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Drinking Water

No Matter Your Social Status, a Healthy Lake Ontario Belongs to You

Krystyn Tully | Posted 09.30.2012 | Canada Impact
Krystyn Tully

Waterkeepers do the work that we do to help people like you -- so you can turn on your tap, catch a fish, or plunge into the lake without fear. Our rules are simple: It should never matter how polluted your community already is. It should never matter what kind of economic clout you wield. It should never matter how many political allies you have. Lake Ontario is yours, too.

The Great Lakes Aren't So Great Anymore

Claire Malcolmson | Posted 07.02.2012 | Canada
Claire Malcolmson

Environmental NGOs in Ontario are hoping to make a promised new provincial law to protect the Great Lakes as strong as possible. The Great Lakes Protection Act, promised in the Premier's 2011 Throne Speech, is a big deal. And why not? The drinking water of 37 million people depends on healthy Great Lakes.