Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Guide to Change
The words “sustainable” and “resilient” have become widespread descriptors for infrastructure: resonating in brochures, ads, logos, business cards, magazines, and college curricula. These two words…
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Cold Snap
Winter-related issues disrupt communities across Canada every year and the impacts from extreme weather events, like ice storms, are compounded as we endure one polar…
Water Forecast
The future is notoriously difficult to predict. But if the past is anything to go by, the coming decades could bring a lot of change.…
Manitoba Town Announces Flood Protection Project
Federal and provincial representatives came together with local officials in Reston, Manitoba on January 19 to announce funding for a new flood protection project. In…
OCSI Releases Wastewater Infrastructure Needs Assessment Report
The Ontario Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (OCSI) released a new report on January 13 resulting from research and consultation on the Wastewater Infrastructure Needs Assessment…
Manitoba Announces Flood Season Forecast Report
Manitoba’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation Steve Ashton announced on December 16 the release of a 2014 Fall Conditions Report on soil moisture levels at…
Funding Announced for Infrastructure Projects in Manitoba Communities
On November 13, the governments of Canada and Manitoba announced funding for five water and wastewater projects to take place in communities in the southeast…
Manitoba Announces Flood Mitigation Funding
The Government of Manitoba announced on October 21 an investment in improved flood protection for residents of the community of Red Deer Lake. The Red…
Rainfrastructure
Urban flooding—increasingly prevalent with climate change—causes extensive economic, health, social, and environmental issues. Internationally, jurisdictions including Canadian municipalities are establishing stormwater utilities to mitigate the…
Alberta Approves Flood Mitigation Projects
The Province of Alberta has committed to two new flood mitigation projects aimed at protecting High River and Calgary after heavy flooding affected the two…
Manitoba Invests in Flood Management
The Province of Manitoba is making major investments in water level regulation and the flood water management system along the lower Assiniboine River, including Lake…
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Concerns Prompt Ministry of the Environment Review
An Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change review may result in a sewage pollution notification system for the City of Toronto. The review…
Government of Canada to Invest in Mapping System for First-Ever Global Surface Water Survey
The federal government—through the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)—will invest in Canadian innovation that will play a key role in the first-ever global survey of surface…
Manitoba Supports New Assiniboine River Basin Commission
The Manitoba government announced on August 6 its support of the new Assiniboine River Basin Commission, and a contribution of $50,000 toward initial startup activities.…
B.C. Releases Fraser River Flood Risk Reports
The Government of British Columbia released two reports concerning flood risk along the Fraser River on July 11. The reports can be used to support…
Canada, In Brief
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…
Brandon to Enhance Flood Protection Infrastructure
The City of Brandon, Manitoba, will receive federal and provincial funding to enhance its flood protection system after the Red River Floodway Expansion Project came…
RBC Donates to Cornwall Flood Mitigation Initiative
The St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences received a donation of $50,000 from the RBC Blue Water Project. The donation will help the River…
Change in Attitude
With the 2013 Calgary and Toronto floods still fresh in our minds, and the bone-chilling cold of the polar vortex lingering well into spring, Canadians…
Manitoba Unveils Massive Comprehensive Strategy for Surface Water Management
In an effort to protect the province’s water resources, Manitoba announced its first comprehensive Surface Water Management Strategy along with multi-year surface water management investments.…
Flood Prevention Initiatives Include Tearing Up Canadian Streets
Five Canadian cities will have portions of their asphalt roads ripped up and replaced with permeable brick and gravel this summer in an effort to…
A Watershed Moment
What happens when data streams from an intensely instrumented watershed are combined with next-generation analytics in a high-powered computing environment? The answer is an unprecedented…
Alberta Commits $600 Million to Flood Mitigation Projects
The Government of Alberta will move forward with flood mitigation efforts along the Elbow and Highwood Rivers, according to an April 29 press release. The…
Flood Season Underway in Manitoba Communities
Flood season is underway in the Prairies, as two Manitoba communities, the Town of Birtle and the Waywayseecappo First Nation, have started evacuating their homes…