Contaminated Soil

• Hamilton’s Mountain View Park fenced off from public after contaminated soil discovered

  Out of an abundance of caution, access to a play structure along a space around the Mountain Brow has been closed off after 'impacted soil' was discovered.

  Environment

  May 9, 2024
  
• Downward Kenilworth Access set to be single lane until summer amid rehabilitation project

  The city says the move is connected with the removal of contaminated soil at the Kenilworth Water Reservoir.

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  Dec 13, 2021
  
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• Contaminated soil removal to begin at Kenilworth reservoir

  A staff report indicates that the removal of contaminated soil, to be replaced with clean fill, will take between six and eight months to complete.

  Politics

  Nov 17, 2021
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• Long-awaited cleanup of PCBs in Pointe-Claire has begun

  Cleanup crews have started to remove PCB-laden soil at an old industrial firm on Hymus Boulevard in Pointe-Claire.

  Canada

  May 8, 2019
• Federal government to spend $5M cleaning up Shannon Park, site of potential CFL stadium

  Shannon Park has been identified as the preferred location of a 24,000-seat stadium that could potentially house a CFL franchise on Canada's East Coast.

  Politics

  Nov 11, 2018
• Green party introduces legislation that would prevent waste being dumped in quarries

  Green Party MLA Sonia Furstenau has introduced a private member's bill that would ban solid waste from being deposited in quarries.

  Environment

  Apr 19, 2018
• Montreal receives $75M from provincial government to rehabilitate contaminated land

  The city will be able to determine its own priorities for rehabilitating contaminated land and meet the specific needs of its population.

  Environment

  Mar 25, 2018
• New treatment plant to pump contaminated water at Mercier lagoons

  A new treatment plant will be built on the site of the old Mercier lagoons to pump and treat polluted water from the contaminated soil.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2018
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• Canadian Fire Fighters Museum still looking for a new home

  For over 30 years, the Canadian Fire Fighters Museum in Port Hope has told the story of firefighting across the nation.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2017
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• London city council approves $2.7M grant for soil cleanup at downtown high-rise

  City Council approved $5.2 million in cleanup and development subsidies last night, including the much-debated ask for the removal of contaminated soil at Camden Terrace.

  Politics

  May 3, 2017