Framework set to save Experimental Lakes Area through policy institute
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After seven months of negotiations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) have finalized the framework for an agreement to save the shuttered freshwater research facility at northwestern...
5/17/2013 | Full Story
Companies in the news...
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Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. in New Brunswick was fined a total of $500,000 after pleading guilty to releasing cypermethrin into fish-bearing waters in southwestern New Brunswick, contrary to the federal Fisheries Act. Cypermethrin is an agricultural...
4/30/2013 | Full Story
Home developer fights for water use in five-year battle with eco-minded Alberta town
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Alberta’s Environmental Appeals Board is preparing its judgment on a home developer’s appeal to use more water, despite the local area’s ongoing water shortage, strict provincial regulations, and a sustainability framework...
4/19/2013 | Full Story
QUEBEC - environment legislation
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Construction Code. Paragraphs 3.05(15.1) and (37.1) are added. Effective February 10, 2013. Chapter X, dealing with bathing places, is added. Effective March 14, 2013. Sections 1.03, 2.03, 3.03, 4.03 and 5.03 are replaced. Section 8.07 is...
3/31/2013 | Full Story
Yukon releases draft water strategy for public comment
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Yukon has released for public comment a draft water strategy that will guide the government’s approach to water management in the territory.
3/31/2013 | Full Story
Canadians drinking less bottled water, StatCan data shows
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Canadians are less likely to drink bottled water and more likely to use water conservation devices than they were in 2009, new Statistics Canada (StatCan) data shows.
3/22/2013 | Full Story
COMPANIES in the news ...
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The Municipality of West Elgin in Ontario and three of its water distribution system operators, Lloyd Jarvis, Michael Kalita and Chad Yokom, were fined a total of $154,500 plus victim surcharges of $38,625 for drinking water violations. Jarvis...
2/28/2013 | Full Story
Alberta seeking public input on future water strategy
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Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development has announced it is conducting a province-wide ‘water conversation’ to obtain citizens’ input on the future shape of the province’s water protection strategy.
2/28/2013 | Full Story
ONTARIO - environment legislation
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Transit Projects and Metrolinx Undertakings Regulation. Subsections 2(6), 3(2), 6(1), 6(3), 9(2), 10(1), 10(3) and 14(1), and clauses 7(4)(a) and 15(6)(a) are amended. Subclauses 7(3)(a)(ii) and 15(5)(a)(ii) are replaced. Effective November 6,...
1/31/2013 | Full Story
NOVA SCOTIA - environment legislation
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Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act. Clause 2(c), and subsections 4(1)-(2) and 6(1) are replaced. Clauses 2(f)-(h), 3(2)(ca) and 7(1)(da) are added. Clauses 3(2)(d), 3(2)(g), 4(3)(b)-(c) and 9(1)(a), and subsections 6(2), 6(4)...
1/31/2013 | Full Story
