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MNL: Clean Drinking Water a Priority for Municipalities

May 18, 2011 - 3:04 pm

Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL) is not happy with recent comments from Environment and Conservation Minister Ross Wiseman. In a press release, MNL president Harry Hallett, Mayor of the Town of Leading Tickles, rejected comments that Wiseman made regarding the role of municipalities...

Categories: Atlantic Canada, News

What's Your Procedure?

July 21, 2010 - 11:37 am

On the evening of July 14, there was a power failure at a water filtration plant on the Ottawa River. The next day, the City of Gatineau issued a news release warning residents to boil their drinking water, but not everyone got the message—and several people are none too pleased. Councillor André...

Categories: Blog

Boil Your Water: Three Years, and Counting

April 14, 2009 - 9:27 am

Last April, a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal showed there were 1,766 boil-water advisories in effect across the country. The report identified Ontario as the worst-hit area, with 679 advisories; B.C. followed with 530. As of this past weekend, approximately 1,200 homes in the Township...

Categories: Blog

Make Crumbling Water Infrastructure a Priority: OSWCA

October 7, 2008 - 8:40 am

The Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association (OSWCA) is urging MPs and political parties to make the state of water and sewer infrastructure an issue in the federal election campaign. "This past summer, we saw our crumbling sewers cause pollution, resulting in flood damage to homes, businesses...

Categories: News, Ontario

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