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News tag: Canada

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Stantec to spearhead design for South Niagara Wastewater Treatment Solutions projects

Water Canada The Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, has awarded Stantec two projects in the Region’s South Niagara Wastewater Treatment Solutions (SNWWTS) program. Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design […]

Massive Himalayan flood a warning for Western Canada as glaciers melt

CTV News Scientists warn similar conditions are developing in the Canadian Rockies, where retreating glaciers are exposing unstable moraines and forming new lakes that could burst catastrophically.   Click here […]

Quebec must not give in to political pressure on flooding maps

Canadian Climate Institute Everyone in Quebec profits from the government moving forward with new policies on residences in flood risk zones in 2025. Accurate, accessible maps and robust policies will […]

Ontario gets the ball rolling on proposed 1,000-MW pumped storage project

Hydro Review The Ontario government is advancing pre-development work for the proposed Ontario Pumped Storage Project, developed in partnership with TC Energy (TCE) and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. The project, […]

Indigenous leaders say lack of oversight on tailings spills a danger to water rights

CBC Community harvesters continued to hunt, trap and fish with no warning of potential contaminants upstream as 5.3 million litres of tailings and 670,000 litres of other contaminated water seeped […]

Climate change is fuelling Trump’s desire to tap into Canada’s water and Arctic resources

The Conversation – Canada Rising temperatures, a melting Arctic and increasing global water and resource scarcity are behind United States President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st American […]

$6.6M water treatment upgrade aims to improve water quality for High Level

CBC The town of High Level faces some of the highest costs in Alberta to treat its water due to the large amount of chemicals required to remove organic materials […]

Improved water security is coming to the Sunshine Coast

Water Canada Crucial conservation upgrades are being developed to solve the heightening water crisis due to drought on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast after an investment of more than $117 million […]

Boil-water advisory lifted for Halifax-area communities

CBC The advisory lasted 2 days, impacting businesses and health-care facilities.   Click here to read the story.

Thousands of letters from Ontarians and nature groups call for a new Conservation Area in Lake Ontario

Water Canada Canada’s commitment to protecting 30 per cent of its land and freshwater by 2030 includes safeguarding the Great Lakes, which hold 84 per cent of North America’s freshwater […]

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