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Meteorologist predicts variation on El Nino pattern: A wet PNW winter
An Eastern Washington University meteorologist says he has a different take on what El Nino will do this winter in the Northwest. By MITCH LIES For the Capital....
Boat inspections keep mussels out of Alberta
Posted Dec. 11th, 2015 by Barb Glen The province’s inspectors conducted almost 22,000 watercraft inspections this year and monitored 66 water bodies Zebra mussels hitched a ride into....
Study reveals hidden dangers of tap water: Millions of Canadians drinking from substandard sources
BY TOM BLACKWELL NOVEMBER 27, 2015, Vancouver Sun More than 300,000 Canadians contract an acute stomach bug every year from the municipally-supplied water that comes out of....
Groundwater Not as Renewable as Thought, Study Finds
By Andrew Nikiforuk, 21 Nov 2015, TheTyee.ca Groundwater, the globe's most dependable water insurance system, is not as renewable as researchers once thought and its availability varies....
Glacier melt in B.C. mountains reaches ‘shocking’ levels
By Chris Brown and Chris Corday, CBC News Posted: Oct 21, 2015 5:56 PM PT Last Updated: Oct 22, 2015 7:04 AM PT For B.C. glacier researcher Matt....
Right to water, healthy environment must be immediate priorities for new government
October 20, 2015, The Council of Canadians - Kaitlyn Mitchell and Emma Lui In the final stretch of the campaign trail, Justin Trudeau — Canada’s next prime minister....
Cloudy brown water soon a thing of the past in Glenmore Ellison
By John McDonald, infonews.ca, Oct 7, 2015 CENTRAL OKANAGAN - It’s taken almost seven years and $20 million, but residents who have endured near constant water quality....
Special Report: The lake’s huge … but not infinite
The Okanagan Valley has started to respond to drought conditions, but is hampered by a ‘mishmash’ of almost 100 water providers with no overall co-ordination BY LARRY....