by David Edwards-May | Dec 21, 2022 | Waterways promotion
IWI’s president Rudy Van der Ween attended the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, on November 13-15, at the kind invitation of the World Historic and Cultural Canal Cities Cooperation Organisation (WCCO), based in Yangzhou, China. Our...
by David Edwards-May | Mar 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 a pandemic and governments worldwide have taken wide-ranging measures to contain the spread of the virus. Inland Waterways International is one of many organisations that has signed an appeal...
by David Edwards-May | Nov 4, 2018 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Cultural & industrial heritage, New waterways, Policy, Waterfront regeneration, Waterway funding, Waterway restoration, Waterways & transport policy
Report by member Tim Coghlan (first published in Towpath Talk, No. 96) Irish eyes were justifiably smiling following the 31st World Canals Conference (WCC) – the second to be hosted by Ireland. The first was held jointly in Dublin and Belfast in 2001 and this year’s...
by David Edwards-May | Nov 21, 2013 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Personal, Policy, Waterway funding, Waterway personalities
Inland Waterways International as a body and its members as individuals were saddened to hear that Glenn Millar, friend and supporter of inland waterways, passed away in September 2013 after a long illness. Glenn was the economic development manager at the Canal and...
by David Edwards-May | Feb 17, 2013 | Cultural & industrial heritage, Policy, Waterway funding
The saga of the Canadian Heritage canals managed by Parks Canada grinds on. In the early New Year Parks Canada introduced a new fee schedule for using the locks on its three major historic canals; the Rideau, The Trent Severn Waterway and the Quebec Canals. Not only...
