Tag: green infrastructure
Over $1B in Federal Funding for B.C. Green Infra. & GHG...
Canada and British Columbia have announced the outcome of their bilateral agreement, which includes $4.1 billion in federal funding.
Announced yesterday Minister of Infrastructure and...
Quebec Invests in Rainwater Harvesting for Urban Redevelopment Project
The Province of Quebec has committed to funding approximately half the cost of a green infrastructure project in Montreal that aims to store and...
Green Infrastructure Tops Funding in Canada-New Brunswick Agreement
Canada and New Brunswick have announced their bilateral, which includes funding for green infrastructure in the province.
Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and...
Federal Support for Green Infrastructure & Other Water Projects
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced 67 initiatives across Canada that will receive funding to support work...
Economic Discussion Paper Addresses Financial Incentives for LID
Ontario’s Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) has developed an economic discussion paper entitled, Economic Instruments to Motivate Stormwater Management on Private Lands, which grew out...
National Bioretention Standards Under Review
Bioretention is the process in which contaminants and sedimentation are removed from stormwater runoff using grass buffer strips, sand beds, ponding areas, organic layers,...
NWT to Receive $200M Over Ten Years for Green Infrastructure
The governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories are forwarding infrastructure for Northern Canadian communities, with over $200 million for green infrastructure projects devoted to reducing greenhouse gases,...
Old Legislation Moves Ontario Stormwater Management Forward
In the summer of 2017, the Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVC) held a workshop that sought to apply old piece of provincial legislation, the...
Canada Announces $1B for Retrofits to Reduce Carbon Emissions
On December 15th, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced that the Government of Canada will provide over $1 billion from...
Alberta Brownfield Project Installed Thousands of Metres of Pipes in 2017
Edmonton’s Blatchford Redevelopment Project saw a productive year in 2017, installing thousands of metres of water and sewer mains for its district energy system.
Over...
