Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Research Links Shrinking Water Supplies to Drier Soils
A study conducted by Professor Ashish Sharma at Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney explains that drying soils are at the root…
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Alberta Amends Emergency Management Act
Alberta’s Emergency Management Amendment Act is now in effect, improving the ability of the province’s communities to develop and refine their emergency management plans and…
Report: 2017 Lake Ontario Flood Not the Result of Outflow Protocols
A new report concludes that there were few surprises regarding how the plans used to regulate the outflows from Lake Superior and Lake Ontario performed…
Researchers Find Dramatic Increase in Stormwater Runoff
Columbia Engineering researchers have demonstrated that stormwater runoff extremes have been dramatically increasing in response to climate change and other anthropogenic changes to the environment.…
As The World Burns: The Case for a Restoration Imperative
The IPCC report doesn’t reveal anything we didn’t already expect if we failed to meet global carbon dioxide reductions targets. A fair reading of the…
Nova Scotia Secures Federal Funding for Flood Mitigation
On October 10th, 2016, many homeowners in Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) were impacted by a historic storm that dropped over 225 millimetres of rain.…
Urgent Action on Green Infrastructure Can Reduce Economic Risk
A new Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) report urges communities to consider green infrastructure to limit their flood risk. IBC collaborated with the Intact Centre…
New Poll Finds Long-Term Water Management A Growing Concern in BC
New opinion data finds that long-term water management is top of mind for many British Columbians. The findings are published in the 2018 BC Water…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
From Risk to Resilience
Ask your average Canadian about the notion of water risk and they’re likely to say, “not here in Canada!” Yet water risk is a multifaceted…
Calgary’s $700M Flood-Mitigation Project Enters Regulatory Approval
The Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1), a flood-mitigation project to protect Calgary from a 2013-level flood, has been certified by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)…
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…
New Brunswick: Doing Everything Right and Still Getting Walloped by Climate Change
Over the past four years, the Government of New Brunswick has launched a number of major climate change focused initiatives, including a discussion guide on…
Labatt Breweries of Canada Provides Emergency Drinking Water in N.B.
Labatt Breweries of Canada is providing 100,000 cans of emergency drinking water for New Brunswick as part of its Canadian Disaster Relief Program. The water will go…
Coast Guard Assists with Flood Relief Efforts in New Brunswick
The Canadian Coast Guard will provide assistance with flood relief efforts in New Brunswick, the province announced yesterday. “It is clear that due to flooding…
Flash Flood, Water Contamination Warnings to Canadian Smartphones
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada has released an emergency notification app, expanding the National Public Alerting System (NPAS) to include smartphones and other such…
New Brunswick Flood Forecast Data Goes Mobile with New App
A new app provides New Brunswickers with access to flood forecast data for the St. John River basin on their mobile devices. The River Watch…
As a Water Crisis Looms in Cape Town, Could It Happen in Canada?
The city of Cape Town, South Africa is under extreme water rationing and heading towards complete depletion of its municipal water supply. When Day Zero—the…
Montreal West Receives Funding for Water, Wastewater, Stormwater
Canada and Quebec have announced financial support for a project to improve water-related infrastructure in Montreal West. Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport and Member of…