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Up to 80% in Wage Funding Available to Grow Your Team this Year ECO Canada’s full-time wage funding programs are now open and offer up to 80% in wage subsidies (to a maximum of 25K) for employers hiring young professionals working in environmental & natural resources jobs. Additional funding for wraparound services, including training costs, is also available. Applications are

Soil contamination leads to $800,000 in remediation at Cochrane Transit Hub and Innovation Centre site (Source: Cochrane Today) COCHRANE— Site work at the Cochrane Transit Hub and Innovation Centre has unearthed contamination that will require up to $800,000 in remediation. The Town faces an “unfortunate reality” with the emerging contamination sites at the Transit Hub and Innovation Centre site, said

Alberta SRP Periods 7 & 8 Details Announced Grant period 7: Application period 7 is scheduled to start in the second half of July 2021 and remain open until March 31, 2022. In order to give licensees time to plan their projects, the following overview is being provided in advance.$100 million in funding will be available for post-abandonment closure work

This issue sponsored by: THINK Envirotechnical Services Protecting Alberta’s water quality Alberta’s government is taking action to ensure Albertans continue to have access to abundant supplies of clean water while protecting the province’s aquatic species. The government wants to hear from the public and Indigenous Peoples regarding new surface water quality management frameworks for the North Saskatchewan, Battle and Upper

This issue sponsored by: THINK Envirotechnical Services   RemTech 2021 October 13-15, 2021Fairmont Banff Springs Registration Now Open  ESAA is pleased to announce that RemTech is back and (assuming restrictions also) will be in-person at the Fairmont Banff Springs, October 13-15th.  We hope you will join us to celebrate being together, along with RemTech‘s 20th Birthday.  Registration is now open

This issue sponsored by: THINK Envirotechnical Services Protecting creeks and streams along the Eastern Slopes Tripling the funding to Cows and Fish will help protect creeks and streams on the Eastern Slopes.   Environment and Parks is providing the Cows and Fish program with $1 million in 2021-22 to support projects and initiatives that protect creeks and streams along Alberta’s

This issue sponsored by: THINK Envirotechnical Services Alberta Company, directors plead guilty to environmental charges A Calgary-based company and the directors of two other companies have been sentenced after each pleaded guilty to charges under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. The charges relate to an April 2017 incident in which excavated fill contaminated with hexavalent chromium, a hazardous substance,