Swim Drink Fish Stories
Read the latest stories, updates and news releases about community science, water monitoring, and more.
Swim Drink Fish releases water safety video featuring Rob Baker of The Tragically Hip
A new video from Swim Drink Fish features Rob Baker, guitarist with The Tragically Hip, promoting water safety at Kingston’s swimming pier.
Frequently Asked Questions: Lake Erie - Niagara Monitoring Hub
Here’s a list of some frequently asked questions with answers to help you understand lake water quality so you can enjoy and protect Lake Erie.
Artists to pay tribute to Canada’s first urban swimming pier with Swim, Drink, Fish- My City: Swim Drink Fish video
Filmmaker Finn O’Hara and poet Tanis Rideout are celebrating our waters with a collaboration of poetry, urban swimming and the vision of rethinking the way we look at water in our cities, with their video Swim, Drink, Fish- My City.
New citizen science water monitoring hubs open for the summer, announces Swim Drink Fish
Three citizen science water quality monitoring hubs are now testing the water and sharing water quality results with swimmers and boaters on the Great Lakes through Swim Guide, a free app and website.
Thank you for a big night for the Swim Drink Fish movement
Over 380 people gathered at Hotel X Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario for the eighth annual Swim Drink Fish Gala presented by Breakwater Investments and the McKeil Family Foundation. More than $585,000 was raised at the event, bringing the event’s fundraising tally to $3.985-million over the past eight years.
Waterkeeper releases 2018 Toronto Harbour Monitoring Report
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, a Swim Drink Fish Initiative, is releasing findings from its Toronto Harbour Monitoring Program. After testing water quality for four months, the charity found that a disturbing amount of sewage ends up in Toronto’s Inner Harbour from combined sewer outfalls.
Swim Drink Fish and the City of Kingston unveil the Gord Edgar Downie Pier
The Gord Edgar Downie Pier was officially unveiled during the re-opening ceremonies of Breakwater Park yesterday. Hundreds of attendees came to experience the new Breakwater Park features.
Swim Drink Fish to open 6 water quality monitoring hubs on the Great Lakes
On July 19, 2018 Swim Drink Fish announced a new citizen science program to bring low-cost, reliable water quality monitoring to beaches, boat clubs, and popular Great Lakes sites.
Artists, philanthropists gather to honour Gord Downie
Over 400 people gathered at Rebel on the Toronto waterfront for the seventh annual Swim Drink Fish Gala presented by McKeil Marine. More than $500,000 was raised at the event, bringing the event’s fundraising tally to $3.4-million over the past seven years. All gala proceeds support Swim Drink Fish’s movement of people working for a future where everyone in Canada can experience swimmable, drinkable, fishable waters.
Serena Ryder, David Suzuki and Tom Jackson wow guests at Swim Drink Fish Gala
Two hundred prominent artists, musicians, philanthropists, and business leaders gathered at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia on April 14th to celebrate the Swim Drink Fish Gala Vancouver, (formerly “Waterkeeper Gala”), with over $250,000 raised, a new record, to ensure a future where everyone in Canada can experience swimmable, drinkable, fishable waters.
