Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced $1.06 million in funding over three years for 10 projects associated with protecting and restoring the…
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson, and Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould visited the Canada Centre for Inland…
Blue Accounting has released a comprehensive database of coastal wetlands protection, restoration, and enhancement projects in the Great Lakes Basin. Using the database, decision-makers and…
A draft of the proposed Canada-Ontario Agreement (COA) on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health has been released by the Government of Canada and…
Three citizen science water quality monitoring hubs are now testing the water and sharing water quality results with swimmers and boaters on the Great Lakes…
Pollution Probe and the Council of the Great Lakes Region have released a new report on Water Management and Big Data Analytics. “We are very…
A group of five Great Lakes organisations are calling on Canada’s federal government to invest $100 million per year over ten years to implement a…
The International Joint Commission (IJC) is hosting public consultations this summer and fall to hear the public’s perspectives on how the Great Lakes are faring…
Ontario’s Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Rod Phillips issued the following statement on June 16, 2019 at the conclusion of the Great Lakes St.…
A new report that documents the progress made by Canada and United States between 2017 and 2019 in meeting commitments under the Great Lakes Water…
As part of the 16th Annual Conference of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Cities Initiative (GLSLCI), held June 5-7 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, US…
Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s annual on-water operations to detect the presence of Asian carp species in the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes has resumed…
At the fifth Great Lakes Economic Forum, which was hosted from May 5-8, 2019 in Cleveland, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) presented…
Rod Phillips, minister of the environment, conservation and parks and Grand Council Chief Glen Hare co-chaired the Great Lakes Guardians’ Council on April 23, 2019…
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, a binational group of mayors and leaders on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River, welcomes Sam…
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI) announced a new partnership with the TruGreen Company, a professional lawn care company. This partnership will…
A new study by Pollution Probe and the Clean Water Foundation examines what is known about pharmaceuticals in the Great Lakes, their pathways, and impacts…
On April 23, the Government of Ontario will convene the Great Lakes Guardians’ Council, in memory of Josephine Mandamin, to discuss emerging issues around the…
How climate change will affect public health, infrastructure, fish, wildlife, and the economy around the Great Lakes is the focus of a new report. The…
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,…
An inter-agency team of public and private sector partners is addressing drinking water safety for oxygen depleted waters (hypoxia). NOAA’s latest experimental forecast models, developed by…
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Water Resources Regional Body (Regional Body) and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council (Council) have released a…
Pollution Probe and the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) have partnered with the Royal Bank of Canada on a project to improve approaches…
The International Joint Commission’s Great Lakes Science Advisory Board has provided a report on the potential ecological impacts of transporting crude oil through the Great…