On June 17, Dianne and Graham Rempe of the City Toronto’s Legal Services spoke on the issue of current environmental liabilities for municipalities.

This week, the Federal Court of Canada is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case of David Suzuki Foundation et al v. Attorney General of Canada, Minister of Health et al, T-1071-16 ("Suzuki Foundation").

On February 20, 2019 Fraser River Pile and Dredge GP Inc. was ordered to pay a penalty in the amount of $350,000.00 after pleading guilty to depositing a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish, contrary to the Fisheries Act.

A gas station operating on a First Nations Reserve in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan was ordered to pay $25,000 for failing to comply with Environment Canada enforcement orders.

On September 7, 2017 a Kitchener company pled guilty and was fined $265,000 for two counts of contravening the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations...

A recent study has highlighted again concerns over the near-ubiquitous presence of microplastics in our water.

Some rare good news. Oil tanker spills into world oceans: there aren't as many as there used to be, and they do not do as much damage as they used to do.

What's in a name? The Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has renamed its longstanding Waste Management Policy Branch the "Resource Recovery Policy Branch".

A Canadian importer of small engines was recently convicted for violating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act ("CEPA").

On October 16, 2017 a sole director for the company Power Grow Systems Inc. was convicted for failing to comply with the terms and conditions of a Provisional Certificate of Approval ...

On May 10, 2019 a transportation trucking company was fined $100,000 plus the 25% victim fine surcharge for discharging a contaminant into the natural environment contrary to the provisions of the EPA.

On February 29, 2016, Teck Metals Ltd. plead guilty to three offences under the Fisheries Act for the release of substances deleterious to fish in the Columbia River.

With the pandemic landscape shifting on a daily basis, we are all weighing our personal comfort in accessing medical support while weighing risks of what is, or is not, essential.

CTV News reported that Canadians are beginning to receive payments from a $78 million auto parts class action settlement.

iHeart Radio recently covered the announcement of Siskinds Desmeules proposed class action against Horne Foundry.

When Travis Scott took the stage at the Astroworld Festival at NRG Park in Houston, Texas on November 5, 2021, the crowd surged forward and the "crowd crush" resulted in the death of ten people...

In Business Essentials, a limited-run podcast series, Chris Sinal of Siskinds' Labour & Employment Group sits down with some of the firm's business lawyers...

In our previous blog post titled "Realtors, treat yourselves fairly", we discussed Bill 145, Trust in Real Estate Services Act, 2019, which would provide realtors with the ability to incorporate a professional real estate corporation.

The Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO) has made a recent change to the annual renewal process for Certificates of Authorization for a dentistry professional corporation.

On November 1, 2018, at the United Nations Ministerial Dialogue on the Environment and the Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Change, Minister of Environment and Climate Change ...