Victoria no longer flushes raw sewage into ocean after area opens treatment plant January 11, 2021 | Chedoke Creek, sewage treatment plant, Wastewater Treatment Plant |
Hamilton City says it will dredge Chedoke Creek following ministry order December 29, 2020 | Chedoke Creek |
The First Nations Water Crisis Won’t End When Drinking Water Advisories Do December 23, 2020 | Neskantaga First Nation, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Water Advisory |
$775-million solution: Victoria’s raw sewage is no longer flowing into BC waters December 17, 2020 | Wastewater Treatment Plant |
Council hopes to sustain buzz over Timmins’ Bee City status December 16, 2020 | bees, CITY OF TIMMINS |
City facing provincial charges over Chedoke Creek sewage and stormwater leak December 9, 2020 | Chedoke Creek |
NEWLY ELECTED 2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS November 30, 2020 | Board of Directors, FRIENDS OF THE PORCUPINE RIVER WATERSHED |
People are being told to eat less fish from the Porcupine River Watershed in Timmins November 9, 2020 | Uncategorized |
FPRW proud members of Timmins Chamber of Commerce October 21, 2020 | CITY OF TIMMINS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, TIMMINS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE |
Young Water Speaks is a national storytelling project and contest October 2, 2020 | WATERLUTION, YOUTH |
City sets new fines for breaching waste collection bylaw September 28, 2020 | CITY BYLAWS, CITY OF TIMMINS, COUNCIL, GARBAGE, Landfill |
Recycling isn’t enough — the world’s plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse September 21, 2020 | Beach Litter, Plastic Pollution, PLASTICS, POLLUTION |
Plastic pollution: Washed clothing’s synthetic mountain of ‘fluff September 17, 2020 | LAKES, PLASTICS, POLLUTING, POLLUTION, synthetic, synthetic microfibres |
How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled September 11, 2020 | GARBAGE, Landfill, Oregon, PLASTICS, POLLUTING |
Toronto woman creates globe out of plastic trash to draw attention to beach waste September 7, 2020 | ACTIVISTS, Beach Litter, Community Clean Up, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, GARBAGE |
Can Chemical Recycling Solve The World’s Plastic Problem? September 2, 2020 | Plastic Pollution, PLASTICS, POLLUTION |
PLASTIC IS A DISASTER – ENDING THE USE OF HARMFUL AND UNNECESSARY SINGLE-USE PLASTICS August 29, 2020 | Plastic Pollution, PLASTICS, POLLUTING, POLLUTION, WATER |
Activists raise alarm as Ontario passes environmental assessment redesign during pandemic August 17, 2020 | ACTIVISTS, Canadian Environmental Law Association, environmental assessment |
Global mine tailings standard doesn’t pass muster with environmental groups August 17, 2020 | ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, MINES, TAILINGS |
Researcher wants answers about toxins in northern Ontario fish August 13, 2020 | ARSENIC, CHROMIUM, LAKES, MERCURY, POLLUTION, sudbury |
These new homes in Pickering are Canada’s first to recycle water using a locally-developed system August 12, 2020 | MUNICIPAL WATER, Pickering, RECYCLED WATER, WATER |
Litter Warrior Challenge *Update* August 2, 2020 August 2, 2020 | CHALLENGE, Community Clean Up, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, litter, LITTER WARRIOR, PORCUPINE LAKE |
Ontario government investigating month-long Stoney Creek acid leak into Lake Ontario July 14, 2020 | HAMILTON, hazardous waste, Stoney Creek |
The Good Sewer: Why Ottawa’s $232-million sewage storage tunnel is both an engineering marvel and an act of contrition July 13, 2020 | MUNICIPAL WATER, POLLUTING, POLLUTION |
Garbage-strewn streets, derelict buildings ‘not acceptable’ July 7, 2020 | CITY BYLAWS, GARBAGE, litter |
Quebec gold miner dives into the details on using Timmins concentrator June 24, 2020 | COUNCIL, KIDD CREEK |
Timmins group continues spring cleanup tradition during pandemic June 10, 2020 | CHALLENGE, Community Clean Up, FRIENDS OF THE PORCUPINE RIVER WATERSHED, LITTER WARRIOR |
CWF Bioblitz Help take Canada’s Nature Selfie June 4, 2020 | CHALLENGE, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, PORCUPINE LAKE |
Do you know where your drinking water comes from? June 3, 2020 | LAKES, MATTAGAMI RIVER, MUNICIPAL WATER |
Lori Bertrand’s challenges friends in Timmins! Great way to help your ‘hood, feel good and get some fresh air, too. May 19, 2020 | CHALLENGE, Community Clean Up, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS |
BECOME A LITTER WARRIOR Spring-Summer 2020 CHALLENGE May 11, 2020 | CHALLENGE, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, LITTER WARRIOR |
EARTH DAY REPORT: PERILS OF REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS DURING COVID-19 April 22, 2020 | LAKES, MUNICIPAL WATER, ONTARIO GOVERNMENT, Uncategorized |
CITY OF PETERBOROUGH URGES RESIDENTS TO ONLY FLUSH TOILET PAPER AND NATURAL WASTE March 18, 2020 | MUNICIPAL WATER, POLLUTION |
13 THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T DUMP DOWN THE DRAIN March 18, 2020 | LAKES, MUNICIPAL WATER, POLLUTION, PORCUPINE LAKE, WHITNEY TISDALE LIFT STATION |
Why should I not flush kitchen towels down my toilet? March 15, 2020 | FRIENDS OF THE PORCUPINE RIVER WATERSHED, LAKES, MUNICIPAL WATER, POLLUTION, WHITNEY TISDALE LIFT STATION |
GROUP HELPS ‘ELEVATE THE PUBLIC VOICE’ FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS February 13, 2020 | COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, COUNCIL, FRIENDS OF THE PORCUPINE RIVER WATERSHED, LAKES, MUNICIPAL WATER, POLLUTION, PORCUPINE LAKE, PORCUPINE LIAISON COMMITTEE, WHITNEY TISDALE LIFT STATION |
‘GOOD FIRST STEP’ TO ADDRESSING WATERSHED CONCERNS IN EAST END February 12, 2020 | COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, COUNCIL, FRIENDS OF THE PORCUPINE RIVER WATERSHED, MUNICIPAL WATER, PORCUPINE LAKE, PORCUPINE LIAISON COMMITTEE, WHITNEY TISDALE LIFT STATION |
TALK TO THE EXPERTS AT THE OPEN HOUSE FOR PORCUPINE WATERSHED February 11, 2020 | COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, COUNCIL, DE BEERS, FRIENDS OF THE PORCUPINE RIVER WATERSHED, LAKES, LITIGATION, MUNICIPAL WATER, PORCUPINE LAKE, PORCUPINE LIAISON COMMITTEE, WHITNEY TISDALE LIFT STATION |
HEALTH OF PORCUPINE WATERSHED FOCUS OF PUBLIC MEETING February 3, 2020 | MUNICIPAL WATER, POLLUTION, PORCUPINE LAKE, PORCUPINE LIAISON COMMITTEE, WHITNEY TISDALE LIFT STATION |
CITY OF TIMMINS SALT MANAGEMENT PLAN – UPDATE APRIL 2018 January 23, 2020 | COUNCIL, LAKES, POLLUTION, PORCUPINE LAKE, ROAD SALT |
COURT SIDES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN ONGOING DE BEERS LAWSUIT January 14, 2020 | DE BEERS, LAKES, MUNICIPAL WATER |
WATER RANGERS – PORCUPINE LAKE OBSERVATION TESTS SUMMARY January 6, 2020 | COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, LAKES |
