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The Ontario government has tasked a new working group with developing regulations that would lead the province’s 36 conservation authorities to focus and deliver...
Highs and lows emerge from online STEM learning during pandemic
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WSP acquires Golder in $1.5B deal that creates one of world’s biggest environmental consulting...
Montreal-based Canadian engineering leader WSP Global Inc. has acquired Ontario-based Golder Associates for nearly $1.5 billion, making WSP what it calls the “leading global...
Environmental sector jobs to see growth in spite of pandemic, report says
A recent environmental employment outlook report from ECO Canada forecasts moderate 8.1% growth from 2019 to 2029, representing more than 50,000 new jobs in spite of an economy hit hard by COVID‑19.
IBI acquires Cole Engineering to form ‘significant’ infrastructure engineering team
Toronto-based IBI Group Inc. has acquired the assets of Cole Engineering Group Ltd., one of the largest independent civil engineering firms in Ontario with...
PPE litter problem growing in world’s landscapes, including Canada’s
While COVID-19 continues to impact the health of people worldwide, the virus is inadvertently wreaking havoc on the environment, too, as the mask litter...
U of Guelph to track wastewater for food-borne illnesses, COVID-19
A new $6.5-million outbreak detection project led by a University of Guelph food scientist aims to develop an approach to metagenomic detection of food-borne...
Environmental sector jobs to see growth in spite of pandemic, report says
A new environmental employment outlook report from ECO Canada forecasts moderate 8.1% growth from 2019 to 2029, representing more than 50,000 new jobs in...
ADS announces updated PRISM 2.0 platform for wastewater collection systems
ADS Environmental Services®, a provider of intelligent flow, level, and rainfall monitoring solutions, announced the release of their PRISM Version 2.0 solution platform on...
Canada moves one step closer to single-use plastics ban for 2021
Canada has announced the next steps in its single-use plastics ban to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030.
The six items currently proposed under the...
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