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Canada’s first successful citizen-led prosecutions under the Fisheries Act centred around leaking landfill sites. From Kingston and Hamilton, Ontario to Moncton, New Brunswick, founding members of the Waterkeeper movement have been instrumental in protecting waterways from toxic leachate. Most of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s current landfill research is located in the City of Toronto.

Yes, we do need to take this tone (Oshawa)
July 29th, 2010 
   
"You don't need to take that tone, ma'am." So said one Transport Canada staffer to one Lake Ontario Waterkeeper staffer over the telephone late last week. We had contacted the federal government asking for a copy of the new agreement between Transport Canada and the City of Oshawa. It spells out the future of the Oshawa Harbour and - we hope - settles decades of dispute... (more)
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Lafarge Canada Inc. applies for a certificate of approval for a waste disposal site – EPA s. 27
July 27th, 2010 
   
This notice was originally posted on the Environmental Registry on May 09, 2006 and reposted on June 14 for 30 day comment periods. Due to an update in the instrument's description, this proposal notice is being reposted for another 30 day comment period. The Lafarge Bath Cement has been operating a non-hazardous cement kiln dust landfill since 1975 and has recently... (more)
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PHAI conducting a trial survey – Northumberland Today – Ontario, CA
July 19th, 2010 
   
Thirty-five properties in Port Hope will soon be the subjects of a trial resurvey, Glen Case, manager of project engineering with the Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI) Management Office, told Port Hope council recently. The trial will be conducted in order to test out the procedures and systems before the full-scale cleanup takes place, he said. They will also be testing... (more)
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Waste management applies for waste site approval
July 19th, 2010 
   
Comment Period: 30 days: submissions may be made between July 19, 2010 and August 18, 2010. This application is for an amendment to the existing Certificate of Approval (Waste Disposal Site) No. A371203 issued to Waste Management of Canada Corporation. The Certificate is for the use and operation of a 16.2 hectare waste disposal site within a total site area of 138... (more)
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Port Hope accepts responsibility for harbour – Northumberland Today – Ontario, CA
July 15th, 2010 
   
The federal government will no longer have to worry about Port Hope Harbour now that council voted four to three to accept the $8.8-million harbour property along with a cheque for $300,000. Mayor Linda Thompson, along with Councillors Cal Morgan, Dave Turck and Ted Watts voted Tuesday in favour of taking over the property so as to be able to move forward with the... (more)
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Digging up toxic history in Thorold – St. Catharines Standard – Ontario, CA
July 14th, 2010 
   
You can just glimpse a view of one of Thorold's biggest toxic cleanups from the bike path along the Welland Canal. An excavator was busy Tuesday digging out the Beaverdams channel between Lake Gibson and the canal, removing up to 6,000 cubic metres of muck contaminated with PCBs almost half a century ago. "I think it's wonderful that we're getting this stuff out of our... (more)
(0 comments) Development & Land Use Industrial Emissions Niagara Region Waste Management
PHAI moves to new location – Northumberland Today – Ontario, CA
July 14th, 2010 
   
Staff at the Port Hope Area Initiative Management Office (PHAI MO) are settling in at their new headquarters at 115 Toronto Rd. They made the move last weekend to the new digs at the corner of Jane Street, just south of the Marsh Road intersection and adjacent to the Pineview Plaza. "It became clear to us last year the PHAI MO had outgrown the facilities it had leased at... (more)
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Radioactive cargo ‘threat’ to Great Lakes
July 13th, 2010 
   
A plan to ship 16 school bus-sized radioactive steam generators out of Canada via the Great Lakes -- and past Windsor -- is being attacked as a threat to our drinking water and health. "Worst-case scenario is this stuff breaks containment and gets spread throughout the Great Lakes basin," Derek Coronado, co-ordinator of the Windsor-based Citizens Environment Alliance said of... (more)
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Plan to ship nuclear waste on Great Lakes angers some local mayors, environmentalists – The Globe and Mail
July 13th, 2010 
   
A plan by an Ontario nuclear plant to transport radioactive waste on the Great Lakes is angering environmentalists and politicians, despite assurances the process is safe. Bruce Power has applied for a licence to use the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River to ship 16 decommissioned steam generators from its plant on Lake Huron to Sweden for recycling. Ruth Lovell... (more)
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Consult public on plan to ship nuclear waste: McMullan – Niagara Falls Review – Ontario, CA
July 13th, 2010 
   
Municipal leaders deserve a say in whether radioactive recyclables are ferried through the Welland Canal, says the mayor of St. Catharines. The Bruce Nuclear Generating Station has asked for a licence to ship "low-level" radioactive generators from Lake Huron, through the Welland Canal and the rest of the St. Lawrence Seaway to a recycling plant in Sweden. Each of the 16... (more)
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