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Innovation at the Forefront of Water Quality
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Innovation at the Forefront of Water Quality

A city that was once alienated from its waterfront has been able to change its community’s relationship with the shorelines of Lake Ontario. Kingston is now considered the gold standard for what can only be defined as a swimmable city. With such a vibrant recreational water community, Kingston has proven to be the right place for Swim Drink Fish to launch our innovation hub. 

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Weekend of Heat
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Weekend of Heat

Our community-based Water Monitoring teams in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Kingston have been hard at work all summer sampling your waterways to help best inform you about the water quality, allowing you to make the best decision to enter the water.

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Victory For a Swimmable Vancouver
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Victory For a Swimmable Vancouver

The City of Vancouver set a big standard for cities alike around the world on July 20th. City Council unanimously voted to approve a motion, For a Swimmable Vancouver.

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#BeyondHorizons: crossing two of Canada’s Great Lakes
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#BeyondHorizons: crossing two of Canada’s Great Lakes

This summer, Corälee will attempt to swim across two of the Canadian Great Lakes, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, in support of Jack.org and youth mental health in the #BeyondHorizons challenge. Both swims will equate to a total of 71.2 km, which may seem daunting for some, but for Corälee, this is about more than an athletic pursuit.

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Vancouver Community comes together to Protect the Salish Sea
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Vancouver Community comes together to Protect the Salish Sea

On World Oceans Day, June 8th, Vancouver came together to celebrate clean water and a healthy Salish Sea through both the launch of the Swim Drink Fish Vancouver 2021 Water Monitoring Report and the official proclamation of the Year of the Salish Sea (June 8th 2022 to June 7th 2023).

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Blue Flags awarded to 22 beaches and 10 marinas in Canada for 2022, announces Swim Drink Fish
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Blue Flags awarded to 22 beaches and 10 marinas in Canada for 2022, announces Swim Drink Fish

“Being a Blue Flag was so helpful in Swim Drink Fish’s work in reconnecting Torontonians, and visitors, to Bluffers Beach. Before 2006, Bluffers suffered from some of the worst water quality in all of Toronto. Now, it's the number one swimming destination in Canada’s most populated city, with regular passing of water quality above 90% on Swim Guide. Bluffers is the example of what happens when you connect a community to its waterfront again.”

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