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BioteQ Commences Raglan Operations

Posted on June 22, 2009

BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. has announced that it has commenced water treatment operations for the 2009 season at its Raglan plant, located in Nunavik (Northern Quebec) at Xstrata Nickel's Raglan Mine. BioteQ is responsible for operating its proprietary ChemSulphide plant, as well as the Spoon lime treatment plant at the site, treating water from surface operations to meet strict water quality criteria for discharge to the environment. The plant is budgeted to treat 750,000 cubic metres of water for the 2009 operating season. A new stand-by charge is in place, in the event that the rate of snow melt delays water treatment. In [...]

Canada and Yukon Coordinate on Farms

Posted on April 28, 2009

The governments of Canada and Yukon have signed off on an almost $5-million investment for Yukon farmers with the launch of a new suite programs under Growing Forward. The funding and programs are a result of new bilateral agreements that reflect a five-year commitment to help position Canadian farmers for success. Funds include a $1-million investment in agriculture in the environment-a program to strengthen stewardship on agricultural lands and within the surrounding landscape through the support for studies assessing new farm land, collecting soil, vegetation and water data, and incorporating this data into long-term baseline indicators [...]

$10M for Cleaner Drinking Water in Yukon

Posted on April 8, 2009

Canada and Yukon will be working together to upgrade and improve water treatment systems in the territory, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Minister of Community Services in Yukon Archie Lang announced this week. Families in Ross River, Carcross, Marsh Lake, Carcross/Tagish First Nation, Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, the Village of Haines Junction, and the Village of Teslin will receive new water treatment initiatives. The upgrades will happen over the next two years at a total cost of approximately $10 million. This money is part of the $182.9 million Yukon will receive from 2007 to 2014 under the Provincial-Territorial [...]

CCME Talks Strategy in Whitehorse

Posted on February 18, 2009

Meeting yesterday in Whitehorse to discuss issues such as climate change, federal, provincial and territorial environment ministers recognized the work done to date in developing the Canada-wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). The strategy sets out a framework to manage discharges from more than 3,500 wastewater facilities in Canada, many currently in need of repair and upgrading. It provides an agreed-upon path forward for achieving regulatory clarity for owners of municipal wastewater facilities. Performance standards will increase protection [...]

Canada Moves to Protect Arctic Waters

Posted on December 4, 2008

Transport Minister John Baird has introduced legislation in the House of Commons to enhance Canada's sovereignty over Arctic waters and protect them from pollution. Under the proposed legislation, Canada will have greater and more effective control over marine activity in the Canadian Arctic while enhancing environmental protection in Canada's North. This marks an important step forward in the federal government's integrated Northern Strategy. "Measures introduced today will help support the safe and environmentally sound movement of ships in Canada's Arctic waters," said Baird. The amendment will extend the application of the [...]

Yellowknife Summit Draws Concerns on Water

Posted on November 6, 2008

Aboriginal leaders, scientists and environmental activists from across Canada are talking this week about water quality at a national summit in Yellowknife, reports CBC News. More than 100 delegates gathered for the Dene Nation's National Environment and Water Summit to discuss issues such as the effect of oilsands development on water. "We are seeing the direct impacts of climate change," Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine told delegates in his opening remarks Tuesday, "such as the drying up of lakes and rivers, and making access to some communities very difficult and costly." Delegates will discuss ways [...]

Whitehorse Gives Takhini North $1M Tab for Upgrades: CBC

Posted on October 20, 2008

Residents in the Takhini North neighbourhood of Whitehorse will have to fork over at least $1 million to help cover a $9-million upgrade to its water and sewage system, as well as pay thousands of dollars more to hook up their home plumbing to the new system, reports CBC News. City planners met with residents last week to review the Local Improvement Charges (LICs) associated with the water and sewer upgrades. Homeowners have been assessed costs between $9,000 and $17,000 each. Those costs are actually lower than expected, planners said, because aging sewer lines may not have to be replaced for another 50 years. On that basis [...]

Canada and Yukon Fund Water Supply System in Haines Junction

Posted on September 8, 2008

Whitehorse, YT- Last week, the federal government announced funding for improvements to Haines Junction's water supply system in Yukon. The Village of Haines Junction will receive $245,267 under the Canada-Yukon Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (MRIF). This water system project will improve the pumping capacity of local wells and will include a water testing station. Canada and Yukon will provide two-thirds of the total project funding and the Village of Haines Junction will provide the additional $123,000 in eligible costs. [...]

SDTC Seeking Clean Water Projects

Posted on September 3, 2008

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is actively seeking applications for technology innovations in all areas of sustainable development that deliver clean water, clean soil, clean air, and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The $550-million SD Tech Fund is open for Statements of Interest (SOI) for its fourteenth round of funding until October 22, 2008. "We want to hear from clean technology developers across Canada about the technology solutions they bring to environmental issues," said Vicky J. Sharpe, president and CEO of SDTC. "By providing entrepreneurs with early-stage funding when it is most needed SDTC [...]

Protecting the Mackenzie River Basin: NNSOnline

Posted on August 26, 2008

Michael Miltenberger says a way already exists to deal with the preservation of quality and flow of water in the Mackenzie River basin, reports the Northern News Services Online. The Northwest Territories minister of environment and natural resources said that the Mackenzie River Basin Transboundary Waters Master Agreement, signed in 1997 by the federal government, the N.W.T., Yukon, Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan. The minister explained the existing agreement calls for bilateral deals to be signed by the signatories, but so far, the N.W.T. has signed only one with Yukon. The transboundary agreement deals with broad issues of cumulative [...]