In the News

The flooding of the Ottawa River is affecting thousands of people, and we want to make sure that everyone is safe and has access to the resources they need.

How do you feel about 1 000 000 m3 of radioactive waste being abandoned in an “engineered landfill” beside your Ottawa River?

At the beginning of January, we were lucky enough to be featured on La Semaine Verte. Our team chatted with Ginette Marceau about an important issue: the effect microplastics have on our river.

It’s been a busy summer for Ottawa Riverkeeper! To see what we’ve been up to this month, check out the news coverage we’ve received.

We share your anger about the 8 billion litres of untreated sewage flowing into the St Lawrence River over the next 7 days. We think it’s disgusting. The silver lining of this situation is the number of people taking notice and speaking up to end the practice of dumping untreated sewage in our rivers, lakes and oceans.