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Company penalized $33K for post-fire spill negligence at New Westminster pier

Company penalized $33K for post-fire spill negligence at New Westminster pier

Numbered company 1141536 B.C. Ltd. was penalized for failing to address the long-term effects of a toxic spill connected to major fire that destroyed much of the New Westminster pier in 2020.
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Toxic effluent, repeated penalties plague B.C. Domtar mill

Toxic effluent, repeated penalties plague B.C. Domtar mill

The latest set of penalties to Domtar's Skookumchuck, B.C., mill total more than $56,000 and come as the company's ownership is scrutinized in a legal review by the Forest Stewardship Council.
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B.C. recycling rates climb as more paper, plastic products recovered, says report

B.C. recycling rates climb as more paper, plastic products recovered, says report

Not-for-profit organization reports 83.3% recovery rate in 2024, up from 79.6% a year prior.
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Watchdog claims tests show Metro Vancouver incinerator a 'significant health risk'

Watchdog claims tests show Metro Vancouver incinerator a 'significant health risk'

Regional district 'confident' test results are not attributable to the incinerator itself, while calls grow to shut it down
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Comment: B.C.’s migrant farm workers face scorching heat in the fields and in their housing

Comment: B.C.’s migrant farm workers face scorching heat in the fields and in their housing

In B.C., workers have the right to refuse work when their workplaces are too hot.
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B.C. approving thousands of hectares of logging in endangered caribou habitat, report finds

B.C. approving thousands of hectares of logging in endangered caribou habitat, report finds

Satellite monitoring identified 5,713 hectares of forest proposed and approved for logging across the ranges of three of B.C.'s most at-risk caribou herds
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B.C. First Nations are leading a waste revolution

B.C. First Nations are leading a waste revolution

"We’re not just cleaning up dumps," said Calvin Jameson, who helped transform his community's approach to garbage.
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Noise from Vancouver miner's deep-sea operations could threaten Pacific marine life, studies say

Noise from Vancouver miner's deep-sea operations could threaten Pacific marine life, studies say

Two new studies warn miner's deep-sea operations threaten whales, dolphins and an uncounted number of other species
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B.C. composter penalized for being over triple capacity

B.C. composter penalized for being over triple capacity

Abbotsford company's $9K penalty significantly reduced after it claimed it didn't gain economic advantage from the breach because it gave the compost away
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Laundry detergent as pesticide? B.C. court quashes appeal ruling

Laundry detergent as pesticide? B.C. court quashes appeal ruling

The application of 290 kg of Tide to a condo rooftop in 2021 has raised questions over whether household cleansers like Tide can be classified as pesticides under B.C. and Canadian law.
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