Time is running out! A month away from some serious deadlines, the governments of Canada and the United States are engaging the Great Lakes community as they proceed with the negotiations to amend the [...]
Posted on 04 June 2010
Time is running out! A month away from some serious deadlines, the governments of Canada and the United States are engaging the Great Lakes community as they proceed with the negotiations to amend the [...]
Posted on 01 April 2010
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 set to expire on March 31, 2010.The COA establishes [...]
Posted on 10 February 2010
"Here's your ATM machine," said architect Avi Friedman, pointing to an image of the majestic Peace River in Alberta. During his keynote speech this afternoon at FCM's Sustainable Communities conference [...]
Posted on 04 August 2009
The governments of Canada and Ontario have set aside a total of $93.3 million in funding to support the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Pickering. The governments of Canada and Ontario [...]
Posted on 12 June 2009
As the Boundary Waters Treaty celebrates its hundredth anniversary with a week of celebrations in Niagara Falls, we've reported on expert groups Great Lakes United and the newly-formed Forum for Leadership [...]
Posted on 08 June 2009
Another group is campaigning for renegotiation of the "outdated" Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Great Lakes United, a cross-border group of 38 leading Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River experts [...]
Posted on 04 June 2009
Boundary Waters Week (June 5-14) will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty with a series of events in Niagara Falls, but the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) is using the occasion [...]
Posted on 03 October 2008
Environmental groups asked the leaders of the federal parties yesterday to put their name to a pledge to make toxic pollution in the Great Lakes region a top priority. The pledge comes in the wake of several [...]