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Examining the challenges of a national climate policy
They didn’t join in a chorus of Kumbaya on December 9, 2016, but the Prime Minister and 11 of 13 provincial and territorial leaders spoke in one voice that day when they agreed on the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate...
5/29/2019 | Full Story

EEE, batteries next target of Ont's full producer responsibility regs
Ontario is continuing its shift to a full producer responsibility framework for the reduction, reuse and recycling of resources by proposing two new regulations that will require producers to manage electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and...
5/29/2019 | Full Story

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Best Way Stone Limited fined $55,000 after worker critically injured
Best Way Stone Limited in Woodbridge, Ontario was fined $55,000, plus a 25% victim surcharge, after a worker was critically injured after being pushed into a lift table when a conveyor carrying transfer boards loaded with paving stones resumed...
5/29/2019 | Full Story

Recochem Inc fined $100,000 after worker permanently injured
Recochem Inc. in Milton, Ontario was fined $100,000, plus a 25% victim surcharge, after a worker was permanently injured while reaching inside a bottle-making machine.
5/29/2019 | Full Story

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It's not easy being green: Considering the environmental costs of cannabis cultivation
The passage of Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, with Royal Assent in June 2018 put Canada on track to be the first G-7 country to legalize recreational cannabis. With the Cannabis Act and its regulations slated to come into force on October 17,...
10/25/2018 | Full Story

It's not easy being green: Considering the environmental costs of cannabis cultivation
The passage of Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, with Royal Assent in June 2018 put Canada on track to be the first G-7 country to legalize recreational cannabis. With the Cannabis Act and its regulations slated to come into force on October 17,...
9/26/2018 | Full Story

Changes on the horizon: Alberta introduces amendments to its remediation certificate program
On June 1, 2018, the government of Alberta filed the Remediation Certificate Amendment Regulation (Alta. Reg. 97/2018), which will update the current Remediation Certificate Regulation (Alta. Reg. 154/2009) and will re-name it the Remediation...
7/27/2018 | Full Story

Everything old is new again: federal government proposes changes to Fisheries Act
In 2016, the federal government launched a review of federal environmental assessment and regulatory processes, including a review of changes made to the Fisheries Act in 2012. On February 6, 2018, the federal government announced amendments to...
3/27/2018 | Full Story

Process matters: Supreme Court of Canada quashes land use plan approval by Yukon government
On December 1, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) delivered its decision in First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun v. Yukon, 2017 SCC 58, which overturned the Yukon government’s decision to open the Peel watershed for development and...
12/20/2017 | Full Story

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Inadequate Due Diligence Left Bank Liable for $2.3 Million in Damages, Attorney Says
A recent case in California illustrates the importance of banks “fully understanding the costs potentially associated with a property before they either close the loan or take title,” an environmental attorney told Bloomberg BNA...
11/28/2014 | Full Story

STUDY: Canada's drinking water contaminated by excreted drugs

9/22/2014 | Full Story

Small appliance repair beaten down by throwaway culture

8/12/2014 | Full Story

Finnish researcher finds success using fungal remediation
White-rot fungus, mostly known for its ability to decay forest wood, can be used as a low-cost cleanser for contaminated soils, a Finnish researcher has found. 
6/26/2014 | Full Story

VIDEOS: Sneak peek at Toronto's East Bayfront condo remediation

6/25/2014 | Full Story

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