How Canadian is our food?
Unless you buy direct from a farmer, how do you know which food is Canadian? Is it enough to see Canada or a maple leaf on the label?
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Is it more important to buy food that is βorganicβ or local?
Continue reading the post titled What's organic?Climate Change Alters Municipal Role and Responsibilities
β[By] covering a ground plot with buildings and pavements, which carry off most of the rain and prevent its soaking into the Earth and renewing and purifying the Springs β¦ the water of wells must gradually grow worse, and in time be unfit for use as I find has happened in all old cities. Benjamin...
Continue reading the post titled Climate Change Alters Municipal Role and ResponsibilitiesShell fined $500,000, pays $200,000 to First Nation following 2013 spill
In case you missed it, nearly 3 years following the event, Shell Canada Ltd has been sentenced for a spill of βflare knock-out liquidsβ at a Sarnia-area refinery. The January 2013 spill affected members of the nearby Aamjiwnaang First Nation, who experienced a variety of adverse health effects (including sore eyes and throats, vomiting, nausea,...
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Decades after the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights, and Freedoms, and after thousands of Miranda warnings on TV, most Canadians think they have a right to remain silent when the government comes after them. To some extent, this is trueβpeople pulled off the street by uniformed police almost never have a legal obligation...
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On November 24, 2017, the sole Director and Chief Executive Officer of Copper Cliff Metals and Wrecking Corp. pled guilty to one offence under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) for failing to comply with a Court Order. The corporation operated an approved waste disposal site in the Regional Municipality of Niagara. The Ministry of the...
Continue reading the post titled $105,000 Fine for Failing to ComplyEnvironmental appeals have to be done right
The Environmental Review Tribunal has reminded all potential appellants that they MUST correctly file their appeals, if they want their case to be heard. In Waterdown Gardens v MOE, a prolonged dispute between the Ministry and the company resulted in two separate orders suspending their certificate of approval. The company appealed the first suspension. During...
Continue reading the post titled Environmental appeals have to be done rightEnvironmental orders: no stay pending appeal
Is the "public interest" in getting environmental work done immediately more important than whether there is a sound legal basis for making a particular person pay for it?
Continue reading the post titled Environmental orders: no stay pending appealMaibec Wood Shingles And Siding
The Maibec class action relates to allegations that Maibec Inc. negligently designed, manufactured, marketed, and sold wood shingles and siding such that, under normal conditions and usage, the wood shingles and siding are prone to premature failure. The Plaintiffs seek damages, on behalf of themselves and the proposed class, for, among other things, the costs...
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Β A settlement has been approved in the Canadian Invokana Class Actions. The claim period has now passed (August 14, 2023) and no further claims are being accepted. The Claims Administrator is currently analyzing and processing the claims filed. A notice of decision will be sent to individuals that filed a claim once the claims analysis...
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