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Clean, swimmable beaches are one of the hallmarks of a healthy waterfront. Beaches are typically posted as unsafe when bacteria from sewage and stormwater pollutes the lake. In Ontario, beaches are supposed to be open at least 95% of the summer. This benchmark ensures that the lake is safe for human recreation and for aquatic life. Since 2002, Waterkeeper has monitored beach postings around Lake Ontario, publicized compliance records, and launched administrative appeals to the Ontario government.
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RENOVATIONS: City moving ahead with revitalization of Richardson Beach, its bath house and Macdonald Park
Nearly two years after a mass swim for action, the city is moving ahead with a $400,000 plan to revitalize Richardson Beach, the bath house and Macdonald Park.
City councillors have approved spending $280,000 on improving the park and beach area and $100,000 on... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Kingston and Region
Sewers & Urban Runoff
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An Intense Expedition-Style Journey of Learning for Reporters, Editors, and News Producers
April 23-May 1, 2010
Application Deadline: March 10
Comeback of a Charismatic Native: Restoring the Atlantic Salmon to Lake Ontario
Managing Storm Runoff and Non-point Pollution in Major Metropolitan Areas
Energy Pros & Cons: Coal, Hydro, Hydrokinetic, Geothermal &... (more)
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Great Lakes-Basin
Ontario
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We are just two months into the year 2010 and the City of Kingston has dumped the equivalent of 58 Olympic-sized swimming pools of sewage into Lake Ontario. The City has bypassed 29,526 m 3 from pumping stations (that's about 11 pools, if you're keeping track) and 118,747 m 3 from combined sewer outfalls (47 pools).
The data is on the City's website if you want to review it.... (more)
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Environmental Law
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Waterkeeper.ca Weekly
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Wet weather means massive amounts of sewage pouring into Lake Ontario. Fraser Riverkeeper still seeks an end to sewage pollution in Vancouver. The feds are forging new rules for wastewater treatment plants in Canada. We talk about Kingston’s ongoing sewage problems, prosecutions in Vancouver, and new regulations under the Fisheries Act. Our guests are Colin Mosier and Doug... (more)
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Podcasts
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St. Catharines Hydro Generation Inc. has submitted a proposal for the construction of a hydroelectric dam across Twelve Mile Creek near downtown St. Catharines, Ontario. Twelve Mile Creek flows north towards Lake Ontario and provides habitat for the American eel, an endangered species, as well as more than twenty other cold-water fish species. A recreational trail runs along... (more)
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Energy & Fossil Fuels
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Niagara Region
Research
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Excerpt #1: Our energy resource endowment provides Canada with an unparalleled economic advantage that we must leverage to secure our place as a clean energy superpower and a leader in green job creation. We are the world’s seventh largest crude oil producer with the second largest proven reserves. We are the third largest natural gas producer, the third largest hydroelectric... (more)
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Canada
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Pleads guilty to '08 discharge of soot over North End
U.S. Steel Canada will pay a penalty of $187,500 for discharging a plume of black soot that spread over Hamilton's North End as people were enjoying bayfront parks and the Waterfront Trail on a warm summer evening two years ago.
The company pleaded guilty yesterday to one violation of Ontario's Environmental Protection... (more)
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Hamilton and Region
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The Ministry has recognized that there are challenges facing the current Certificate of Approvals process in Ontario and, as a result, is considering a possible framework for modernization. The attached document provides details on a proposed approach to amend the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) and the Ontario Water Resources Act (OWRA) that would continue to protect the... (more)
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Hamilton and Region
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