehensive and interactive flood hazard mapping to help inform them of flood-prone areas and the effect of climate change on water levels…
Report from ONEIA: Building climate-resilient infrastructure
Ontario’s rapidly changing climate will increase the likelihood of flooding, extreme heat and weather events, and power outages in coming decades and the province needs…
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.…
Lake Simcoe study points to a new direction for stormwater planning
As a summer of climate change extremes comes to a close and many in the water sector are grappling with the implications, findings from a…
Matrix Solutions announces merger with Ecosystem Recovery Inc.
Matrix Solutions—a Canadian environmental consulting, water, and engineering design firm—has announced a merger with Ontario-based Ecosystem Recovery Inc. (ERI). ERI specializes in helping clients effectively…
Rising seas threaten Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific Coasts: Report
As witnessed in recent weeks, rising seas, swollen atmospheric rivers, and post-tropical storms are a threat to community infrastructure, housing, and the safety of those living…
Okanagan Basin Water Board opens 2022 grant intake
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is now accepting applications for its Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) grant program for projects in 2022. With…
Manitoba and Saskatchewan renew MOU on water management
The governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan have renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) respecting water management between the two provinces. The announcement was made by…
Conservation authority acquires 137 acres of wetland, floodplain
The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) has added another 137 acres of ecologically sensitive land to its holdings. The land transfer was finalized late…
Shuswap Watershed Council launches intake for Water Quality Grant Program
The Shuswap Watershed Council (SWC) is inviting another round of applications to its Water Quality Grant Program. “One of the SWC’s primary objectives is to…
New Canada-wide maps show how floodplains may become inundated
A Western University professor has developed Canada-wide maps showing how floodplains—including low-lying areas of major cities like Vancouver and Montreal—may become inundated in the next 80…
Warmer, wetter, wilder: 38 million people in the Great Lakes region are threatened by climate change
The Great Lakes are getting warmer, wetter, and wilder. These atypical conditions are amplifying other threats. Harmful algal blooms are increasing in severity and geographic…
P.E.I. launches new online coastal flood maps
A new online mapping tool has been launched to help businesses, not for profits, government and all Islanders identify their vulnerability to coastal flooding and…
Canadian engineering firms honoured at ACEC awards celebration
The work of Canadian consulting engineering firms was celebrated online as twenty projects were recognized for excellence during the 2021 Canadian Consulting Engineering (CCE) Awards…
Funding to help mitigate flood risk and support municipal infrastructure in N.S.
Sixteen municipal projects will receive funding to help mitigate flood risk and support municipal infrastructure. “The money will support key projects that make a difference…
Springbank Reservoir project moves to construction phase
The Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) project is now ready to move to the construction phase. Voluntary agreements have been reached with landowners to secure 100…
P.E.I. releases Climate Change Risk Assessment
Steven Myers—P.E.I.’s environment, energy, and climate action minister—released the Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) during the sitting of the P.E.I. legislature on October 27, 2021…
B.C. accepting applications from local governments for infrastructure projects
The Province of B.C. is accepting applications from local governments and First Nations for the third intake of the Environmental Quality stream. Funding is available…
New findings may hold key to better predicting impact of El Niño and La Niña
For years scientists have been trying to understand variations in El Niño and La Niña to accurately predict year-to-year disruptions to weather patterns. New findings…
Vancouver launches Sea2City Design Challenge for False Creek
The City of Vancouver has launched the Sea2City Design Challenge to explore ideas for addressing sea level rise and coastal flooding in False Creek. The Sea2City…
Massive investment needed to ready Canada’s infrastructure for climate change: Report
A new report finds that climate change impacts could leave Canadians physically and financially under water as a warming and increasingly volatile climate damages public…