Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Water Entrepreneurs in the Running
Today Ernst & Young unveiled this year’s Prairie finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, which recognize the spirit and contribution…
Western Canada
$1.1M for Lake Winnipeg
Funding of $1.1 million to help clean up the Lake Winnipeg watershed will help develop an integrated water resource management approach, which is critical to…
CMHC Awards 17 Grants
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has announced 17 new grants totaling more than $84,000 under its Affordability and Choice Today (ACT) Initiative. Operating…
Manitoba and Israel Collaborate on Wetland and Watershed Research
A joint Manitoba-Israel collaboration on research into wetlands and watersheds will be supported by a $100,000 grant from the province, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick…
Pure Acquires Pipe Eye
Calgary-headquartered Pure Technologies Ltd. has acquired the assets of Pipe Eye International, a provider of long-range specialty robotic inspection services based in Las Vegas, Nevada.…
Capital Regional District Votes for Four Sewage Plants for $1.2B
British Columbia’s Capital Regional District’s Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee (CALWMC) has selected a refined distributed wastewater management strategy for the Region’s Core Area.…
Funds for Pemberton Potable Water Sustainability Study
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has announced a Green Municipal Fund (GMF) grant for the Village of Pemberton, British Colombia. The Village has used…
Eight B.C. First Nations Celebrate Completed Water Projects
Eight British Columbia First Nations have completed projects that will improve their water and wastewater systems. Since 2006, the federal government and First Nations have…
Sask. Council Tackles Water Issues in Alberta
The new South Saskatchewan Regional Advisory Council (RAC) will look at key issues such as water, land use and population growth as it provides advice…
Money for Sask. Landing Water Supply Project
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…
B.C. Releases Irrigation Calculator
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…
Canada’s Provinces, Eco-Rated
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…
Experience the Funding: Fraser River Gets $2.5M
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…
B.C. Wastewater Treatment Study Funded
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…
Aecon Awarded a Seymour-Cap Project
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…
Calgary Keeps Fluoride
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…
Sask. Water Infrastructure Program Now Province-Wide
Saskatchewan’s Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure Program will now be available to the entire province. Originally offered in the southwest last year, the expanded program…
EPCOR Takes on Banff
In more EPCOR news, the Town of Banff has agreed to make EPCOR Utilities Inc. as the new operator for its wastewater treatment plant. Under…
Gold Bar Now Owned and Operated by EPCOR
EPCOR Utilities Inc. (EPCOR) officially became the owner and operator of the Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant today. Edmonton City Council authorized the transfer of…
Council Suggests Improvements for Watershed Planning
Groups and individuals who manage Alberta’s watersheds, or those affected by decisions around watershed management, need to have a voice in planning and decisions that…
Farmers Dispose of Obsolete Pesticides
While pesticide use is a reality for many farms, Manitoba farmers are taking steps to protect the land and water by avoiding the careless dumping…
Projects to Map Aquifers in B.C.’s Horn River Basin
Geoscience BC and the Horn River Basin Producers Group have launched several collaborative geoscience projects to identify and map subsurface aquifers in the Horn River…
Syncrude Changes Waterfowl Protection Plan
“The drowning of the waterfowl last April shouldn’t have happened and is unacceptable,” said Syncrude’s president and CEO Tom Katinas. “There is tremendous resolve in…
Manitoba Assaults Phosphorus
New measures were announced last week by Manitoba’s Conservation Minister Stan Struthers as part of an aggressive plan to reduce phosphorus that promotes growth of…