Cuts and Slashes

August 30, 2011 - 2:31 pm

To say that Canada's water community is upset about the recent cuts to Environment Canada would be an understatement. Though Prime Minister Harper announced on Friday that he had reversed a decision to shut down a good number of water quality monitoring stations in the north, the fact remains that the...

Water's Next 2012: New Addition to the Team

August 26, 2011 - 11:38 am

The results are in! Last week, we held an online contest to find our final selection committee member for Water’s Next 2012. We asked readers to respond to this question via our blog, Twitter (@CanadianWater), or email: Why is it important to celebrate Canadian water achievements? Reader Shelly...

Tags: Shelly Barnec, Water's Next 2012

Contest: Help Us Celebrate!

August 15, 2011 - 9:31 am

  Who's Next? We want you to help us decide! Join our water expert committee to help decide who Water Canada should honour in the 2012 edition of Water's Next, our annual salute to good water work across Canada. How does it work? Tell us why you're interested in water issues and why you think...

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Who's Next? You Tell Us!

August 2, 2011 - 8:38 am

Big news! Last year, we decided to share your stories about our country’s energized leaders, innovative technologies, quality research, and unique solutions for water challenges. The result was our first-ever edition of Water's Next, a special publication full of refreshing (no pun intended)...

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InfoStream or Standing Water?

July 25, 2011 - 1:46 pm

Last week, the Council of the Federation Water Stewardship Council announced an online initiative to "enhance the cooperation and sharing of information on water at the national level." As part of last year's commitment to cooperate and share information on water conservation and water quality...

Tags: Council of the Federation, Water Stewardship Council

Reasons to Visit Newfoundland: #003

July 17, 2011 - 4:10 pm

If you're a frequent visitor to watercanada.net or a follower of @canadianwater, you may have noticed that things have been a little quiet lately. That's because for two weeks I decided to trade sunny Toronto for foggy, rainy Newfoundland—and I couldn't be happier with my choice. Not only were the...

Tags: Gros Morne National Park, ultraoligotrophic, Western Brook Pond

Web Sense

July 4, 2011 - 12:44 pm

The concept of transparency in government isn’t a new thing, but theory is always easier than practice. Just think of how the term “public consultation” strikes fear into the hearts of many a consulting engineer, urban planner, and senior policy advisor. Part of the challenge is simply getting...

Tags: blogs, British Columbia, Christy Clark, Citizens @ The Centre, Facebook, Flickr, Government 2.0, International Joint Commission, Living Water Smart, Lynn Kriwoken, open government, RSS feeds, social media, Ted White, Ted Yuzyk, Twitter, Water Act modernization, YouTube

Interview: Dianne Cunningham

June 27, 2011 - 11:14 am

On June 14, the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management released a report on its Water Innovation Forum, held January 23-24, 2011, in collaboration with the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. The forum explored agriculture’s use of water and its connection to increased competitiveness...

Tags: agriculture, Dianne Cunningham, Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management, Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Water Innovation Forum, Water Opportunities Act, water resources, WaterTAP

Around the World

June 20, 2011 - 9:41 am

“People ask what Manitoba and Israel could possibly have in common. Well, the answer is water. And we’re learning through collaboration how we can do things better,” says Christine Melnick, Manitoba’s minister of water stewardship. It turns out that Israel isn’t the only country that has...

Tags: Arava Desert, Christine Melnick, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Eastern Ontario Development Program, Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference, Erik Duijsens, Federal Economic Development Agency, Fleming College, Galilee Technology Center, Greater Peterborough Area, Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster, Hula Valley, Innovation Gateway North America, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Israel, Jewish National Fund, Karin van Willigen, Kingdom of Jordan, Manitoba, Manitoba-Israel Water Experts Symposium, Netherlands, Newfoundland and Labrador, Oak Hammock Marsh, Oost NV, Prince Faisal Center for Dead Sea Environmental and Energy Research, Regional Development Agency East Netherlands, Ross Wiseman, Trent University, Trojan Technologies, Water Quality Centre, water stewardship, wetlands, ZENON

Smarter Water

June 16, 2011 - 1:28 pm

At this week's Canadian Water Summit, IBM's Michael Sullivan highlighted SmartBay, one of the company's projects in Galway Bay, Ireland (watch a video about the project here). "We built a platform to allow stakeholders to see uniform data," he said. "We're streamlining real-time intelligence to allow...

Tags: Boil Water Advisories, Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence, Canadian Water Summit, data, IBM, Krystyn Tully, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Mark Mattson, Michael Sullivan, The Water Chronicles