Clean Up

• Volunteers collect garbage at 44th Annual Meewasin Valley Clean Up

  Approximately 3,000 volunteers gather to clean up the Meewasin Valley each year. On average, they collect more than 11,000 kilograms of garbage each year.

  Environment

  Apr 22
  
• Resident creates ‘mountains’ to spur cleanup action on Winnipeg’s rubble lots

  Long-time resident Cheryl Martens creates 'mountains' in hopes of spurring cleanup efforts on Winnipeg's rubble lots.

  Environment

  Jan 30, 2024
  
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• $33B liability estimate called too low, Alberta releases first report on well cleanup

  Alberta's oil and gas producers spent nearly $700 million in 2022 on cleaning up the hundreds of thousands of old wells that dot the province.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2024
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• Another 2-week wait before branches are picked up in Montreal

  Although it has been three weeks since the ice storm, it will take another two weeks before the piles of branches are picked up in a number of hard-hit boroughs.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2023
• Belleville, Ont. residents clean up neighbourhood after styrofoam fire

  The fire left the east-end neighbourhood in Belleville, Ont., covered in ash, but now, only trash bags sit on the side of the streets.

  Fire

  Oct 4, 2022
• Dozens of volunteers gather Sunday to clean up Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park

  "Coming together as a community to clean up the Park and the shoreline of the Assiniboine River is something we can all do to make a difference.”

  Environment

  Sep 18, 2022
• Task Force undertakes clean-up at abandoned homeless camp

  This clean-up puts the Okanagan Forest Task Force at about a quarter of a million kilograms of garbage removed from various sites around the Okanagan since 2016.

  Environment

  Jul 9, 2022
• City of Peterborough declares state of emergency following Saturday’s storm

  Crews continue to work around the clock to restore power and cleanup after Saturday's historic storm tore through the Peterborough area.

  Weather

  May 25, 2022
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• 10th annual project cleaned up trash along Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton for Earth Day

  Close to 400 volunteers took to an estimated 20 mile stretch of the Niagara escarpment on the weekend in an outdoor spring cleaning imitative.

  Canada

  Apr 25, 2022
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• Volunteers clean up Okanagan Lake and shoreline

  "I’ve seen many people step on broken bottles and cut their feet open it’s not safe for anyone."

  Lifestyle

  Mar 20, 2022