Tag: Great Lakes
Great Lakes Grants Available for Local Projects
Ontario is calling on community groups to apply for a Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund grant, in an effort to help protect, restore, and...
York Region Pollution Control Plant Wins U.S. Award
The American Public Works Association will recognize upgrades to the Keswick Water Pollution Control plant in the Region of York as one of its...
Curbing the Flow
Bordered by two countries, eight states, one province, and more than a hundred municipalities, the Great Lakes hold more than a fifth of the...
Ontario Helps IMAX Protect the Great Lakes
Ontario is investing in solutions in Peel Region to help protect Great Lakes water quality.
IMAX Corporation is using new permeable pavement and stormwater treatment...
McGuinty Government Renews Provincial-Municipal Collaboration to Protect The Great Lakes
Ontario and mayors from communities surrounding the Great Lakes have renewed their shared commitment to protect the Great Lakes.
This week, Jim Bradley, Minister of the...
Ontario Proposes Great Lakes Protection Act
The Ontario government has proposed a Great Lakes Protection Act, strategy, and support for local actions.
Already, several groups have commented on the news.
“Protecting the...
Peninsula Harbour Sediment Capping Project Awarded to Milestone
Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc. has been awarded the contract to complete the capping of historically contaminated sediment in the Peninsula Harbour, which is a...
Feds Invest in Great Lakes Clean-Up
Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent celebrated World Water Day at the Sherbourne Common in Toronto this morning, highlighting 46 projects that have received funding...
Ontario Too Slow: ECO’s Annual Report
Ontario's Environmental Commissioner is worried that Ontario has lost momentum when it comes to the province's pressing environmental issues.
In his 2010/2011 Annual Report, titled...
How-To Strategies
Canada’s water resources scientists and engineers generally agree that climate change will have an impact on our water; however, we have not incorporated climate...
