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Despite prior agreement, Supreme Court says site owner, not province, on hook for remediation order costs
An indemnity agreement may relieve a property owner of responsibility for historic pollution on a site, but not necessarily of regulatory compliance costs and ongoing monitoring, according to the Supreme Court of Canada in a recent decision.
12/13/2019 | Full Story

Three sites remain on list for high-level nuclear waste storage
The long list of 22 municipalities and Indigenous communities willing to consider hosting a deep hole to store high-level nuclear waste has been whittled down to three. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has dropped the areas...
11/29/2019 | Full Story

Yukon seeks feedback on draft climate change strategy
11/27/2019 | Full Story

Chemistry, plastics associations plan merger in 2020
11/22/2019 | Full Story

Ontario calls for development of new registry for hazardous waste movement
11/1/2019 | Full Story

Ont to transfer reg requirements into Enviro Compliance Approvals
10/29/2019 | Full Story

Progress of Bills, regulations and guidelines
10/29/2019 | Full Story

ALBERTA - environment legislation
10/29/2019 | Full Story

COLUMN: Multi-stakeholder talks needed to address ongoing environmental issues
10/25/2019 | Full Story

NB program aims to slash packaging and printed paper
10/25/2019 | Full Story

NS government set to make decision on future of Northern Pulp
10/11/2019 | Full Story

COLUMN: Composting must meet several competing objectives
10/4/2019 | Full Story

Nova Scotia wants to ban the bag
10/4/2019 | Full Story

WorkSafeBC updating OH&S Regulation on cytotoxic drugs
9/26/2019 | Full Story

Progress of Bills, regulations and guidelines
9/26/2019 | Full Story

QUEBEC - environment legislation
9/26/2019 | Full Story

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - environment legislation
9/26/2019 | Full Story

BRITISH COLUMBIA - environment legislation
9/26/2019 | Full Story

NS consults on new sustainability legislation
9/6/2019 | Full Story

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8/28/2019 | Full Story

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