Cigarette Butts

• Port Coquitlam burns smokers, doubling fines for littering cigarettes amid dry weather

  The rules apply to smokers of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes, and all other equipment used to smoke or burn tobacco, cannabis and other plant material.

  Fire

  Jun 22, 2023
  
• Firefighters respond to 7 fires in 7 days caused by cigarette butts in Langford

  Langford Fire Rescue says seven fires in seven days were started in the area due to cigarette butts being improperly thrown away, One fire was started on a balcony

  Fire

  May 23, 2023
  
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• Cigarette butts a possible source of brush fire: Calgary fire department

  Multiple units had to be called in to fight a fire in a green space in suburban Calgary.

  Fire

  May 19, 2023
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• What’s being done about litter accumulation revealed in Lethbridge’s spring melt

  As the snow starts to melt, the litter that spent the winter burried under it is being revealed, but Lethbridge has plans to tackle the waste problem.

  Environment

  Apr 11, 2023
• Crows trained to clean up cigarette butts on Swedish streets

  The wild crows pick up cigarette butts on a voluntary basis and are allowed to come and go as they please, says the owner of Corvid Cleaning in Sweden.

  World

  Feb 1, 2022
• Lethbridge teens awarded grant funding for cigarette butt litter initiative

  "We've always cared about the environment, and to hear that the city wasn't really doing anything to help it, we decided to do it ourselves."

  Environment

  Jul 22, 2021
• Planters are not proper ashtrays, cautions Saskatoon Fire Department

  The Saskatoon Fire Department says people are mistaken thinking planters are an acceptable way to dispose of smoking material.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2021
• ‘He was pretty paranoid’: Dog owner issues warning after pet gets high on walk

  After a Kelowna woman took her dog for a walk Monday evening, Chester started to get extremely sick after eating what's suspected to be cannabis.

  Jan 27, 2021
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• Take Pride Winnipeg launches ‘butt blitz’ to tackle problem of discarded cigarette litter

  "Cigarette butts account for 30-35 per cent of litter on our streets."

  Health

  Aug 6, 2020
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• Peterborough man charged after allegedly throwing cigarettes at grocery store employee

  A Peterborough man is accused of flicking a cigarette and throwing cigarette butts at a grocery store employee.

  Crime

  Jun 18, 2020