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 Items tagged: tap waterItems Found: 5Free Enterprise vs. the Nanny StateMarch 10, 2009 - 12:16 pm Should the sale of bottled water be banned at municipal-owned venues? Presently in Canada, 11 municipalities and two school boards have banned the sale of bottled water on their properties over the past three years. Thirty-six local governments have rejected the calls for bans over the last eight... Categories: Blog B.C. District Wins World's Best Tap WaterFebruary 26, 2009 - 8:19 am Defending champion Clearbrook Waterworks District, British Columbia, Canada won the title of World's Best Tap Water at the 19th annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, known as the Academy Awards of water. Best municipal water in the United States was... Categories: Atlantic Canada, International, National, News, Ontario, Western Canada Edmonton Gets Top Honours for Water Pricing and ConservationFebruary 25, 2009 - 7:43 am The City of Edmonton's unique water pricing system and conservation results helped garner top accolades from our friends at Corporate Knights magazine. The city was listed as Canada's most sustainable metropolis in late January. In CK's third annual Most Sustainable Cities in Canada report, Edmonton... Categories: National, News, Western Canada Today's Downpour, Tomorrow's Crisis?February 12, 2009 - 1:24 pm Bright and early conversation on water quality and climate change was uncomfortably apropos after last night's flooding of Union Station and record-breaking February rainfall. It was still pouring as I entered RBC Plaza's south tower just after 7 a.m. to attend the "Our Water; Our Future" panel with... Categories: Blog Limited Access to Drinking Water on Canadian University Campuses: ReportSeptember 3, 2008 - 10:35 am The bottled water debate continues to be spurred as a national online survey, Corporate Initiatives on Campus - a 2008 Snapshot, developed by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Polaris Institute, paints a picture of decaying water fountains and... Advertisement
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