Nova Scotia will commit up to $15.2 million, or 40 per cent of the projected cost, to dredge Sydney harbour, Deputy Premier Frank Corbett announced yesterday on behalf of Transportation and Infrastructure [...]
Posted on 09 June 2010
Nova Scotia will commit up to $15.2 million, or 40 per cent of the projected cost, to dredge Sydney harbour, Deputy Premier Frank Corbett announced yesterday on behalf of Transportation and Infrastructure [...]
Posted on 03 June 2010
Nova Scotia's government has made good on a promise made by its premier, Darrell Dexter, last month. The Province has eliminated the purchase and use of bottled water by all government departments with [...]
Posted on 29 March 2010
In more Nova Scotia news, Halifax Water has filed an application with the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (NSUARB) requesting an increase in rates to wastewater and stormwater services.. The victim [...]
Posted on 23 March 2010
Water research resulting from an innovative partnership between Halifax Water and Dalhousie University has been recognized by the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the largest and oldest organization [...]
Posted on 11 March 2010
Earlier this week, a contract valued at $3.8 million was awarded to a Cape Breton company as the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens cleanup heads into its peak construction season. McNally Construction [...]
Posted on 25 September 2009
The provincial and federal governments are contributing nearly $8 million for eight water and wastewater infrastructure projects across the province. Funding for the eight water and wastewater projects [...]
Posted on 24 August 2009
Growing up in Nova Scotia, I spent many of my summer days swimming in Canada’s Ocean Playground. At the time, the biggest worries were the occasional jellyfish and the undertow. Thoughts of ear infections [...]
Posted on 12 August 2009
Foodservice operators are striking back against sewage odours in downtown Halifax. Luc Erjavec, VP Atlantic Canada of Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association, issued an open letter to Mayor [...]
Posted on 10 August 2009
For over 250 years, the town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has been associated with water. Located on a peninsula southwest of the provincial capital of Halifax, Lunenburg has not one but two harbours [...]
Posted on 25 May 2009
Canada's Green Party has voiced its opinion on bottled water by asking the federal government to avoid its purchase wherever possible, citing environmental and economic reasons. A recent report by the [...]