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Tackling Ocean Pollution on International Coastal Cleanup Day

October 12, 2021

International Coastal Cleanup wrapped up last week, but the fight for cleaner shorelines and a resilient ocean continues. Bright and early on September 18th volunteers with the Great Canadian Shorelin...

What Can You Do On World Oceans Day? A Message From Lasse Gustavsson, Ocean Wise President & CEO

June 7, 2021

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June 8th is World Ocean Day, a global movement to recognize the importance of our shared oceans, celebrate the wildlife within it, and recognize how important a healthy blue planet is for human survival. Th...

Shoreline Spotlight: Angela Riley

April 21, 2021

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A Nova Scotian Ocean Warrior making a difference Ocean Wise is excited to shine the spotlight on an incredible volunteer from Nova Scotia, Angela Riley, who completed dozens of beach cleanups in 2020 with t...

Citizen Science Informs Government ban of Single-Use Plastics

November 10, 2020

Ocean Wise, Plastics

In 2020, oceans and freshwaters across Canada received great news. The federal government announced a ban on six types of single-use plastics, coming into effect in 2021. Part of the data used to inform this d...

Clean Shoreline Communities: municipalities as leaders in the fight against plastic pollution

July 31, 2020

Plastics

Plastic litter is a critical issue facing all of Canada's waterways in communities across the country, from lakes and rivers to every ocean coastline. Unfortunately, much of the plastic waste that ends up in t...

#TeamShoreline needs your help reaching one million citizens by September

July 13, 2020

Plastics

We’ve missed you! After putting cleanups on hold for nearly four months, the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup will relaunch on July 14th to solo, household and small team cleanups. In March, the program asked ...

United for Shoreline

January 30, 2020

Plastics

Teaming up to cleanup always makes for great results. When senior and executive leaders from Westminster Savings Credit Union and Prospera Credit Union met at the White Rock pier, they did not expect the amoun...

Cleaning Canada’s Shoreline: 2019 in Review

December 17, 2019

Plastics

An outstanding number of Canadians of all ages took to their shorelines in support of healthy waterways this year. The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup saw record-breaking numbers of cleanups happening from co...

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