Tag: stormwater
UBC Okanagan researchers use campus to test green infrastructure
Climate change and varying rainfall patterns are forcing municipalities in semi-arid regions such as the Okanagan to investigate more resilient ways to retain and...
Funding for solar energy generation and sewer infrastructure in New Brunswick
The governments of Canada, New Brunswick and the City of Edmundston announced joint funding for solar energy generation at Centre Jean-Daigle and sewer separation...
Investing in new water infrastructure projects in Charlottetown
The governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island announced joint funding for two related water infrastructure projects in Charlottetown.
Funding will support a study of...
Park the old approach
Many will recall a dramatic rescue of two men by police in west-end Toronto after they were trapped in a flooded, below-ground parking elevator...
Canada invests in Toronto and York Region storm protection
Minister of Infrastructure and CommunitiesFrançois-Philippe Champagne has announced funding for four flooding and storm mitigation projects in the City of Toronto and the Regional...
New funding for green infrastructure projects in Quebec
François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Vicki‑May Hamm, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced funding totalling $1.5 million...
B.C. introduces $243-million Environmental Quality program
On May 31, 2018, the Government of British Columbia will open the application process for local governments and First Nations for the new Environmental...
Ground broken for Cherry Street Stormwater project
Toronto Mayor John Tory joined leaders from all three levels of government and the Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation at the water’s edge...