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The future of the Ottawa River and its tributaries will be the focus of a one-day summit this summer. The Ottawa Riverkeepers, in co-operation with the National Capital Commission, will host the summit on August 27th. The Ottawa River Summit will encourage First Nations leaders, elected officials and municipal staff from Ontario and Quebec to share information and experiences, and to work ...
A one-day summit involving Ottawa Riverkeeper, the NCC, First Nations leaders and municipal staff from Ontario and Quebec is planned for Aug. 27 to discuss the health and the future of the Ottawa River. The Ottawa River Summit, to take place in the National Capital Region, will encourage participants to share information, experiences and successes on river-related issues. The agenda will ...
Sentinelle Outaouais et la Commission de la capitale nationale annoncent le Sommet sur la protection de la rivière des Outaouais Une conférence d’une journée visant à promouvoir l’interaction efficace entre les dirigeants du bassin versant de la rivière des Outaouais Région de la capitale du Canada ― Sentinelle Outaouais, en collaboration avec la Commission de la capitale ...
Ottawa Riverkeeper, in cooperation with the National Capital Commission (NCC), is pleased to announce an exciting one-day summit to bring leaders together to discuss the health and future of the Ottawa River and its tributaries. The summit is scheduled to take place on August 27, 2010, in Canada’s Capital Region.
Perhaps the biggest, most immediate problem with Canada’s water infrastructure is buried, literally, under our cities and towns. The thousands of kilometres of underground pipes that move water from treatment plants to our taps is leaking — spewing 13% to 30% of clean, drinkable water into the ground. At the same time, waste water and storm water systems can’t keep up and are ...
The City of Ottawa will plant 602 new butternut trees and 100 new ginseng plants to compensate for the ones being ripped up by the Terry Fox Drive extension, according to a proposed agreement with the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources. The agreement, recently posted for public comment on the province’s Environmental Registry website, will allow the city to cut down 20 viable, ...
One of the most detailed investigations ever conducted in Canada into the fate of road salt has found that it is polluting groundwater and causing some streams during winter thaws to have salinity levels just under those found in the ocean. The elevated salt readings were detected in Pickering, where researchers from the University of Toronto have been studying how the salt spread on highways, ...
Even experienced ice fishermen can plunge through ice on the Ottawa River because there are no reliable maps showing the ice thickness, strength and possible hot spots, according to experts who know the river. Jocelyn Bélanger was such an experienced riverman, and he died taking a chance in trying to drag a fishing hut off the river on Monday evening when his truck broke through and took him ...
The Sierra Club Canada plans to start a national campaign this week attempting to stop the extension of Terry Fox Drive through the sensitive wetland habitat of the threatened Blanding’s turtle. John Bennett, executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada, said the club will use its network to reach thousands of environmentally minded citizens, asking them to put pressure on municipal, ...
New standards could drain municipal coffers Municipalities could wind up with a $45-billion hole in their coffers because of some newly proposed waste water regulations that were designed to crack down on pollution, warns an analysis by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. “Introducing and upgrading equipment and infrastructure will have a significant financial impact on all ...
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