3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1052+ words) People who work for a major player in Canada's oilsands packed up their mobile information display a day and a half early during a recent community engagement session in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., after area residents protested a proposed plan to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (107+ words) CBC Floating island in northern B.C. appeared, vanished, then reappeared | Hanomansing Tonight Boaters spotted a massive island in northern B.C.'s Williston Reservoir last month. The floating land mass vanished, only to turn up about 30 kilometres away. - An island mysteriously appeared — then…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (101+ words) CBC An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.'s largest reservoir B.C. Hydro says it's watching for the reappearance of a mysterious island first spotted by boaters 100 kilometres from the W.A.C. Bennett Dam…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (349+ words) An environmental group in Cape Breton is restoring the wetlands along Wash Brook to help cushion Sydney's south end against severe flooding. Ten years after a record storm dumped 225 millimetres of rain in a single day — flooding homes, washing out…...

1+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (444+ words) People who are worried their private wells are being affected by groundwater pumping by the Region of Waterloo are expected to have a new complaint process to follow in the near future. Regional staff presented a draft of the revisions…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (867+ words) In a suburban creek steps from busy roads, biologists sent a mild, electrical current into the water and waited to see what surfaced. The stunned fish they scooped up included spiky mottled sculpins, blacknose dace with striking red racing stripes…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (527+ words) Meet the new dogs sniffing out invasive mussels at Alberta inspection sites Hilo, Jane and Winnie are a part of Alberta's muscle against invasive mussels that have spread throughout the Great Lakes and Canadian waterways since the 1980s. So far, species…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (260+ words) The British Columbia government has issued an order affecting more than 450 water licenses to protect fish in the Salmon River watershed, saying the Thompson-Okanagan region has been wracked with "severe" drought. A statement from the Water Ministry says the river…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (107+ words) Stewiacke hires firm to design water treatment plant CBC Stewiacke hires firm to design water treatment plant Town introduced rules last year to curb development that was causing strain on aging system Image | Stewiacke water Caption: The Town of Stewiacke…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1119+ words) Flood-affected homeowners and tenants who have no insurance or insufficient coverage are learning more about the Manitoba government's one-time flood recovery grant program. The province is offering the program after unprecedented flooding in June and July. The Emergency Management Organization…...