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Nanaimo bans bottled water
Tamara Cunningham, Daily News Published: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Nanaimo residents will have to bring their own reusable water containers into civic facilities this fall as the city phases....
Contaminated food feared after Metro Vancouver rejects clean-water subsidies for farmers
Metro Vancouver has rejected a special water rate for regional farmers, arguing the move would lead to a “trickle-down effect” and do little to improve the....
Cities urged to plan ahead for climate change effects
BY SANDRA MCCULLOCH, TIMES COLONIST, June 13, 2012 Climate change needs to be a factor in all planning processes in Canada, from industry and government to humanitarian....
Aldergrove, Gloucester to get $33.5m water upgrade
By Staff Writer - Aldergrove Star, June 13, 2012
As zebra mussels slip into Idaho, a call for tougher action
By The Associated Press , June 1, 2012 BOISE, Idaho -- North Idaho Rep. Eric Anderson's nightmare involves invasive quagga and zebra mussels slipping into Idaho's waterways and altering the....
Kamloops spends now to save later on water-treatment membranes
Kamloops Daily News May 30, 2012 The City’s utilities department got commended by the mayor and council Tuesday for spending $5.8 million on membranes to go into the....
Extra funding tops up Oyama water enhancement
By Richard Rolke - Lake Country Calendar May 23, 2012 10:43 AM A cost overrun isn’t stopping a project that will take Oyama residents off a boil water alert. Lake....
City of Armstrong temporarily switches water source
By Staff Writer - Vernon Morning Star
Published: May 27, 2012 1:00 AM