Environment Canada received approval in 1998 to upgrade the network to Doppler standard and to add 12 more radars with the operational characteristics coming from King City weather radar station (CWKR), the research radar of Environment Canada [REF].
On February 2017, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced the signature of a $83-million contract with Selex ES to buy 20 new radars with the most modern technology available (S band and double polarized) to update the network [REF].