Tag: Great Lakes
Study: Disrupting the myth of water abundance in Ontario
Ontario may seem to be a water secure region, but new research out of the University of Waterloo challenges the myth of water abundance...
Research: More algal blooms likely in Lake Erie as deep-water oxygen...
Toronto – Researchers at York University went searching for the fossilized remains of small insect larvae called chironomids, found in sediment in Lake Erie, to find...
Ontario investing $6M in local projects to protect the Great Lakes
Greater Napanee, ON - The Ontario government is investing $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects to help protect, conserve and restore the Great...
Ontario partnering with Indigenous leaders to protect the Great Lakes
Toronto - The Ontario government is investing nearly $1 million to support Indigenous-led projects and increased collaboration with Indigenous organizations and youth to help...
Canada invests over $3.9 million to support the Great Lakes
Hamilton, ON - Protecting fresh water is critically important to Canada's environmental, social, and economic well-being. One of the largest surface freshwater systems in...
Managing microplastics: The Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup
The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system on the planet, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. Variations in lake...
State of the Great Lakes 2022 Report and 2022 Progress Report...
Gatineau, QC - Environment and Climate Change Canada and the United States Environmental Protection Agency jointly recently published two reports required under the Agreement: the...
Ontario takes further action to protect the Great Lakes
Toronto — The Ontario government is supporting projects that help communities protect and improve the health of the Great Lakes by investing an additional...
Link between heavy storms and increased risk of germs in treated...
Across the Great Lakes basin, hundreds of water utilities treat water from the Great Lakes and deliver safe, high-quality drinking water to nearly 40...
Top five Great Lakes stories of 2021
1. Canada and Ontario mark 50th anniversary of Great Lakes agreement
The Governments of Canada and Ontario announced that they have signed the new Canada-Ontario Agreement...
