Waterlution is offering leadership, facilitation, and cultural understanding training for youth ages 18-30 who are interested in becoming volunteers for the Great Canoe Journey nation-wide…
Six international organizations will receive more than $4.1 million for research projects that will help improve protocols and decision-making to minimize the environmental impacts of…
Grass carp, one of four species of Asian carp, has the potential to disrupt the Great Lakes ecosystem and economy unless their spread is stopped,…
SUEZ announced the appointment of Yuvbir Singh as CEO of the water technologies and solutions (WTS) division. He will take up his position on April…
Omar Alghabra, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade Diversification, announced $17 million over five years to expand the successful Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA)…
In a recent study, researchers at UBC Okanagan’s Life Cycle Management Laboratory compared how different jurisdictions are handling LID implementation. The researchers found that the…
Health Canada has updated the drinking water guideline to reduce the maximum acceptable concentration of lead from 0.01 mg/L, which was set in 1992, to…
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Indigenous Services, provided the department’s monthly progress update and noted that two years remain in the government’s commitment to…
The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, announced an investment of $1.7 million over the next two years for eight projects that will help…
Canadian homeowners do not have the information they need to know if they should buy flood insurance, leaving them exposed to significant financial risk. A…
A new approach and new investments are needed to ensure that First Nations families have safe drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, according to Assembly of…
Coastal communities like Homer, Alaska, are losing ground when it comes to planning for climate change even as they’re already seeing its effects, according to…
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) is introducing a new standard, the Water Stewardship Protocol, as part of its Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM) initiative. This Protocol will play an…
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that the Government of Canada is formally launching the Canada…
Public Services and Procurement Canada has purchased equipment on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard to help it protect Canada’s oceans and waterways. “Our Government…
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced support amounting to just over $2.1 million for 42 new initiatives across Canada. The…
A new policy to curb the purchase and use of single-use plastics was announced at an employee town hall by the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister…
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Indigenous Services, provided a monthly update for January 2019 on the status of long-term drinking water advisories on public…
The power of environmental DNA (eDNA) technology is being extended to community groups across Canada to allow for faster creation of more robust freshwater health…
The iconic winter traditions of skating outdoors and ice fishing on a frozen lake could vanish across southern Canada and the Northern Hemisphere by the…
FCM announced the new municipal elected official climate champions for the Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program (MCIP) and Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program. The…
To advance Canada’s climate change goals and help Canada’s innovative clean technology firms grow, the Government of Canada is investing $50 million in venture capital…
A new report from SeaBlue Canada reveals that more than half of Canada’s marine refuges, a form of marine protected area in Canada, do not…
Insured damage for severe weather events across Canada reached $1.9 billion in 2018, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) and the Insurance Bureau…