Sunday, June 1, 2025
City of Guelph Shares 100 Per Cent Renewable Energy Progress Report
The City of Guelph is making strides toward its goal to achieve 100 per cent of its energy needs through renewable sources by 2050. The…
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Commonwealth Helps Developing Countries Finance Climate Action
A Commonwealth facility designed to assist smaller and more vulnerable countries tackle the damaging effects of climate change has helped them access USD 27 million…
City of Toronto Issues its Second Green Bond Offering
The City of Toronto has issued its second green bond offering of $200 million. “The City of Toronto, as Canada’s largest city and sixth largest…
Latest Columbia River Treaty Talks Feature Ecosystem Presentations
Canadian and U.S. negotiators met for two days in ?aq’am, near Cranbrook, for the eighth round of discussions about the future of the Columbia River…
Agguttinni Territorial Park Receives Support from Canada and Nunavut
The Agguttinni Territorial Park is being established north of Clyde River in Nunavut with support from the Government of Canada and Government of Nunavut. The…
Researcher Examines Climate Change Education led by U.N.
Three policy programs run by the United Nations (U.N.) aim to empower and support governments to accelerate climate change solutions through education, training, and public…
B.C. Releases Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for 2017
The Province of British Columbia has released the annual inventory of greenhouse gas emissions numbers for 2017. Total emissions in British Columbia (B.C.) in 2017…
Point Pelee National Park Receives $9.9 Million Investment
Catherine McKenna, minister of environment and climate change and minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced a federal infrastructure investment of $9.9 million for Point Pelee…
Yukon to Benefit from Efficient and Reliable Green Energy
Funding for two green infrastructure projects in Whitehorse and Mayo was announced by the Government of Canada and Government of Yukon. The first project will…
Milestone Environmental Contracting Hires Two Industry Leaders to Join Management Team
Milestone Environmental Contracting has announced that two industry leaders have joined its management team. David Meikle has been hired as the national operations manager and…
Canada Provides $2.4M to Indorama for Climate Action
Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, Catherine McKenna, has announced support for climate action by Entreprise Indorama PTA Montréal S.E.C. Funding of up to $2.4 million…
Catherine McKenna Announces $4.3 Million to Protect Species at Risk
Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, Catherine McKenna, announced more than $4.3 million to support 49 new conservation projects across Canada, over the next three years.…
B.C. Parks Restoration Helping Rare Butterfly Species
When Erica McClaren looks at the coastal landscape of Helliwell Provincial Park, she feels hopeful a rare species of butterfly will return to its former…
WSP Enters Merger Agreement with Ecology and Environment Inc.
Ecology and Environment Inc. (E & E) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with WSP Global Inc. (WSP), pursuant to which WSP will acquire…
Royal Military College of Canada to Study Climate Impacts in N.W.T.
The Royal Military College of Canada has received over $4.7 million from the Government of Canada for two projects that will study the impacts of…
Canada Provides $1.2 Million to Ouranos for Four Climate Change Projects
The Government of Canada has announced an investment of nearly $1.2 million in Ouranos for four projects to increase climate change adaptation and resilience in the areas…
Port of Vancouver Receives $300,000 Increase Climate Resilience
The Government of Canada is investing more than $300,000 in two projects at the Port of Vancouver to strengthen its transportation system and better prepare…
P.E.I. Creates New Protected Areas with Federal Funding
A new investment will create new protected areas in P.E.I., including the fourth largest provincially managed protected area in the Island. Funding through the federal…
Marco Grigio Named Conservation Officer of the Year
Marco Grigio has been named the Ontario Conservation Officer of the Year for 2019. Grigio, a resident of Thunder Bay, has served the people of…
Canada Invests in Urban Climate Centre
Catherine McKenna, Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, recently announced a $22-million investment for the Ottawa Community Foundation to establish an urban climate centre in…
Canada Helps Protect Chatham-Kent from Flooding
Marco Mendicino, parliamentary secretary to the minister of infrastructure and communities, and Darrin Canniff, mayor of Chatham-Kent, announced funding for a flood mitigation project in…
New Natural Heritage Conservation Program to Protect Wetlands
A new $100-million program announced by the Government of Canada is poised to protect some of the country’s most valuable—and vulnerable—wetland habitats. Canada’s wetlands are…
Home Insurance Buyers Lack Access to Public Flood Data
Canadian homeowners do not have the information they need to know if they should buy flood insurance, leaving them exposed to significant financial risk. A…
Canada Announces Projects to Reduce Impacts of Climate Change
Ginette Petitpas Taylor, minister of health, announced an investment of $1.7 million over the next two years for eight projects that will help improve the…