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		<title>N.S. Commits $15.2M to Dredging Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 Renewal Minister Bill Estabrooks. That investment puts pressure on the federal government to make a commitment to cover the remaining 50 per cent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>N.S. Restricts Bottled Water Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nova Scotia&#8217;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 access to potable tap water. The policy emphasizes the quality of the province&#8217;s tap water and reduces the amount of plastic entering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PEI Celebrates Completed Water Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 20:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents and visitors to Charlottetown and its historical waterfront and university are celebrating upgrades to water and sewage services, thanks to investments made under the Building Canada Fund and Build PEI. Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Ron MacKinley, PEI Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, Mayor Clifford Lee, and University of PEI president [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottle Ban for Nova Scotia?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 17:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter&#8217;s recent promise that his government will ban bottled water in all provincial buildings that have drinkable tap water, the bottle versus tap debate (one that never really goes away) has reared its head in the media once more (it won&#8217;t be the last time). The Canadian Union of Public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$3.2M for First Nations Projects Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, has announced an investment of approximately $7 million to assist 11 First Nations with 17 capital infrastructure projects including water and wastewater infrastructure, road construction and maintenance and emergency management throughout the Atlantic Region. Approximately $3.2 million is dedicated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NL Opens Water Portal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new application that allows public access to a variety of water resources data, including information on the quality of drinking water, was launched last week at the 2010 Clean and Safe Drinking Water Workshop in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. &#8220;This portal will enhance the sharing of information with municipalities, industry, provincial and federal government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halifax Water Requests Increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 of problems with its new-ish sewage treatment plant, Halifax Water claims that a rate increase (the first in three years) is needed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Research Partnership Receives Recognition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 of water professionals in the world. Alisha Knowles, Ph.D. student in civil engineering at Dalhousie University, has been invited to present her research results to AWWA members, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McNally Wins Coke Ovens Cleanup Contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 Inc., Port Hawkesbury, was awarded the contract to remove contaminated material from the lower reaches of Coke Ovens Brook from the Victoria [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fredericton to See Upgrades</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The water and wastewater systems in Fredericton will receive $1.4 million in upgrades through a federal-provincial-city project. The feds are contributing $470,601 under the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, with matching contributions from the provincial government and the city. The project will involve replacing one drinking-water distribution main, reducing the potential for watermain breaks and improving flow [...]]]></description>
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