Radioactive waste dump to channel toxins into Lake Ontario

The low-level radioactive waste consolidation process slated for Port Hope, Ontario will create one of the largest nuclear waste sites in Canadian history. The planning process has been happening for a decade...

Aren’t nuclear plants “emissions free”?

Ontario Power Generation is asking the Ministry of the Environment to approve the release of contaminants to the air at the energy company’s Darlington Nuclear Power Plant. The deadline for public comment was...

Dirty Little Secret (Aug. 4, 2009)

The sewage systems for communities on the Great Lakes are actually designed to dump 15 billion litres of sewage into local waterways every year. To get a better sense of what sewage pollution is being reported,...

Clinton, Kennedy address the global Waterkeeper movement in New Y

In June, Waterkeeper Alliance celebrated its 10th Anniversary at SUNY Maritime College in New York City. The conference drew together Waterkeepers from nineteen countries to discuss grassroots water protection. The...

Cameco tries to contain contaminated water under Port Hope plants

Uranium giant Cameco is asking for permission to take more than 1.5 million liters of water daily out of the ground under its plants in Port Hope, Ontario. The Permit is a key component of Cameco’s effort to...

Music Road Trip (June 29, 2009)

This week we take the show on the road to Ottawa (again!). We’ll hear about Krystyn’s presentation to the Canadian River Heritage Conference on the Navigable Waters Protection Act, and party with...

Canada’s new Moose Riverkeeper announced

In early June, the Waterkeeper Alliance Board of Directors approved the formation Canada’s newest Riverkeeper. William Tozer becomes the Moose Riverkeeper, responsible for the 547-kilometer waterway...