Sep 28, 2023
The Great Lakes contain almost 20 percent of the world’s surface fresh water and are the source of drinking water for 8.5 million Canadians.
Industry News
Sep 06, 2023
Final stage of Randle Reef remediation project commences
Randle Reef in Hamilton Harbour on Lake Ontario was once the largest contaminated sediment site on the Canadian side of the Great Lakes. The site has a legacy of industrial contamination dating back more than 150 years.
Aug 16, 2023
The British Columbia government has changed its tune on a long-requested investigation into contamination from mines flowing into U.S. waters, opening the door to progress on an issue that has drawn the attention of President Joe Biden.
May 10, 2023
How Ontario’s rules for dealing with excavated dirt aim to clean up the industry
Deep in a pit on a construction site in downtown Toronto hemmed in by high-rise buildings, an excavator deftly shovels bucket after bucket of dirt and mud into a triple-axle dump truck.
Apr 02, 2023
Here’s how deep Canada’s orphan well problem runs
Some Canadian companies are spending public funds to clean up their oil and gas wells at a time when the industry is raking in historic profits, yet many wells remain abandoned or unplugged, raising concerns about environmental and health impacts on communities.
Mar 07, 2023
New soil relocation rules now in effect for British Columbia
The British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy has released new regulations for soil relocation in B.C. effective March 1, 2023.
Mar 07, 2023
New soil relocation rules now in effect for British Columbia
The British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy has released new regulations for soil relocation in B.C. effective March 1, 2023.
Jan 22, 2023
Priciest territorial contaminated sites include abandoned mine, former town site
Three of Canada’s five most expensive federal contaminated sites are abandoned mines in the North. Former resource extraction projects are also among the most costly sites where the territories are responsible.
Jan 09, 2023
Trucking Right Along: Unique remediation solutions for a remote First Nations community
Pikangikum First Nation is an Ojibway First Nation community located on the shores of Pikangikum Lake in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario.
Jan 03, 2023
Brownfield redevelopment is a better alternative than urban sprawl
Most of Canada’s 30,000 vacant, contaminated sites could be redeveloped. What’s needed is a national strategy with incentives and awareness-raising.
Dec 16, 2022
City of Ottawa pauses grants to developers who de-contaminate sites
Ottawa city council has pressed pause on a 15-year-old program that gives grants to developers who clean up and rebuild on sites that are contaminated or have derelict buildings, such as former factories or gas stations.
Sep 14, 2022
B.C. Significantly Increasing Soil Relocation Requirements
Changes to British Columbia’s Environmental Management Act (EMA) and Contaminated Sites Regulation (CSR) will introduce a new regime governing soil relocation in B.C. The changes will increase testing requirements prior to soil relocation and implement...
Jun 17, 2022
Unveiling the layers behind Phase 2 of Hamilton’s Randle Reef remediation project
Cleaning up the largest and most contaminated site within the Canadian Great Lakes requires in-depth planning, dredging up layers and layers of historic pollution.
Mar 21, 2022
Nova Scotia tenders investigations into impacts of more than 70 former mines
Last March, after Nova Scotia identified nearly 70 sites it plans to assess and potentially remediate, officials have now added five more sites to its long list of areas contaminated during the province’s first gold rush era.
Mar 03, 2022
P.E.I. auditor general pushes province to assess ‘potential contaminants’ at COVID testing site
The Park Street testing clinic in Charlottetown was singled out in P.E.I.'s auditor general's report, which has warned of the possibility of "potential contaminants" at the site due to a planned environmental assessment, put on hold due to the pandemic use of the facility.
Dec 06, 2021
Brownie Awards celebrate brownfield and remediation projects across Canada
A number of significant brownfield remediation projects took the spotlight at the recent Brownie Awards, where award winners ranged from Whitehorse’s thermal conduction work at Marwell Tar Pit, to the successful financing partnerships surrounding the Randle Reef project in Ontario.
Dec 02, 2021
Alberta rolls out new rules forcing industry to pay for abandoned well cleanup
Alberta's oil and gas regulator has rolled out new rules aimed at addressing the growing problem of inactive and abandoned wells in the province, but critics say the industry should be forced to do even more to clean up after itself.
Nov 26, 2021
Contaminated Haileybury industrial site left unmaintained nets $12,500 fine to the company director
Grant Erlick, former Mansteel director, convicted under Environmental Protection Act for neglecting environment ministry orders.
Nov 26, 2021
Ministry of Environment says it takes spills seriously and is looking for new ways to make polluters pay.
Oct 12, 2021
Oil price spike won’t increase industry cleanup spending: Alberta energy minister
The current spike in oil prices is no reason to force industry to spend more on cleaning up Alberta's tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells, says the province's energy minister.