Tag: COVID-19
Earth Day 2021 Activities Available Virtually
Happy Earth Day across Canada and globally. The theme for this year's Earth Day is "Let's Take Care of the Planet," which focuses on...
Environmental Surveillance Can Provide Early Warning System for Detecting COVID-19
Wastewater samples prove everyone infected with COVID-19 releases a little of the rapidly evolving disease, according to researchers at Western University in London, Ontario.
While...
Ontario’s Record-Breaking Recovery Budget Not Green Enough?
Ontario’s Minister of Finance and president of the Treasury Board, Peter Bethlenfalvy, has released the 2021 budget, Ontario’s Action Plan: Protecting People’s Health and Our...
Innovative Efforts to Restore Contaminated Sites in B.C.
The British Columbia government is launching a first-of-its-kind effort to restore oil and gas “legacy sites” across northeastern B.C. This initiative is expected to...
Green and Inclusive: How FCM’s CEO is Helping Municipalities Build Back...
Carole Saab, the chief executive officer of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) brings a clear and ambitious vision for Canadian municipalities on the...
ESAA Calls for Abstracts for Virtual EnviroTech Conference
With the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA) EnviroTech conference will once again be on-line, scheduled for June 2nd and...
Canadian Company Pioneers Biodegradable PPE Mask
Montreal, Quebec-based FPInnovations has successfully developed a biodegradable mask ready to be manufactured in Canada and ready for public use.
The collaborative research and scientific...
Move to Hybrid Parliament Meetings Reduces GHG Emissions
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) published a report on the cost-savings and greenhouse gas emissions reduction from the implementation of a hybrid Parliament system as...
Canadians Recycled a Record Amount of Batteries in 2020
Canada's national consumer battery collection and recycling program, Call2Recycle Canada Inc., recently revealed that a record 4.1 million kilograms of household batteries were recycled...
First Intake Launched for the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative
The Government of Canada has launched the first application intake for projects under the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative, which is helping support a green...