Convictions
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
Tega Developments Inc fined $70,000 after worker injured in fall
Tega Developments Inc. in Ottawa was fined $70,000, plus a 25% victim surcharge, after a worker was injured in a fall.
4/30/2013 | Full Story
BC fines total $165,235 in Q2; more than $680,000 in Q3 2012
British Columbia (B.C.) Ministry of Environment has expanded the scope of its enforcement reporting with its third Quarterly Environmental Enforcement Summary to include community environmental justice forums, which the ministry says “are...
4/30/2013 | Full Story
Companies in the news...
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
Manitoba claims North America's first ecosystem protection legislation
Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh used Earth Day 2013 to table in the provincial Legislature what he claimed were the first legislative amendments in North America to protect essential habitats for endangered...
4/30/2013 | Full Story
Progress of Bills and regulations
Throughout the year, the federal and provincial governments introduce Bills, bring Acts into force, and draft and file new regulations. Among them are:
4/30/2013 | Full Story
Oil sands developer fined $100K for water breach; Alberta enviro consultant awaits day in court
On March 27, 2013, an Alberta court fined an oil sands developer $100,000 for breaking the terms of a licence issued under the province’s Water Act, a breach that allegedly occurred when the environmental consulting firm hired by the...
4/12/2013 | Full Story
Corporation of Township of Essa fined $50,000 after worker's arm injured
The Corporation of the Township of Essa, Ontario was fined $50,000, plus a 25% victim surcharge, after a worker’s arm was injured by rotating augers.
3/31/2013 | Full Story
Ont construction company, supervisor fined total of $52,500 after worker injured
755055 Ontario Ltd., operating as Rodco Enterprises, in Haliburton, Ontario was fined $50,000, and the construction company’s supervisor, $2,500, after a worker fell more than three metres.
3/31/2013 | Full Story
