Sunday, April 5, 2026
Drought, Flood Driving Worsening Crises in Vulnerable Populations
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has raised alarm over the lack of funding being directed towards the impacts of drought,…
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Campbell River, BC Approves Recommendations for Sea Level Rise Mitigation
Campbell River, B.C. has approved recommendations for the use of 3.5-acre site that will help mitigate the effects of climate change induced sea level rise.…
Kitchener, Ont. Invests $750K into Stormwater Management at RBJ Schlegel Park
New funding announced this week from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), included $750,000 grant that will help the City of Kitchener, Ontario incorporate state-of-the-art…
Saskatchewan Announces Long-Term Flood Mitigation Program
Last week, the Minister responsible for Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency (WSA), Dustin Duncan, announced a new long-term flood mitigation program for provincial communities. The Flood…
Vancouver Approves Coastal Flood Planning and Water Infrastructure
Vancouver’s City Council has approved three recommendations to help prepare the city’s vulnerable areas for sea level rise by planning for and implementing coastal flood…
Building Code Changes Support Development and Flood Control Work
In a statement released last Friday, the Government of Ontario announced that it had made changes to the building code in the Lower Don Lands…
Support for Structural Flood Mitigation Projects in British Columbia Announced
The Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) has announced the communities that will receive financial support for structural flood mitigation projects. Communities throughout the province…
The Battle Against Desertification—Why Canada Should Care
A growing human population and runaway consumption are putting unsustainable pressures on the natural resources we depend on for survival. Our misuse and abuse of land and…
Toronto Partners with IBC and Intact Centre for Flood Resilience Program
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has joined the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo and the City of Toronto to launch a pilot Toronto Home…
Tracking Reaction Pathways of Acetone Under Advanced Oxidation
Trace concentrations of synthetic chemicals expelled in effluent and discharged to lakes, rivers, and streams are found in extremely small concentrations, just nanograms or micrograms,…
Regina Reaches Substantial Completion of Third Force Main
The City of Regina has reached substantial completion of its third force main installation project as part of an investment in critical wastewater infrastructure. This…
Community Gathers to Assess Spring Freshet and Flood in Okanagan
First Nations, provincial, and municipal representatives gathered in Lake Country district of the Okanagan Valley on June 25th, 2018 to share successes, challenges, and lessons…
N.B. Inland and Coastal Flood Mapping Projects Receive Over $1M
The governments of New Brunswick and Canada will invest $1.14 million in two flood mapping projects to help communities within the province predict the impact…
Report on 2017 Flood of Lake Ontario & St. Lawrence River
A report released last week by the International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board (the Board) has provided a detailed account of the historic 2017 flood and the Board’s actions under Plan 2014 to regulate Lake Ontario outflows in the…
Water’s Next Awards Gala Honours Finalists and Winners
It was a night to remember, as water industry professionals from across Canada and around the world gathered on June 20th in Vancouver to celebrate…
Canada and Manitoba Announce $540M Flood Management Infrastructure
Yesterday, the governments of Canada and Manitoba announced that they will cost share up to $540 million in new flood management infrastructure for the Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin…
B.C. & Red Cross Partner to Support Long-Term Disaster Recovery
As flood waters recede throughout the province, and with another wildfire season on the horizon, the Province of British Columbia and the Canadian Red Cross…
Saskatchewan Auditor Advises on Provincial Drainage Strategy
Although a record 693 quarter sections of Saskatchewan agriculture lands were brought into drainage compliance in the 2017–18 fiscal year, Saskatchewan’s Provincial Auditor says there…
Flood Forecasting Contract Awarded for Lower Churchill River
Newfoundland and Labrador has awarded a contract for a flood risk mapping study, a flood forecasting model, and a flood forecasting service for the lower…
B.C. Replaces Culverts with Bridges to Improve Flood Mitigation
British Columbia has implemented a flood mitigation activity, commissioning work at five locations west of Chetwynd, replacing culverts with bridges in order to permit safe…
B.C. Interior Health Launches Real-Time Water Advisory Map
British Columbia’s Interior Health (IH) has launched a real-time, interactive water advisory map, enabling people to search the entire IH region for current drinking water…
Ferrero Canada Donates $100K to Brantford, Ont. Flood Recovery
Ferrero Canada Ltd. has announced a donation of $100,000 to the City of Brantford to help restore the city’s waterfront trails that were damaged during the February ice-jam…
U.S. Clean Water Rule Remains Under Threat of Repeal
Earlier in May, the White House released an updated timeline on its plan to repeal and replace the 2015 Clean Water Rule, also known as…
Hurricanes: Stronger, Slower, Wetter in the Future?
Scientists have developed a detailed analysis of how 22 recent hurricanes would be different if they formed under the conditions predicted for the late 21st…