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On January 5, the Government of Quebec announced a joint investment of $4,822,502 for drinking water infrastructure in the municipality of Sainte-Sabine, Quebec. The Municipality of Sainte-Sabine will add an additional $2,777,498 to the project for a total investment of $7,600,000.
Source article -  Government of Quebec, January 5, 2010

On November 4, CBC reported that maintenance work at Yukon Energy Corporation’s hydroelectric dam in Whitehorse inadvertently caused a power outage for most of southern Yukon for about an hour on the morning of November 5.  The outage began just after 08:00 PST, affecting all customers who get their power from the Whitehorse-Aishihik-Faro hydro transmission […]

On October 14, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Member of Parliament for Egmont Gail Shea, Minister of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour for Prince Edward Island Carolyn Bertram, and Summerside Mayor Basil Stewart, inaugurated the new Summerside Water Pollution Control Centre and the City’s new water tower. The federal and provincial governments each contributed […]

On October 14, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and the Member of Parliament for Prince George-Peace River Jay Hill, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Shirley Bond and Village of McBride Mayor Mike Frazier officially unveiled the $2-million second phase of the community’s Eco-Sensitive Solution to Wastewater Treatment project.  The Province and […]

On October 7, Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq announced that the government remains on track to make an authorized H1N1 vaccine available for Canadians in early November.  The vaccine will be available to all Canadians who want and need it, and can be administered to healthy Canadians and those with underlying medical conditions. The timing […]

On October 5, New Brunswick Justice and Consumer Affairs Minister Mike Murphy and federal Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson announced that their governments are joining the City of Moncton in investing in the construction of the Tower Road 2nd Dam and Reservoir project in Moncton. The federal government is making a maximum contribution of $9.79 […]

The month of September was a busy one for City of Calgary Water Services.  The Business Continuity & Emergency Management section wrote and delivered a National pandemic exercise.  September first saw initial packages getting sent out, followed by weekly updates and teleconferences between water utilities from around the Country.  Findings are being compiled for a […]

On October 7, Public Safety Canada’s Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) released advisory AV09-034, to raise awareness about a security issue in BlackBerry devices which could be exploited to trick users into connecting to a Web site that is controlled by a malicious user.  This issue can be fixed by applying the appropriate software […]

On September 14, Minister of State for Canada Economic Development Denis Lebel and Member of the National Assembly for Kamouraska-Témiscouata, Quebec’s Ministre de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation, Ministre responsable des Affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes et de la Réforme des institutions démocratiques, Ministre responsable de la région du Bas-Saint-Laurent and Deputy Leader of the Government Claude […]

On August 31, Member of Parliament for Fundy‑Royal Rob Moore and New Brunswick Minister of Health Mary Schryer announced on behalf of their respective governments joint investment for an infrastructure project for Quispamsis. The investment is to upgrade the town’s waste water infrastructure system. Mr. Moore indicated that the federal and provincial governments will each invest more than […]