Tag: environment
Vaughan’s Stormwater Charge Supports Vital Water Programs
The City of Vaughan is committed to maintaining and improving the stormwater system to meet the needs of this growing community right now and for...
Report Addresses Flood Resilience in Bow River Basin
The Government of Alberta has begun implementing the advice from a report that identifies ways to improve flood resilience in Calgary and better manage...
Sask. Premier Brad Wall Announces Cabinet Shuffle, New Minister of Environment
The Premier of Saskatchewan Brad Wall has made changes to his cabinet, and Scott Moe will assume the role of Minister of Environment and...
WWF-Canada supports targets to reduce algae in Lake Erie
A statement released this week by 14 groups from Canada and the U.S., including World Wildlife Fund Canada, says that cutting phosphorous in Lake...
Feds Implement Wastewater Effluent Regs
After over three years of discussion, including very public feedback the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association, the federal...
Manitoba Unveils Comprehensive Environmental Strategy
Manitoba continues moving forward on environmental protection with an aggressive strategy of more than 100 initiatives across government that will bolster the Province’s economy...
Getting Creative with the Law
We’re big fans of creative sentences—it’s no surprise, since Dianne helped to develop them 30 years ago. They flow from three basic observations about...
Feds and Alberta Release Oil Sands Monitoring Plan
The federal government and Alberta unveiled the long-awaited Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring in Edmonton last Friday.
Spurred by University of Alberta...
Canada Signs Environmental Cooperation Agreement with China
Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and China's Minister of Environmental Protection, Zhou Shengxian, signed a renewed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on environmental...
MB: New Rules Affect Failing Private Wastewater Systems
Provincial efforts to improve Manitoba’s environment with a focus on Lake Winnipeg have taken another step with the proclamation of a strengthened Environment Act,...
