Penner International Inc., headquartered in Manitoba, was recently convicted on one charge on the Ontario Environmental Protection Act as a result of a spill of solvent from one its transport trucks in 2017. The company was fined $100,000 plus a victim surcharge of $25,000. The driver of the vehicle involved in the solvent spill was […]
A Canadian Member of Parliament, David Sweet, wants the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to investigate alleged illegal soil dumping in Flamborough, near the City of Hamilton. According to Mr. Sweet, a Conservative MP representing the federal riding of Flamborough-Glanbrook, the matter of illegal dumping requires the immediate attention of the federal government and the […]
Researchers from Dalhousie University recently received $523,000 in Canadian federal government funding to investigate strategies to better separate oil from water and examine the risk of spills in the Canadian Arctic Archipeligo. As climate change accelerates the melting of sea ice in the Arctic, the Northwest Passage could become a significant route between the Pacific […]
Cognitive Market Research recently published their 17th edition of their Emergency Spill Response Market Report: Top Companies, Sales, Revenue, Forecast and Detailed Analysis. The report provides a comprehensive outlook of the Emergency Spill Response Market globally. The Cognitive Market Research report gives a thorough examination of the market and, provides the market size and CAGR […]
The Canadian Ministry of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard recently announced that it is investing $2.4 million in scientific research at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in New Brunswick. With this investment, the Centre will study how spill response measures, such as the use of dispersant chemicals, affect fish and other aquatic species […]
Written by Abimbola Badejo, Staff Writer At the recent Partners in Prevention 2019 Health and Safety Conference, Ontario, Canada; organized by Workplace Safety and Prevention Services (WSPS) Ontario, Canada, Dave Gardner of Pinchin Ltd. delivered a presentation on Demystifying Occupational Hygiene. Mr. Gardner is Senior Occupational Hygiene and Safety Consultant with Pinchin Ltd. Below is […]
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks recently issued an amended Order to Ontario Graphite Ltd. (OGL), a mining company operating in Kearney. The Order requires the following actions: The implementation of a long term water level monitoring program of the wastewater treatment works. The construction of a polishing pond system to treat […]
Novus Environmental, a 25-person specialized consulting firm with offices in Guelph ON and Calgary AB, was recently acquired by SLR, an UK-headquartered global environmental and advisory firm. Novus will bring additional capability to SLR’s North American business in air quality, noise and vibration, and wind and climate. The Novus team will join SLR’s Canada business, […]
The Supreme Court of Yukon Territory recently approved the sale of the abandoned Mount Nansen Mine site to the Alexco/JDS Group. The unique arrangement with the Alexco/JDS Group, allows the company to pursue future work at the mine while obligating them to remediate contamination from past mining activities at the site. The abandoned Mount Nansen […]
Written by John Nicholson, M.Sc., P.Eng., Editor The Ontario government recently issued its budget for the 2019 fiscal year. The budget was considered in some circles as not favouring the environment. One environmental activist organization went as far as calling it ““the most anti-environmental budget in Ontario” since Mike Harris was in power in the […]
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