Of interest: Green Heroes- on TV  Did you see the Ladies of the Lake episode on Nov.9, 2010? If you missed it go to http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?65823550500...

Water protectors to participate in panel discussion AWARE Simcoe May 27 2011 Beverley Else, founder of Celebrate Lake Simcoe, Beausoleil First Nation Councillor Jeff Monague, Dr. William Shotyk, founder of the Elmvale Water Festival and Melancthon Deputy Mayor Darren White will participate in a panel...

Water Remunicipiliization Tracker April 24 2011  In 2004, a decade-long fight against water privatization ended in a major victory for the citizens of Hamilton in Canada. In September of that year, the city council voted to take back the operation and maintenance of the city’s water and wastewater tr...

National Geographic sends us this rem    With spring beginning to bloom, there is no better time to celebrate the wonders of the world.  Earth Day reminds us of the fragile balance between people and nature, and how each of us must do our part to protect the earth’s natural resources and ensure that ...

By Amanda Persico yorkregion.com Apr 20, 2011  The province is willing to gamble millions of your dollars on a new plan to provide sewage services to northern York Region. The region told East Gwillimbury council this week about a new turn in the sewage system project that involves discharging into L...

Federal election issues include right to water and sanitation and CETA (the Canadian European Union TRade Agreement.  BY BRENT PATTERSON Council of Canadians APRIL 16, 2011 Full story on Rabble.ca...

Darlington panel told Darlington panel Fisheries Act may  be rewritten, nuclear industry exempted Krystyn Tully, Waterkeeper.ca Weekly April 11 2011 Some of Canada’s oldest laws are designed to protect fish and fish habitat, cornerstones of our nation’s culture, economy, and environment. Two of the m...

By Kate Allen Toronto Star March 18 2011 The co-operative businesses are never the ones you would expect. Dagna Pielaszkiewicz and Stella Adewolu, volunteers with Youth4Water, a group of young people who raise awareness about water issues and rights, spent Thursday afternoon canvassing a busy strip o...

By Max Paris CBC News Mar 1, 2011 An increase in extreme rainstorms brought on by climate change could set the stage for a return of cholera to North America, according to a world-renowned water scientist....

Finite, vital, much wanted, little understood, water looks unmanageable. But it needn’t be, argues John Grimond (interviewed here) A special report on water  The Economist May 20th 2010 WHEN the word water appears in print these days, crisis is rarely far behind. Water, it is said, is the new oil: a ...