Environmental Assessment in the Courts
A duo of recent decisions underscore yet again the need for an overhaul of the existing environmental assessment (“EA”) regime. Environmental groups Greenpeace Canada, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Northwatch, and the Canadian Environmental Law Association (the “Applicants”) filed two judicial r…
View the post titled Environmental Assessment in the Courts$21,000 fine and restitution for road salt damage to trees
On April 6, 2016, Jaret Bousfield was convicted under the Environmental Protection Act for permitting the discharge of road salt that caused or was likely to cause damage to a neighbour’s mature cedar trees. Bousfield pleaded guilty to the charge, and was fined $5,000, plus the 25% victim fi…
View the post titled $21,000 fine and restitution for road salt damage to trees$4.77 million Settlement in Cooling Compressors Class Action Approved for Distribution
Settlements in the total amount of $4.77 million have been reached with the Defendants in the Cooling Compressors Class Action to resolve the litigation in its entirety. Persons in Canada who between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2008 purchased Cooling Compressors and products containing …
View the post titled $4.77 million Settlement in Cooling Compressors Class Action Approved for DistributionEndangered Species Litigation in Court of Appeal
Earlier this week, two environmental groups, Wildlands League and Ontario Nature (the “Appellants”), were in the Court of Appeal for Ontario seeking to have struck down a 2013 regulation that significantly altered the regime for protecting species at risk in Ontario. When initially introduce…
View the post titled Endangered Species Litigation in Court of AppealDry Cleaner Sentenced to House Arrest for Improper Storage of Tetrachloroethylene
An Edmonton businessman and owner of a dry cleaning operation, First Class Cleaners, was given an four-month conditional sentence on that is to be served in the community. The owner of First Class Cleaners plead guilty to five Canadian Environmental Protection Act offences relating to the u…
View the post titled Dry Cleaner Sentenced to House Arrest for Improper Storage of TetrachloroethyleneDry Cleaner Sentenced to House Arrest for Improper Storage of Tetrachloroethylene
An Edmonton businessman and owner of a dry cleaning operation, First Class Cleaners, was given an four-month conditional sentence on that is to be served in the community. The owner of First Class Cleaners plead guilty to five Canadian Environmental Protection Act offences relating to the us…
View the post titled Dry Cleaner Sentenced to House Arrest for Improper Storage of TetrachloroethyleneCongratulations Nazem Kadri and Brian MacDonald, COO of Siskinds LLP
Siskinds LLP would like to congratulate not only Nazem Kadri and his family on his new contract, but also our very own Brian MacDonald. As widely reported yesterday, Nazem signed a six-year, $27 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In addition to being the COO of Siskinds LLP, Bria…
View the post titled Congratulations Nazem Kadri and Brian MacDonald, COO of Siskinds LLPEmergen-C Vitamin Drink Class Action Recent Discontinuance: click here for more info
NOTICE TO POTENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE DISCONTINUANCE OF THE CLASS ACTION CONCERNING COMMENCED AGAINST PFIZER CANADA INC. Take notice that, on March 29 2016, petitioner Stéphanie Chipeur was authorized to discontinue her Motions Seeking Authorization to Institute a Class Action, dated November 2…
View the post titled Emergen-C Vitamin Drink Class Action Recent Discontinuance: click here for more infoOSC Whistleblower Program Set To Launch This Summer
A recent report in the Globe and Mail indicates that the Ontario Securities Commission is close to finalizing a whistleblower program, which is expected to launch early this summer. The program will encourage whistleblowers with knowledge of securities law violations to bring them to the att…
View the post titled OSC Whistleblower Program Set To Launch This SummerPriestly Demolition fined $70,000 for Spill and Failure to Report to MOECC
The defendant, Priestly Demolition Inc. caused chlorine gas to be discharged into the environment when an employee operating a magnetic grapple attempted to move old pressurized gas cylinders. During the move, a valve snapped releasing the gas. The employee experienced a burning sensation an…
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