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Eco-fees: to see or not to see, that is the question
In most of Canada, eco-fees, the funding mechanism for extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs, are matters of barely passing interest to governments and consumers. That’s not the case in Ontario, though, where for...
4/30/2013 | Full Story

Visible versus price-included eco-fees
The vast majority of EPR regulations in Canada are silent on the issue of visible versus price-included eco-fees. Where they are silent, manufacturers and brand owners have generally shown a preference for visible fees collected at the point of...
4/30/2013 | Full Story

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NB fishery fined $500,000 under Fisheries Act for illegal pesticide use
On April 26, 2013, New Brunswick-based Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. pled guilty to the illegal use of the agricultural pesticide cypermethrin, which killed a number of lobsters when it was used in fish-bearing waters.
5/3/2013 | Full Story

CRS Specialties Inc, supervisor fined total of $59,000 after co-op student burned while welding
CRS Specialties Inc. in Welland, Ontario was fined $55,000 and its supervisor, Chad Corriveau, $4,000, after a student on a co-operative education placement was burned while welding.
4/30/2013 | Full Story

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EcoLog seminar explores risky business of environmental consulting and how to avoid litigation
As a room full of environmental consultants listened to experts at EcoLog Legislation’s Environmental Liability Seminar in Toronto, the resounding message was that sooner or later a consultant will be sued, it’s simply a question of...
4/12/2013 | Full Story

Environmentalists, mining companies await federal tailings pond ruling in Newfoundland
Following a February 2013 court hearing in Newfoundland, an East Coast environmental group is concerned that in the weeks or months to come — while it waits for the judge’s ruling — mining companies will continue to exploit a...
3/8/2013 | Full Story

Ross River Dena Council v. Government of Yukon
On December 27, 2012, the Yukon Court of Appeal (YKCA) released its reasons in Ross River Dena Council v. Government of Yukon.1 The YKCA allowed the Ross River Dena Council’s appeal and modified the declarations granted by Veale J. of the...
1/31/2013 | Full Story

Nova Scotia gov't says Cape Breton fracking ban won't stick
Nova Scotia’s provincial government says despite the fact that a Cape Breton county is considering a municipal bylaw to ban hydraulic fracking, it will be the province who has the final say.  
1/25/2013 | Full Story

Toronto bag ban reversed on heels of lawsuits
After more than a year of widely-covered controversy over Toronto’s plastic bag ban, city council quietly changed its course after receiving legal advice and voted against the pending bylaw.
11/30/2012 | Full Story

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Brownfield Bootcamp wants Canadian cities to share remediation game plans
When Nanaimo, British Columbia officials spent $3.4 million on a 26.7-acre property from Canadian Pacific Rail in March of 2013, they had their eyes set on a federal fund that could offset most of the brownfield’s redevelopment costs....
5/24/2013 | Full Story

Supreme Court ruling sets precedent for taxes on clean-up obligations
A new Supreme Court of Canada ruling on deforestation could have wide-reaching implications for the tax treatment of oil and gas companies’ clean-up obligations.
5/24/2013 | Full Story

Alberta energy regulators rewarding firms for over-investing in operations, warns report
The way that government agencies regulate the rate-of-return model for Canada’s pipelines unnecessarily increases costs for both utilities and customers, warns a new report from the University of Calgary’s School of Public...
5/24/2013 | Full Story

Vancouver firm leading the way in European fuel cell technology for public transit
By 2014, a British Columbia (B.C.) firm says it will be responsible for 80 per cent of public transit bus fuel cells used in Europe.
5/17/2013 | Full Story

US LEEDing the way, while Canada ranks sixth in world for green buildings
When it comes to which country is leading the way in LEED-certified projects — primarily green buildings — it’s not exactly a close race.
5/10/2013 | Full Story

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Domestic violence costing Cdn businesses 'billions'

Workplace falls costly for Ont businesses

Low-cost ergonomic solutions for Ont businesses

Electrocutions in Ont down since 2000, but occupational electrocutions steady

IAPA 2010

Improving h&s for Ont temporary workers

OPG's Darlington plant strives for 'zero injuries'
Online resource aims to protect mental health of Cdn workers

IAPA, WHO team up to develop new healthy workplace model

NS govt, businesses ensuring h&s of foreign-born workers

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