Bruce Power Receives $100,000 Penalty for Refrigerant handling Violations
Bruce Power Limited Partnership, operator of the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant, has pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA, 1999). It received penalties of $100,000 for failure to conduct an annual leak test of all the components of a refri…
View the post titled Bruce Power Receives $100,000 Penalty for Refrigerant handling ViolationsTwitter Moot: Common law right to a healthy atmosphere?
Saxe Law Office is proudly sponsoring the environmental law Twitter Moot for the second year. The question being debated by Canadian law students (in 140 characters or less) is: Do Canadians have a legally recognized right to a healthy global atmosphere? If so, large scale emissions of green…
View the post titled Twitter Moot: Common law right to a healthy atmosphere?New fee for Ontario environmental sector registry
As of October 28, 2012, the Ministry of the Environment now charges $1,190 to register an activity in the an Environmental Activity and Sector Registry (EASR). See EBR Registry Number: 011-6549. This is part of a general raising of fees across the Ontario government, as recommend by the Drum…
View the post titled New fee for Ontario environmental sector registryDirectors and officers to be liable for contamination on escheated land?
What happens to contaminated sites when their corporate owner goes bust? Most of them end up escheating to the province, which is increasingly concerned about costs of managing them. Now, Ontario’s Ministry of Infrastructure is seeking comments on a proposed new management framework for forf…
View the post titled Directors and officers to be liable for contamination on escheated land?Estate Planning In The Digital Age
Making a Will is one of the most important tasks you will complete during your lifetime. A Will is a document that, amongst other things, provides for the orderly distribution of your property after your death and appoints an executor to carry out this distribution. A Will is essential in o…
View the post titled Estate Planning In The Digital AgeFewer oil tanker spills in 2011
In 2011, oil tankers spilt less oil than ever before since records began, according to the excellent International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation. There were only four medium sized spills and one large one, for a total of about 1,000 tonnes. Better ships (with double hulls), better equip…
View the post titled Fewer oil tanker spills in 2011Siskinds LLP files new class action concerning Hyundai / Kia for misrepresenting fuel efficiency.
The class action alleges that Canadians who bought a Hyundai or Kia automobile between 2010 and 2013 are not getting the fuel efficiency numbers they were promised, and that they therefore overpaid for the vehicles and continue to overpay every time they fill up with gas. To read the full C…
View the post titled Siskinds LLP files new class action concerning Hyundai / Kia for misrepresenting fuel efficiency.An introduction to the law of noise pollution
Dianne gave a well received introduction to the law of noise pollution at the Ontario Bar Association’s Halloween breakfast. Topics included what is noise, who regulates it, how the Environmental Protection Act applies, enforcement under the EPA, bylaws and the OMB, and civil suits fo…
View the post titled An introduction to the law of noise pollutionCIC Press Release on Reducing Immigration Backlogs New Blog Post by Glenn Matthews
Glenn Matthews recounts the new press release by the CIC about the large backlogs that have been developing in many categories. Read the full blog post here.
View the post titled CIC Press Release on Reducing Immigration Backlogs New Blog Post by Glenn MatthewsLawyer Sajjad Nematollahi with Siskinds LLP Ranked AmongTop 10 Iranian Lawyers on Twitter
Sajjad Nematollahi ranked among top 10 Iranian Lawyers on Twitter as assembled by Iranianlawyers.com. Follow Sajjad at @snematollahi on Twitter.
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