Contaminated Sites

• Former Saint John sugar refinery site getting second life with green space development

  The former sugar refinery site will finally have a sweet new purpose as the City of Saint John does extensive work to the land to mitigate sea level rise and contamination.

  Environment

  Aug 30, 2023
  
• No funds to remediate orphaned contaminated sites: N.B. deputy minister

  The deputy minister for the Department of Environment and Climate Change in New Brunswick says there is no budget to deal with industrial contaminated sites or orphaned sites.

  Environment

  Jan 17, 2023
  
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• New Brunswick faces backlog of 1,046 contaminated sites: auditor general

  An auditor general report found that a lack of documentation and enforced timelines has led the backlog of contaminated sites in the province to balloon.

  Environment

  Nov 29, 2022
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• Monitoring of contaminated sites in Nova Scotia remains weak: auditor general

  The latest audit also found similar problems at the Department of Transportation and the Department of Lands and Forestry, which only recently began evaluations on historic mine sites.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2020