Wednesday, April 16, 2025
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and Matawa First Nations Management (Matawa) have reached financial close on a retrofit project for the…
Charges have been laid in relation to the tailings pond breach at the Mount Polley Mine that occurred in August 2014. In total, 15 charges have now been approved…
The taps have been turned on at Red Slough in one of the largest salmon restoration projects in Western Canada due to the efforts of the Katzie First…
Are you taken aback by the amount of construction occurring in Toronto? Residents, commuters and visitors can’t help but notice the high volume of cranes…
Nearly all technology today—from cellphones to computers to MRI scanners—contains rare earth elements (REEs). The global market for REEs is predicted to reach US$6.2 billion…
By Brent Loney When the Province of Ontario enacted Ontario Regulation 406/19 (On-Site and Excess Soil Management), the goal was to solve a long-standing and…
The Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) Conference Committee has announced the opening of its Call for Abstracts for the 2025 National Conference, coming to Humber College’s…
The Excess Soils Symposium, which is taking place on September 25th, 2025, is opening up opportunities for program content in the form of individual abstracts,…
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks | Environnement, Protection de la nature et Parcs has just released proposed amendments to the Brownfields…
ALTRA | SANEXEN, in partnership with Qikiqtaaluk Environmental, has been awarded the esteemed Brownie Award for their exceptional work in decontaminating multiple high-priority sites across…
It was a special celebration last night at the 25th Anniversary of the Brownie Awards, as a sold-out crowd of 300 environment industry colleagues came…
An upcoming webinar promises to shed light on “Unlocking Opportunities: Beyond Dig and Dump,” presented by the Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN), a national network for…
The International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) is launching a new four-year Coordinated Research Project (CRP) to identify novel and innovative low-cost environmental remediation technologies. A…
Discover how Milestone Environmental Contractors and PBN Nuna Contracting leveraged local collaboration to overcome environmental, logistical, and radiation-related hurdles in Northern Saskatchewan to restore a…
As the climate warms and arctic permafrost thaws, some of the toxic elements locked away in it are starting to emerge and could contaminate the…
Brownfields, or “sites with personalities” as we like to call them, were once contaminated, under-utilized, or undeveloped, usually in an urban or industrial setting. The…
The Remediation Technologies Symposium (RemTech) is the premier event on remediation for environmental professionals, encompassing the latest innovations on related tech and industry practices, taking…
The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) is proposing amendments to Ontario Regulation 406/19 (the Excess Soil Regulation) and the Rules for Soil Management…
Brownfields, or “sites with personalities” as we like to call them, were once contaminated, under-utilized, or undeveloped, usually in an urban or industrial setting. The…
Residents of Fort Chipewyan in Alberta are alleging that the federal government has concealed the existence of a federally contaminated site in the heart of…
The 8th Annual Excess Soils Symposium was a sold-out success thanks to our engaged and enthusiastic community of industry leaders, environmental experts, government representatives and various delegates.…
In a resounding victory for environmental and cultural preservation, the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council (TKC) Settlement Land project in Whitehorse, Yukon, earned the coveted Brownie Award…
The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) issued 10 administrative penalties totalling $590,000 to Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. (CGL) on September 11, 2024, for non-compliance with…
Each time I speak with George Kirchmair he is on the road, driving around to one of YORK1’s facilities or project sites in Ontario or…