Monday, June 22, 2026
Toronto Port Lands Flood Protection Project Gets $1.2B
With the waves nearly cresting the concrete dock, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Kathleen Wynne, Toronto Mayor John Tory, and Waterfront Toronto CEO Will Fleissig…
Lake Ontario
Toronto Appoints New Chief Resilience Officer
The City of Toronto has appointed Elliott Cappell as chief resilience officer (CRO), a new position created to lead city-wide resilience-building efforts to help Toronto…
Great Lakes Mayors Call for Leadership from Canada
At their annual meeting and conference, hosted by outgoing chair Mayor Denis Coderre, in Montreal, member mayors of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities…
Oil Infrastructure in the Great Lakes Region
Three research papers were recently released that focus on oil transportation in the Great Lakes region. Commissioned by the Great Lakes Commission (GLC), the papers address…
Modelling the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species in Great Lakes
Already, 2017 has seen increased vigilance from Canadian provinces with respect to aquatic invasive species (AIS). A new study released earlier this month tracked the spread…
63 U.S. Representatives Write Letter for Great Lakes Funding
United States congressional representatives have appealed directly to the president that he provide $300 million to support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) in response…
New President and CAO of Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
The Board of Directors of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (Cities Initiative) has announced that John Dickert will has been selected to…
Great Lakes Mayors Troubled by U.S. Budget Cuts
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (Cities Initiative), a coalition of mayors from over 125 cities across the basin representing over 17 million…
Commission Makes Recommendations on Great Lakes Microplastic
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has a released a report and recommendations to the governments of Canada and the United States regarding microplastics in the…
10,000 Tonnes of Plastic Enters the Great Lakes Yearly
Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology have used computer models to estimate the volume of plastic and microplastics entering the Great Lakes each year.…
Plans to Regulate Water Levels in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River Move Ahead
The Commissioners of the International Joint Commission (IJC) have signed and approved an order to regulate of water levels and flows in Lake Ontario and…
3 New Directors Appointed to Waterfront Toronto
The Government of Canada has appointed three new directors to the Waterfront Toronto Board of Directors. Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, announced that…
Computer Model Makes Great Lakes Climate 3-D
A computer model developed by researchers in the U.S. allows scientists to better capture the physical characteristics of the Great Lakes by fully resolving the…
Great Lakes Public Forum Summaries
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has released summary reports from its public meetings in Milwaukee and Toronto on the health of Lakes Ontario and Michigan.…
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper to Address Ontario and Federal Governments
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper (LOW) announced that they are preparing to comment on two pieces of legislation this week to encourage both the Ontario and federal…
Report Recommends Strategy to Address Plastic Pollution in the Great Lakes
A new report is calling on the Ontario government to implement an incentive for the public to recycle plastic bottles to reduce plastic pollution in…
Ontario Government Releases 2014-15 Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s Annual Report
Ontario’s drinking water remains among the best protected in the world, according to the 2014-15 Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s Annual Report. In the forward message…
New Legislation Passed to Protect the Great Lakes
This week, the Ontario government passed the Great Lakes Protection Act which will strengthen the province’s ability to keep the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence…
Pickering-Ajax Citizens Push for Elimination of Algae on Waterfront
The citizens of Pickering and Ajax are bolstering efforts to have the Province of Ontario and the Regions of Durham and York eliminate algae-inducing output…
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 planet’s…
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…
Light Shower Towers
Toronto’s newest stormwater system is breathtaking. Housed in the pavilion basement at Sherbourne Common, a new park in the city’s rapidly developing East Bayfront area,…
Toronto-Area Rivers High in PCBs: Study
A University of Toronto study of the concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other chemicals in the rivers running into Lake Ontario reveals significantly higher…
Canada-Ontario Great Lakes Agreement Extended
The 2007 Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem (COA) has been extended to March 31, 2011. The agreement, signed in June 2007, was…