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John Boonstra, a cattle farmer in Smithers, British Columbia, was sentenced on October 11, 2011, to three days jail time, one day for each charge under section 79.6 of the Fisheries Act.

Aren’t we lucky to live in this beautiful place?

Ashford Cleaners Inc., a Toronto dry cleaner operating in Toronto, Ontario, is one of the first to pay the new, higher fines for offences under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, as it was amended last year.Ashfor Cleaners agreed to pay $60,000 to the Environmental Damages Fund to publish an article regarding the results of their case in a textile industry magazine.

Here in Ontario, we are hearing almost nothing from the British Columbia Cohen Commission inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon, whose final report will not be released until next June.

The particulate was accidentally released out of the top of the silo and into the natural environment.

As reported in our Environmental/Class Action Alert (July 2010), the Ontario Superior Court awarded $36 million in damages to approximately 7,000 property owners in Smith v. Inco, Canada’s first environmental class action decision from a common law Province.

The article examines a recent decision by the B.C. Court of Appeal clarifying the threshold requirement to trigger a BC environmental assessment.

Noise and odour are frequent sources of neighbourhood disputes. Sometimes those disputes can be resolved by turning to regulators, such as the Ministry of the Environment or municipal bylaw enforcement officers.

How Ontario municipalities are employing planning and financial tools to encourage brownfield redevelopment in their communities.

Despite strong scientific evidence that current permitted ozone levels cause harm to human health, President Obama has decided not to cut them.

The Ministry of the Environment is racing to have its new Environmental Activity and Sector Registry up and running for at least some sectors by September 2011.

While federal environmental enforcement is less frequent these days, the fines imposed are getting larger. The small town of Ponoka, Alberta (population about 7000) was fined $70,000 after pleading guilty to one count under the "Fisheries Act".

Recently the BC Ministry of Environment released an intentions paper for consulting on three aspects of BC's land based spill preparedness and response regime.

On June 2, 2010, Quebec's Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks announced that it has published, for a 60-day public consultation, amendments to the Regulation Respecting Mandatory Reporting of Certain Emissions of Contaminants into the Atmosphere (the Regulation).

Leading Quebec environmental lawyer, Jean Piette, advises that substantial changes have been made to the Act on Environmental Quality in Quebec.

The Ministry of Natural Resources has released proposed Guidelines for wind turbine applications on both Crown and private lands.

On November 27, 2017 the Ontario Superior Court dismissed all appeals against conviction and sentence relating to Sunrise Propane Energy Group under both Ontario provincial environmental...