Lake Ontario Waterkeeper

08/31/2026

Our promise to you. We will continue to work towards helping Lake Ontario live up to its namesake of those shining beautiful waters. Now and forever.

08/28/2026

Lake Ontario will never be renamed 🌊💙

"Ontario" isn't just a province, it's a promise.

For those who don't know, a Waterkeeper is a voice for the water. Our goal is to restore and protect Swimmable, Drinkable, Fishable waters. We at Swim Drink Fish recognize this as our shared responsibility: Biinaagami

Our promise is to keep working to ensure Lake Ontario lives up to its namesake: shining, beautiful, Great Lake.

08/26/2026

What’s in a name? 🌊

Donald Trump has suggested renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.” But what does the name Lake Ontario mean, and why does language matter?

Gregary Ford, our Lake Ontario Waterkeeper shares a few thoughts.

08/06/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepermark/p/swimming-is-a-revelation?r=1w2090&utm_medium=ios

Why August Belongs to the Canadian Swimmer

07/21/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/waterkeepermark/p/were-hiring-the-next-chief-executive?r=1w2090&utm_medium=ios

Why this is the most exciting environmental leadership opportunity in Canada right now

07/17/2026

As we finalize comments on the proposal to expand runway in Toronto to allow for jets and more traffic (due July 24th) … good to remember that this project will make things worse for water quality by trapping contaminated water longer in harbour. Primer here.

Thousands of people use the Toronto Harbour. Kayakers, boaters, sai...

07/15/2026

Toronto Harbour isn't finished being restored. We can't give up on it now. On the Great Lakes, Billy Bishop & why we shouldn't accept a degraded baseline as the status quo

How a decades old commitment to the Great Lakes is being quietly bypassed and why the debate over Billy Bishop Airport is about much more than a runway.

07/12/2026

7 things Toronto needs before we talk about expanding into the harbour: real-time CSO monitoring, debris cleanup, swimmable access in the West End, not a Special Economic Zone that waives the rules.

07/12/2026

That murky plume in Toronto Harbour isn’t an accident, it’s 9 sewer outfalls plus the Don River. It already struggles to flush. A new report shows a Billy Bishop runway expansion would cut harbour flow in half. Time for a public summit on this waterfront.

Toronto's Inner Harbour where the Don River and combined sewer outfalls meet the bay.

07/11/2026

Lake Ontario knows this story well. https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/10/nuclear-power-is-now-trump-power-what-could-go-wrong/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAS_AKBwZG9mA2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4xS50Q_N1MuXskgvnfK_9X7Uo8tEl4aGyBVk-WYMM59hKIDYyMXUD8fumkzg_aem_xjqms_x5V2fV31ePMnKCBQ

Donald Trump is now the ultimate face of the U.S. nuclear power industry. What could go wrong? If you are advocating atomic energy in any form, you are