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Crucial B.C. wetland restored thanks to Katzie First Nation guardians, partners
Dikes were installed throughout the Fraser River to pursue agriculture — now, reverting Xwíʔləm̓nəc to its natural state is restoring biodiversity, culture and connection
A Rocky Mountains resort wants to bring 10,000 more visitors, daily
Mountain coasters, mini golf and 1,400 parking spots at a Kananaskis resort — that’s the size of a small town. Where will its water come from?
North America’s nuclear power push is gaining steam
Restarting an aging reactor and building next-generation modular plants on the shores of the world’s largest freshwater system
New tech could boost Manitoba groundwater monitoring
Researchers at the University of Manitoba are partnering with Sio Silica to improve groundwater monitoring at the company’s proposed silica sand mine
Inside Ontario’s plan to merge 36 conservation authorities to 7
Nearly 80 years after their creation, the Doug Ford government is reducing the unique environmental agencies from 36 to 7, in a move staff say may ‘slow approvals, create confusion’ over development and flood protections
Ford plans changes to Ontario's Clean Water Act
Move to support ‘housing and infrastructure development’ comes 25 years after fatal tragedy in Walkerton that spurred creation of the Clean Water Act
‘The Great Lakes made me,’ says Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
The member of Alderville First Nation shares her thoughts on water and life — and what she keeps in her ‘emotional support backpack’
Bringing beavers back to syilx homelands
Historically seen as a ‘nuisance’ species to be trapped and removed, beavers may be key to restoring ecosystems amid deforestation and climate change
Water operators stretched thin on First Nations
In many Ontario communities, water treatment plants are staffed by a single person. A training program is trying to change that