Swim Guide

Thank you @waterkeepermark for standing up for our waterfront on #WorldWaterDay! #topoli #onpoli

A little early — but this weekend make sure you get out to the water for World Water Day. It needs you. open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe…

Severe rain has caused a bypass at #CityofTO Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant. All wastewater is disinfected and treated per strict provincial and federal regulations. Learn more: toronto.ca/services-payme…

I think Toronto already decided to move towards restoration on the waterfront. open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe…

Kingston resident among those voicing concerns over Bill 60, creation of municipal services corporation thewhig.com/news/local-new…

As spring arrives this week in northern hemisphere — thinking about all the swimmable cities across Canada & Globe. Have to hope Toronto won’t pave over Toronto Harbour & Lake Ontario instead of restoring watershed. open.substack.com/pub/swimdrinkf…

Dive back into the podcast archives! 🎙️Catch up on classic episodes of Living at the Barricades with deep dives from Waterkeeper on SoundCloud. Stories about people, places and pollution just a play button away. Listen here: on.soundcloud.com/vXxfpMfOZunzOi… @Waterkeeper

It is terribly wrong that the City of Toronto allows this AND supports doing it into the future. Black Creek STS is planning on dumping 9500 litres of road runoff & sewage directly into Black Creek at Keelesdale. Hundreds of millions of dollars spent & they plan this. Criminal

@MaudeBarlow If Swiss can do it so can Canada. open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe… @swimdrinkfish

This can be done everywhere! From sewage and scum to swimming in ‘blue gold’: how Switzerland transformed its rivers | Environment | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

Awesome article smithsonianmag.com/science-nature… @swimdrinkfish @LOWaterkeeper

Canadians love to call ourselves a "water nation," but there’s a dirty secret flowing into our waters. In 2026, raw sewage is still our quiet crisis. After 20 years of work at @SwimDrinkFish, I’m looking at why we still haven't "finished the job." open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe…

Honoring the Guardians of Our Water: An International Women’s Day Reflection open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe… @swimdrinkfish @waterkeeper open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe…

Lake Ontario has given enough to the nuclear industry. Will take decades to clean up and secure wastes already spent. Don’t destroy the Wesleyville shoreline & cast a bigger atomic shadow on our drinking water. open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe…

Honoring the Guardians of Our Water: An International Women’s Day Reflection open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe… @swimdrinkfish @waterkeeper

Restoring swimmable water in our cities ensures we treat our pollution and restore our waters for wildlife who can’t read the No Swimming signs. open.substack.com/pub/swimdrinkf…

Waterkeepers would not be Waterkeepers but for other Waterkeepers. open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe… @swimdrinkfish @LOWaterkeeper @Waterkeeper

One of the great accomplishments in last few years is the creation of the Great Lakes St Lawrence River digital map in the Biinaagami project biinaagami.org/map @cangeo @swimdrinkfish

Lake Ontario is our home. We need to be engaged in decisions about th future. open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe…

Addendum: What Wesleyville already is to Lake Ontario and the Great Lakes. @swimdrinkfish @biinaagami @LOWaterkeeper open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepe…