Fecal Matter

• Researchers monitoring wastewater for COVID-19 at Edmonton long-term care facilities

  The majority of deaths in the province since the start of the pandemic have been long-term care residents.

  Health

  Feb 10, 2021
  
• Kits beach reopens to swimming nearly a week after E. coli scare

  The beach was shut down Saturday after the health authority recorded levels of E. coli more than three times the safety standard.

  Aug 1, 2019
  
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• Kits Beach closed to swimming due to high E. coli levels hours before fireworks festival

  Vancouver Coastal Health found levels of E. coli in one sample more than three times the safe level for the beach.

  Jul 27, 2019
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• Sunset Beach closed to swimming due to high E. coli levels

  The closure comes more than two weeks earlier than similar orders were issued last year in Metro Vancouver.

  Health

  Jun 29, 2019
• Bacterial bloom means three Vancouver beaches closed to swimming again

  English Bay along with Sunset and Jericho Beaches have been closed to swimming due to high E. coli levels.

  Health

  Aug 12, 2018
• Nearly all Metro Vancouver beaches reopened after E. coli closures

  Beaches at Whytecliff, Ambleside, and Sandy Cove parks in West Vancouver, and Sunset Beach in Vancouver have been cleared for bathers.

  Aug 2, 2018
• No timeline to reopen 6 Metro Vancouver beaches closed due to E. coli levels

  Unsafe levels of E. coli mean six beaches around the region have been closed to swimming.

  Aug 1, 2018
• New Brunswick’s Murray Beach still closed to swimmers

  Water samples are collected three times a week, with results of the latest tests expected Thursday.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2017
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• New Brunswick, Ottawa announce $3M to clean up Parlee and Murray Beaches

  The improvement of water quality at Parlee and Murray beaches by New Brunswick is getting federal help, with the province and Ottawa investing a combined $3 million.

  Environment

  May 10, 2017
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• Coalition wants N.B. government to put moratorium on new developments

  The newly formed Save Wetlands Waters and Tourism (SWWAT) coalition wants the New Brunswick government to put a moratorium on new developments including new campgrounds until the government can address the issue of polluted waters at various New Brusnwick beaches.

  Environment

  May 3, 2017