Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Last chance to recognize brownfield projects and champions!
By popular demand, the 2025 Brownie Awards is giving you a little extra time to “bake” your Brownie Awards Nominations! Submit your entries by 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫…
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Rebuilding Richmond: Brownfield redevelopment drives regional prosperity
In Metro Vancouver, where industrial land is in critically short supply, Montrose Industries has made a groundbreaking move. The company transformed a 130-hectare landfill, once…
Event to explore the evolution and integration of brownfield reuse
The Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) is inviting brownfield practitioners to discover the latest tools, technologies, and services transforming how to approach site assessment, remediation, and…
Expanding the narrative on brownfield initiatives in Canada
The rehabilitation and remediation of brownfield sites across Canada has been a community success story for many years. Yet how often do we learn about…
Remediation and Revitalization: Award-winning brownfield initiatives by Quebeckers
You know that abandoned gas station in your town, or that former industrial site that sits neglected? With the right project team, and a healthy…
Trash to Treasure: Canadian before-and-after projects that transform communities
Who doesn’t love a before-and-after show? There’s something so satisfying about the state of a cluttered and dilapidated home getting cleaned up and turned into…
Cultural Restoration: Community visions collaborate to reclaim cherished landscape
By Justin Hains and Tracey L’Espérance Located at the confluence of mountains and ocean, Squamish, British Columbia is surrounded by a breathtaking backdrop in an…
Remediation, Revitalization and Recognition: New edition showcases award-winning brownfield projects
The quarterly edition of Environment Journal features in-depth articles and industry insights on Remediation and Revitalization, with a focus on brownfield projects and initiatives. In…
The B-Bomb: Is “brownfield” still a four-letter word?
After more than 20 years, have we made progress in addressing brownfield challenges? The Government of Canada defines brownfields as “abandoned, idle or underutilized commercial…
How Clean is Clean? Tackling the complicated aspects of the ESQS
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…
Call for abstracts for CBN conference on evolution and integration of brownfields
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…
Ontario government proposes amendments to the brownfields regulation
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 wins Brownie Award for groundbreaking arctic remediation projects
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…
Brownie Awards: Celebrating 25 years of blazing the way for brownfields
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…
Brownie Awards 2024: Overview of the finalists for the 25th anniversary
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…
Brownie Awards 2024: Finalist projects from across the country revealed!
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…
Remediation and Restoration: TKC project overcomes environmental impacts from mining
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…
New B.C.-based member appointed to Brownie Awards jury
The Brownie Awards planning committee is pleased to announce a new member of the Brownie Awards jury, Karey Dow, a contaminated sites specialist and senior…
Kingston’s award-winning municipal excess soil management program
The latest edition of the Brownie Awards, renowned for celebrating excellence in the remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites, Kingston’s Municipal Excess Soil Management Program…
Making brownfields redevelopment a priority “here and now” at CBN conference
The Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN), a national community of brownfield professionals dedicated to transforming formerly underutilized and contaminated properties into revitalized residential, community, and commercial…
CBN communicates the benefits of brownfields, calls for awards nominations
Solutions for environmental challenges are not always immediately obvious or straightforward. A recent webinar, presented by the Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN), considered how to communicate…
Groundbreaking Brownfields Case: Budding legal minds explore the art of the argument
By Saul Chernos What does it take to be an environmental lawyer? Answers were in ample supply at the seventh edition of the Willms &…
Brownie Awards 2024 accepting nominations for outstanding projects and leaders
The 25th Anniversary of the Brownie Awards will feature a special anniversary award and a refresh of other categories to bring the qualifications up to…
Brownie Awards 2023: Putting the spotlight on the finalists and their outstanding projects
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…