Wasting away
Canadians are among the biggest water wasters in the world. The reason: it’s cheap.
View ArticleTop 10 Canadian movies of the decade
Brian D. Johnson reveals his favourites from the past 10 years
View ArticleCanada's drinking water needs better management
Report finds smaller communities vulnerable to lower water quality
View ArticleCarson: the real scandal
This is very nearly the first thing Stephen Harper’s government did. GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES IMMEDIATE...
View ArticleBruce Carson and the loophole
The Prime Minister’s former advisor apparently figured he was within the law. Carson, however,...
View ArticleA world of 10 billion
Mass extinctions, water shortages, dwindling oil reserves, grinding poverty. Can the Earth sustain every one of us?
View ArticleTurning water into money
Talk of trading access to water on an open market stirs controversy, but it’s already a reality in Alberta
View ArticleDewar on water
Following his challenge to Thomas Mulcair, Paul Dewar has released his water strategy. Paul...
View ArticleFormer world leaders sound alarm on global water crisis
The InterAction Council has issued a new report warning that the future impact of water scarcity could be devastating.
View ArticleThe cost of clean water
The Harper government announced yesterday that it will invest $330.8 million over two years...
View ArticlePhotos: Edward Burtynsky’s water world
The photographer behind 'Manufactured Landscapes' has a new project, spanning five years and 10 countries
View ArticleGallery: Sewer art
Michael Cook photographs the beauty found in long-closed tunnels deep below the ground
View ArticleUWinnipeg bans sale of bottled water
The University of Winnipeg will become the first university in Canada to ban the sale of bottled water on campus, the school announced today. Related: The bottled water conspiracy theory According to...
View ArticleResearchers look for life in world’s oldest water
Deep underground within the Canadian Shield, scientists are probing for life — yes, life. Their laboratory is found at the bottom of mine shafts in Timmins, Ont., where pockets of water trapped inside...
View ArticleCanadians donate water to cut-off Detroit residents
WINDSOR, Ont. – Activists in Windsor, Ont., plan to lug 1,000 litres of water across the river to Detroit today to help residents who have had their water cut off. The protest by the Windsor chapter of...
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Nestle outbids small municipality to buy well for bottled water
Nestle’s directors speak in front of the Nestle’s logo during the general meeting of the world’s biggest food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 7, 2016. (CP) TORONTO –...
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Cape Town: What happens when a city of four million runs out of water?
A security officer directs residents as they fill water bottles and containers at the Newlands natural water spring in Cape Town (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images) Cape Town is in a race against...
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As a water crisis looms in Cape Town, could it happen in Canada?
Western Canada faced record droughts and forest fires in 2017. (Shutterstock) John Pomeroy, Distinguished Professor and Director, Global Water Futures Programme, University of Saskatchewan The city of...
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The risks facing Canada’s drinking water
A new report finds concerns about water infrastructure tops the list for Canada’s water providers. (Shutterstock) Dr. Kevin Quigley, Scholarly Director of the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and...
View ArticleMoney alone won’t solve the water crisis in Indigenous communities
John Millar is the executive director of Water First, a Canadian non-governmental organization focused on collaborating with First Nations to deliver community-based education programs that engage...
View ArticleThese chemicals in North American waters could spark a health crisis in Canada
Daniel Macfarlane is a Canadian-born assistant professor of freshwater policy and history in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo,...
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