Friday, December 19, 2025
Global Challenges, Local Concerns
The disconnect between global environmental concerns and impacts felt at a local scale can be difficult to bridge. Recently, the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform…
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Government of Ontario Prepares for Potential Spring Flooding
The Ontario government has been working with federal and municipal governments, First Nations partners, and non-governmental organizations to prepare for potential spring flooding. “During these…
Competition to Solve Freshwater Issues Begins in Atlantic Canada
Solving freshwater issues across Atlantic Canada through technology and entrepreneurship is the theme of a new competition that began on February 26, 2020 at Saint…
Brock University Students Find Alarming Amounts of Plastic at St. Catharines Beach
A day at the beach doesn’t often involve lab work. But for a group of Brock University fourth-year Geography students tasked with assessing plastic waste…
WWF-Canada Announces Award Recipients for Generation Water Tech Challenge
WWF-Canada has selected four award recipients for the Generation Water Tech Challenge. Since September 2019, WWF-Canada has been seeking innovative and transformative solutions to help…
Canada Launches Environmental Funding Programs
Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of environment and climate change, has launched a call for proposals for eight environmental funding programs. These programs will contribute to community-based…
U.S. House of Representatives Votes on PFAS Action Act
In response to growing concerns about the family of synthetic chemicals known as PFAS, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted on the bipartisan PFAS…
GWRC Offers Testing for Ballast Water Treatment Technologies
The Great Waters Research Collaborative (GWRC) is currently seeking applications from developers of novel technologies for ballast water treatment or rapid analysis. The goal of…
Royal Bank of Canada Launches RBC Tech for Nature
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has launched RBC Tech for Nature, a new initiative that will work towards addressing and solving shared environmental challenges.…
Ontario Announces Members of Advisory Panel on Climate Change
The advisory panel on climate change consists of experts on climate change resiliency who have experience in a variety of sectors, including the not-for-profit, agriculture,…
IJC Finds Increased Phosphorus in Lake Erie from Ont.
According to new research commissioned by the International Joint Commission (IJC), between 2007 and 2012, the amount of commercial fertilizer applied to agricultural watersheds draining…
Managing Reservoirs for Water Quality Could Help Toxic Algal Blooms
According to new research from the University of Waterloo, managing reservoirs for water quality, not just flood control, could be part of the solution to…
AquaHacking Launches 2020 Challenge in British Columbia
Students, tech leaders, and those with an interest in freshwater issues were on hand for the launch of the B.C. AquaHacking Challenge 2020 on October…
2020 AquaHacking Challenge to Help Address B.C. Freshwater Issues
The Okanagan Basin Water Board and Aqua Forum will be launching the 2020 AquaHacking Challenge on October 29 at UBC Okanagan. Doors open at 10:45…
Swim Drink Fish Releases Water Safety Video Featuring Rob Baker of The Tragically Hip
A new video from Swim Drink Fish features Rob Baker, guitarist with The Tragically Hip, promoting water safety at Kingston’s swimming pier. The video, narrated…
Conservation Authorities Stunned by a Letter from the Gov’t of Ontario
Conservation authorities (CAs) and Conservation Ontario are stunned by a letter that was circulated by the Government of Ontario recommending that CAs start shutting down…
Toronto Seeks Funding to Accelerate Don River and Central Waterfront Project
Toronto City Council has endorsed a plan for city staff to pursue opportunities for federal and/or provincial funding to accelerate the Don River and Central…
IJC Welcomes New Members to its GLWQA Advisory Boards
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has appointed eight new members from Canada and the United States to its Great Lakes Water Quality and Great Lakes…
Swim Drink Fish Opens New Citizen Science Water Monitoring Hubs
Three citizen science water quality monitoring hubs are now testing the water and sharing water quality results with swimmers and boaters on the Great Lakes…
New Report on Water Management and Big Data Analytics
Pollution Probe and the Council of the Great Lakes Region have released a new report on Water Management and Big Data Analytics. “We are very…
Water Monitoring Services Receive $89.7 Million Investment
The Government of Canada is investing $89.7 million over five years to modernize Canada’s water monitoring services. This investment will help Canadians continue to get…
Chloride Maps Show Devastating Effects of Road Salt, Even in Summer
Southern Ontario waterways are showing dangerously increasing road salt levels in WWF-Canada’s Great Lakes Chloride Summer Hot Spot Maps. “While healthy levels for aquatic life…
Canada and U.S. Release Progress Report on GLWQA Commitments
A new report that documents the progress made by Canada and United States between 2017 and 2019 in meeting commitments under the Great Lakes Water…
Asian Carp Monitoring Launches for 2019
Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s annual on-water operations to detect the presence of Asian carp species in the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes has resumed…