{"id":954516,"date":"2026-11-01T16:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/954516\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T16:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:18:13","slug":"ottawa-riverkeeper-celebrates-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/954516\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa RiverKeeper celebrates 25th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawariverkeeper.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ottawa RiverKeeper<\/a>, a non-profit which helps keep the Ottawa River clean, celebrated 25 years of environmental advocacy on Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody is drinking water that\u2019s sourced from the river,\u201d said Ottawa RiverKeeper CEO Laura Reinsborough<a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.citynews.ca\/video\/2026\/10\/30\/ottawa-riverkeepers-celebrating-25-years-of-advocacy-and-research\/https:\/\/ottawa.citynews.ca\/video\/2026\/10\/30\/ottawa-riverkeepers-celebrating-25-years-of-advocacy-and-research\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> in a video<\/a>. \u201cThe river is such a foundational part of our identities, of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization brings together volunteers, businesses and governments to work together and find solutions to issues impacting the river.<\/p>\n<p>They partnered with the National Capital Commission to make the waterway more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Reinsborough said the partnership allowed them to test water for swimming. <\/p>\n<p>Ottawa RiverKeeper operates under the Waterkeeper Alliance model, where each member group is headed by a Waterkeeper. The Waterkeeper speaks for their body of water, advocating for its protection and health. <\/p>\n<p>Back when it was founded in 2001, the founding group created a board of directors and started Ottawa Riverkeeper, the third Waterkeeper program in Canada to be licensed by the<a href=\"https:\/\/waterkeeper.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> international Waterkeeper Alliance. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2003, Ottawa Riverkeeper became a registered charity and received funding for a full time Riverkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Reinsborough said the group will continue environmental stewardship and work with the river to discover what else can be done.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/LievreRiverTrip-12-2048x923-1-e1793547737710-1024x578.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" ratio=\"16x9\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tOttawa Riverkeeper, a charitable organization, is a champion and collective voice for the Ottawa River watershed (Ottawa RiverKeeper) <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Ottawa as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=ottawa.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793549893_301_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ottawa RiverKeeper, a non-profit which helps keep the Ottawa River clean, celebrated 25 years of environmental advocacy on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-954516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}