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 Items tagged: waterItems Found: 161Feds and Alberta Release Oil Sands Monitoring PlanFebruary 7, 2012 - 2:37 pm The federal government and Alberta unveiled the long-awaited Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring in Edmonton last Friday. Spurred by University of Alberta researchers Erin Kelly and David Schindler, the governments established an independent review panel in 2010 and in... Categories: National, News, Western Canada Feds to Invest $78.7M in Monitoring InfrastructureJanuary 20, 2012 - 2:30 pm The Harper Government will invest $78.7 million over the next five years to strengthen weather monitoring infrastructure, Minister of Environment Peter Kent announced today. The infrastructure upgrades will strengthen core weather monitoring networks including the weather radar network. The upgrades... The Top 100: Water BreakdownJanuary 2, 2012 - 10:40 am Water and wastewater projects have a decent presence in the 2012 edition of ReNew Canada’s Top 100: Canada’s Biggest Infrastructure Projects, released this week. Seven projects (down from nine in 2011) accounted for $3.708 billion ($4.378 billion in 2011) of the list. Heavy hitting categories... Savings at the PumpDecember 9, 2011 - 4:08 pm In a recent University of Toronto publication discussing the water-energy nexus, Bryan W. Karney writes: “…if you are thinking about big challenges, and big threats, and those topics that are likely to dominate humanity over this century, you might want to think of water and energy.” In the context... Categories: Features Poll: Are You App-Savvy?November 9, 2011 - 12:40 pm Water Canada's January/February 2012 issue, set to fête Canadian water achievements with our second annual Water's Next supplement, will also explore the growing use of smartphone apps in the water sector. Be sure to tell us which apps you're using (if any) in the comments section below. Creative PenaltiesNovember 7, 2011 - 2:44 pm Missed a lot of water news last week due to a press tour in Holland (more details to come), but during my quick game of catch-up this morning, one particular item caught my eye. The Provincial Court of Alberta has penalized Statoil Canada Ltd. $190,000 for contravening the terms of its water licence--between... Categories: Blog Time to BacktrackOctober 3, 2011 - 10:53 am Growing up near Elliot Lake, Ontario, Lorraine Rekmans remembers picking berries near Elliot Lake. A band member of Serpent River First Nation, Rekman’s maternal grandparents lived on the reserve and hunted, trapped, fished, and gathered much of the food they ate. Then, in the 1950s, a few years before... Categories: Features Reform Utility Financing: BrubakerMay 12, 2011 - 8:24 am Too many drinking water and wastewater systems across Canada threaten public health and the environment, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Alternative Financing and Delivery of Water and Wastewater Services (click here for PDF)... Election Apathy?April 8, 2011 - 1:12 pm Canadians don’t care about the environment, not really. We are so blessed with natural resources, clean water and open spaces that we don’t think there is anything wrong. It’s the frog in heating water scenario—we won’t know how bad it is until it’s too late to jump out and do something about... Categories: Blog Changing Lives in KecheneMarch 22, 2011 - 7:22 am As part of our Canada Water Week series, culminating in today’s World Water Day celebrations, we learned about the African Medical and Research Foundation’s (AMREF’s) work bringing water and sanitation to Kechene, Ethiopia—with the help of the community. Just a few short years ago, communities... Categories: Features Advertisement
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