The Manitoba government has opened the first of two intake periods for the 2022-23 Canada–Manitoba Job Grant, with a total budget of $10 million, to support Manitoba’s workforce training needs, Economic Development, Investment and Trade Minister Cliff Cullen announced today. The Canada–Manitoba Job Grant provides funding to address an employer’s workforce training needs. Employers can […]

Significant danger to wildlife is posed by open 4” vertical PVC or Big-O pipes, and open valve boxes. Open or uncapped vertical pipes spread on the landscape for many utilitarian purposes pose a very real hazard to wildlife, especially birds. Learn more.

Manitoba will host an in-person Education Day and Annual General Meeting in mid-April. Details will be sent out to the membership in the next couple of weeks when registration opens. Updates on Association activities such as curriculum development will be provided as will information on regulatory changes that are in the works. Members who have specific topic

In your membership packages this year, you’ll receive all the same great benefits as last year, but less paper. This year we have created a collection of all the information that is usually printed and sent in your membership package and made it available to you on-line! You can access the information anytime you need

Did you know that there are plenty of opportunities to support your industry organization and promote your business? One such way is the Onsite Informer. The association is sourcing articles for publication in our WCOWMA printed magazine, which includes information, news and events from each Western province. Articles submitted may be on any topic relevant to our membership

The holiday season with its happy gatherings of family and friends may not seem like the perfect time to talk about proper use and maintenance of septic systems, but it is. Holiday preparations and get-togethers can mean hosting out-of-town guests who can overwhelm a system and may not be familiar with necessary septic system precautions.

We\’ve expanded beyond pages! Come join the group, chat with other with people in the industry, and stay up-to-date with WCOWMA news.

The Government of Canada, some provincial/territorial governments and distribution partners are providing free rapid COVID-19 tests to organizations. These tests are to be used for regular workplace screening of employees. Businesses and not-for-profit organizations are eligible to apply. Please see their website for more information.

WCOWMA and it\’s provincial chapters hosted seven Septic Sense workshops during the week of September 20 – 24, 2021 in an effort to educate homeowners. Numerous companies and associations assisted us in promoting this event. Seven webinar presentations were provided by the association: WCOWMA-BC – two presentations AOWMA – three presentations SOWMA – one presentation

Many Standards of Practice require the use of the common soils identifier nomenclature from either the Canadian System of Soil Classification or the US System of Soil Classification.  These two systems are pretty similar for the most part.  Both systems point to the Munsell Colour Chart to determine soil colour. So, why is properly determining