The Métis Nation of Saskatchewan has received $10,000 from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency to support its participation in the environmental assessment of the proposed…
A cancer prevention study, funded by the Canadian Cancer Society’s new Prevention Initiative, will investigate the risk of bladder and kidney cancer associated with environmental…
At precisely 2:30 p.m. in Cornwall, Ontario, the audience at the 16th Annual International Conference on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Ecosystem was…
Ontario environment firms are concerned the province may miss a crucial opportunity in the coming years if business and government do not find new ways…
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…
Seair Inc. has sold its first Seair 20-foot portable wastewater treatment unit to SunTerra Oil & Gas LP. This transaction is not only the first…
The Federal Court of Canada has ordered the federal government to provide data on one of Canada’s largest sources of pollution—mine tailings and waste rock…
The Irrigation Scheduling Calculator that the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture has been working on the past few years is now live and operational. The calculator will…
This Earth Week, the Ministry of Environment rolled out its Water Quality in Ontario 2008 Report. The report details the state of water resources and…
Montreal’s SNC-Lavalin has acquired of VST Ingenieros Ltda, a leading Chilean consulting engineering firm specialized in mining geotechnical work with expertise and technology in the…
The feds have released guidelines for the distribution of $4 billion in stimulus funding for infrastructure. The Infrastructure Stimulus Fund is part of Budget09. Funding is available…
Our friends over at Corporate Knights have released their first comprehensive environmental report card for all of Canada’s provinces and territories. The Green Provincial Report…
What are you doing to protect and conserve water? Canadian Water Treatment wants to know.
Municipalities can begin applying for direct, low-cost loans for shovel-ready infrastructure projects through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the feds announced yesterday. Under…
A new $1.9-million pipeline project, announced yesterday, will provide a source of water for tomato farmers in Leamington, Ontario. The funding, which comes from the…
British Columbia will provide Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) with $1.25 million apiece to begin development of a system of inter-regional…
GLV Inc. has acquired the municipal and industrial wastewater sludge treatment technology developed by Elcotech Technologies, a young company based in Boucherville, Quebec. Conventional mechanical…
Today is the first annual National Aboriginal Water Day of Action, held by the Native Women’s Association of Canada, in collaboration with the annual Mother…
First Nations will have access to the same quality of safe and reliable water as all Canadians, said Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and…
B.C.’s Capital Regional District (CRD) will receive federal and provincial financial support to plan wastewater treatment for its core area municipalities. The Governments of Canada…
The Regional Municipality of York’s drinking water quality surpasses Ontario’s stringent standards, making the purchase of bottled water an unnecessary expense, according to a release…
Aecon Group Inc.’s infrastructure division has been awarded a project with Metro Vancouver for completion of the twin tunnels component of the Seymour Capilano Filtration…
After a proposal to remove it, Calgary’s city council has voted in favour of fluoride. Despite the cost—approximately $600,000 per year, plus another $5 million…
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…