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		<title>Democratizing Data to Build a Blue Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awatanabe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Naked Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This guest column is part of Building Our Blue Future, a monthly web series that narrates Canada’s water story as it happens. In 2003, Don Tapscott published a book called The Naked Corporation, which declared that the boundary-less immediacy of the Internet would expose business practices and radically change how business behaved. His message, perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Restoring the Lifeblood Highlights</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conceived to engage funders in a discussion on key challenges and opportunities with respect to fresh water and First Nations communities, last October&#8217;s Restoring the Lifeblood: Water, First Nations, and Opportunities for Change featured talks from the topic&#8217;s heavy hitters, including François Paulette, journalist Helen Fallding, the Centre for Indigenous Environment Resources&#8217; Merrell-Ann Phare, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water&#8217;s Next in the News</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve had great response to last week&#8217;s release of our second annual Water&#8217;s Next publication, which celebrates some of Canada&#8217;s best and brightest in the water sector. From blog posts to newspaper articles to TV spots, the good word is officially out there. Check out this short profile on Terry Rees, executive director of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awatanabe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Watanabe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This guest column launches Building Our Blue Future, a monthly web series that will narrate Canada’s water story as it happens. The column also appears in the January/February 2012 issue of Water Canada. Canada is blessed with freshwater resources. These resources provide essential services such as sanitation and clean drinking water. They provide recreation in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Winnipeg: Canada’s Great Dead Zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bsandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We need to be honest with ourselves. What we have created is the largest inland freshwater dead zone in the world. At 15,000 square kilometres in area, algal blooms in Lake Winnipeg are now larger than the record 8,500-square-mile area of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. We need to admit that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Giveaway: Ethical Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Sandford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This new book by Bob Sandford and Merrell-Ann Phare, two of Canada&#8217;s most authoritative experts on water issues, redefines our relationship with fresh water and outlines the steps society will have to take to ensure the sustainability of our supply for future generations. In ten years, what will be Canada&#8217;s most important ethical water dilemma? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S-11 Redux</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Rae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Nations Drinking Water Safety Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like the feds may revive the recently failed First Nations Drinking Water Safety Act proposal (also known as S-11). According to CBC News, last week interim Liberal leader Bob Rae put forward an opposition day motion asking for the need for safe drinking water to be addressed &#8220;on an urgent basis&#8221; — &#8220;no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Seen From Space</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/as-seen-from-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[algae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[algal blooms]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lake Erie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“This is considered the worst bloom in decades,&#8221; says Richard Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who measured 50 times more microcystin in Lake Erie in the summer of 2011 than the World Health Organization recommends for safe recreation. The reasons for the bloom are complex, but may be related to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Penalties</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative sentence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statoil Canada Ltd.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8211;between December 15, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlottetown Goes Water Friendly</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/charlottetown-goes-water-friendly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prince Edward Island]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of its Be Water Friendly campaign, the City of Charlottetown, PEI is challenging residents to cut water use by 60 litres per day. According to a press release, the City uses currently more than 90 per cent of its current water supply, with residents using an average of 305 litres per person per [...]]]></description>
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