
Revised legislation aims to protect B.C.’s natural environment
British Columbia is amending legislation to ensure owners of high-risk industrial projects are responsible for the full cost of environmental cleanup if their projects are…
British Columbia is amending legislation to ensure owners of high-risk industrial projects are responsible for the full cost of environmental cleanup if their projects are…
The Manitoba government is providing additional support to flood-impacted private well and cistern owners by fully subsidizing costs associated with testing their water supply to…
Winnipeg – Our prairie provinces’ water infrastructure—from pipes to treatment facilities—upon which millions of Canadians depend is aging and depreciating at an alarming rate. However,…
Town of LaScie, NL – Churence Rogers, Member of Parliament for Bonavista—Burin—Trinity, and Scott Pearce, Acting President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), has…
The City of Toronto marked a major milestone for the Fairbank Silverthorn Storm Trunk Sewer System project, launching a tunnel boring machine that will work…
Halifax Regional Municipality, NS – Darrell Samson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament…
Toronto, ON – CIMA+, one of Canada’s largest privately-owned consulting engineering firms, has announced its acquisition of Eramosa Engineering Inc. (“Eramosa”), a specialist firm providing…
St. Stephen, NB – The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Réjean Savoie, Minister responsible for the Regional Development…
The Town of Sutton has reiterated its public by obtaining the Blue Community certification awarded by the Eau Secours organization. The municipality is committed to recognizing the…
The Water Security Agency (WSA) is continuing to enhance and improve water management for the province with a key investment in the Flood Hazard Identification…
The Government of Yukon has launched a new online Flood Atlas, making it simpler to access details on flood-related alerts and long-term flood preparation in…
Coquitlam, B.C. – The City is demonstrating its commitment to protecting creeks and waterways through a proactive program to improve creek water quality in Southwest Coquitlam,…
The Fraser Valley Regional District has received $500,000 in funding from the Provincial Government to offer support and leadership at the Hatzic Lake flood-mitigation planning…
Comox, B.C. – The Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, and Scott Pearce,…
Newmarket – From turning on your tap to flushing your toilet, York Region is connected through kilometres of hidden pipes bringing water to and removing…
Newmarket – The Regional Municipality of York scored 100% meeting provincial drinking water quality standards and inspections in the Ontario Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s Annual Report. “York Region’s…
People and communities along the Fraser River will be better protected from flooding with dike improvements, and enhanced flood-mitigation and watershed-restoration projects. “We know people living in the…
A significant multi-government agreement to make Sumas Prairie more resilient to flooding was signed on Friday, April 28, 2023, by the Province, Semá:th, Matsqui and…
Calgary researchers behind the hugely successful COVID-19 wastewater monitoring program and online COVID tracker are convinced of the potential of wastewater as a public health tool, and…
The District of Squamish has received federal funding in the amount of $400,000 from the Strategic Priorities Fund stream of the Canada Community-Building Fund to…
To restore and protect vulnerable freshwater systems in North America, start by interweaving Indigenous and Western values, worldviews and knowledge systems. So says a comprehensive report by…
Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon in the waste produced by mining. Adopting this technique…
Kelowna, B.C. – The B.C. government’s announcement of a Watershed Security Strategy and Fund (WSSF) is being applauded by the Okanagan Basin Water Board, but the…
SHARC Energy, a pioneer in wastewater energy transfer (“WET”) and Subterra Capital Partners Inc. a leading full-service geothermal drilling provider announced last week that they have joined forces to…