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By Thomas S. Axworthy, Citizen Special August 13, 2010 Writing this piece from my cottage overlooking Lake Winnipeg, my eyes glory in the beauty of the lake but my nose is affronted by the smell of toxic blue-green algae, which is now so bad that there are warnings everywhere about bathing. The lake is sick and some fear it is in a death spiral with the spread of algae worsening every year ...
By Tony Lofaro Tom Spears and Claire Brownell, The Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — First came the rain on Tuesday, then came the wind on Wednesday in a severe double-whammy that caused damage throughout the Ottawa area. “It was like a shotgun blast of wind,” said Bill Rankine, who watched a 20-metre-tall tree snap at the base and crash to the ground between two duplexes on Morris Street in the ...
By Matthew Pearson, The Ottawa Citizen August 4, 2010 An Ottawa man spotted a strange sight Tuesday afternoon soon after a severe thunderstorm rumbled across the region: a large quantity of plastic bottles and other debris filling the small bays and channel of the Ottawa River between Parkdale Avenue and the Canadian War Museum. Michael Bernard was jogging along the river at around 5 p.m. ...
Canada’s nuclear safety regulator has agreed to hold a public hearing into a controversial plan to ship 1,760 tonnes of radiation-laced steel through Lake Ontario. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission said in a statement Thursday that “in light of public concern” over a proposal by Bruce Power to ship 16 steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway the commission ...
Updated: Tue Jul. 27 2010 2:45:31 PM ctvmontreal.ca The mighty St. Lawrence River will soon be home to a power-generating pilot project that could one day churn in rivers across Canada. The company that builds the underwater river turbines says the test phase will start off small, producing enough energy to power 750 homes. “It’s a bit like a windmill sitting on the bed of ...
Regional municipality looking for alternative to treat septic tank waste starting next year By Dave Rogers, The Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA-Outaouais sewage lagoons condemned by Ottawa Riverkeeper Meredith Brown as likely to pollute the Gatineau and Ottawa rivers are already being used in three West Quebec municipalities with provincial government approval. Brown said Monday that the liquid ...
OTTAWA-Politicians from all levels of government gathered Thursday against the backdrop of the Ottawa River to celebrate the “grand opening” of the rebuilt Keefer sewage regular, even though it has been operating for months. Upgrades to the regulator — which include a monitoring system to make it more efficient and reduce the amount of sewage overflows spilling into the river — were ...
The water levels on the Ottawa River are lower than they’ve been in almost a century, putting fish and other wildlife at risk. “I’ve paddled here for 35 years and it’s the first time I’ve ever seen it like this,” said kayaker John Cockburn. “This year it’s really just gone from low to lower.” Experts say the dry winter combined with a ...
OTTAWA – Fish in the Ottawa River are threatened by the lowest water levels in a century, the executive director of Ottawa Riverkeeper says, even as Ottawans are taking more water out. Meredith Brown said last winter’s light snowfalls had affected water levels in the river this summer. “We had such low snow this year. That’s really the primary driver.” Temperatures in the ...
Ottawa Riverkeeper held an Annual General Meeting on June 22, 2010. We are happy to report that the evening went well and brought about a few important changes for the organization. ORK’s board of directors saw some changes to its structure, replacing the position of President with that of Chair. The board then appointed long-time board member Geoff Green to fill the newly created ...
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