Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Market Watch: Canadian grid modernization company joins the index
General Market Commentary The Bank of Canada maintained its target for the policy rate at 2.75 per cent on June 4, 2025. Since the previous…
Environment Journal
City of Brampton and Zenobe to electrify transit fleet in $4B deal
The City of Brampton announced a landmark $4 billion partnership with Zenobe, a global fleet electrification and battery storage specialist headquartered in London, UK, to…
GHD opens Montreal office to expand service offerings
GHD, a global professional services company operating in the water, transportation, environmental and energy markets, has opened a new Montréal office, located in the heart…
Englobe to acquire Cambium in third firm acquisition
Englobe Corporation, a leading Canadian engineering and environmental services firm, has announced its intention to acquire Cambium Inc., a 235 person employee-owned, multi-service consulting and…
B.C. calls for proposals for clean energy procurement
BC Hydro has launched two requests for expressions of interest (RFEOI) to explore the next era of the province’s power potential, expand clean-energy resources and…
Last chance to submit abstracts for RemTech 2025
The Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA) is presenting the 24th edition of RemTech 2025, which will be held on October 15-17, 2025 at the Fairmont Banff…
$108.3M investment for clean power project in Gespe’gewa’gi
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is investing $108.3 million, including its first Indigenous equity loan in Quebec, to support construction of the 102.2-megawatt Mesgi’g Ugju’s’n 2 Wind Farm (MU2),…
Hydro-Quebec to add 3,000 MW of solar energy by 2035
At a time when achieving Quebec’s energy independence is more important than ever, solar energy is a promising option. It allows the province to diversify…
Event to explore the evolution and integration of brownfield reuse
The Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) is inviting brownfield practitioners to discover the latest tools, technologies, and services transforming how to approach site assessment, remediation, and…
Survey Says: Women in the environment space are eager to enter the C suite
Women account for just over one-quarter (26.6%) of management positions within the Canadian environment and cleantech sector—12.6 percentage points below the share of women among…
Green hydrogen projects fuelled by Nova Scotia’s Clean Fuels Fund
The Nova Scotia government is supporting several green hydrogen projects in the second round of funding from the Clean Fuels Fund. In all, seven projects…
Guidance for financial institutions to support net zero transition strategies
Today, the Institute for Sustainable Finance (ISF), in collaboration with Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), launched the “Transition Finance Playbook”, a guide for financial institutions to…
BSI releases report on need for critical collaboration in net zero journey
BSI released a newly published 2024 net zero report which includes commentary, surveys and original case studies from some of the top organizations in the…
Schneider Electric launches AI ecosystem for sustainability and energy management
Schneider Electric has launched a landmark multi-year initiative dedicated to building a new kind of integrated ecosystem for sustainability and energy management, backed by a…
Foresight reveals winners of the 2025 Alberta Cleantech Awards
Foresight Canada announced the winners of the Alberta Cleantech Awards at the Inventures 2025 Conference in Calgary. The event celebrated the region’s top innovators, funders,…
Carbonity, a Que.-based partnership to regenerate soil and sequester carbon
Airex Energy, an innovative leader in the development of world-class decarbonization solutions, Groupe Rémabec, a cornerstone of Quebec’s forest industry committed to responsible transformation and…
Energy transition gaining momentum in Nunavik with two new projects
First, Makivvik and Hydro-Québec have signed a collaboration agreement aimed at strengthening their relationship and fostering economic development in Nunavik. The partnership aligns with Hydro-Québec’s Strategy…
Lessons Learned: Effective communication for environmental assessment
Proponents of development projects have a statuary and legal requirement to undertake public consultation and if necessary, with Indigenous groups in order to obtain a…
Guidance on future-proofing and climate adaptation for Ontario communities
Across Ontario, communities are facing more frequent extreme weather events–and professional planners are stepping up with creative, actionable solutions to this challenge. The Ontario Professional…
Exterra raises funds for cleantech to transform mining waste into critical minerals
Exterra Carbon Solutions, a Canadian cleantech innovator transforming legacy mining waste into high-value, sustainable materials, today announced the closing of a $20 million Series A…
B.C. meets methane emissions early, while still growing oil and gas production
British Columbia is the first jurisdiction in Canada to have met its 2025 oil and gas methane emissions reduction target, doing so two years ahead of…
Veolia Canada announces new Chief Executive Officer
Veolia has announced that Nicolas Germond has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Veolia Canada. Germond was previously CEO for Veolia Belgium and Luxembourg.…
ACCIONA Energia’s largest wind farm commences operations in Alberta
ACCIONA Energía has announced the start of commercial operations at Forty Mile Wind Farm in Alberta. It is one of Canada’s 10 largest wind farms and…
Historic Speech from the Throne emphasizes protection of natural resources
By Colin Isaacs Following an election campaign in which the environment scarcely made any appearance at all the Speech from the Throne to kick off…