Cootes Paradise Sewage Leak

• City of Hamilton pleads guilty to provincial charges for 4-year sewage spill into creek

  Hamilton will be paying out close to $3 million in fines, damages and incidental costs as a result of the guilty plea following the Chedoke Creek sewage spill revealed in 2019.

  Environment

  Jul 20, 2023
  
• Environment ministry extends deadline for Hamilton’s dredging of Chedoke Creek

  In a letter to Hamilton's director of watershed management on Tuesday, the ministry of environment extended the completion deadline of remediation work in Chedoke Creek.

  Environment

  Dec 21, 2022
  
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• Hamilton says Environment Ministry has agreed ‘in principle’ to Chedoke Creek dredging extension

  The city's watershed management told councillors Wednesday the ministry is asking for a review of permitting implications and timing as to when the initiative could restart.

  Environment

  Nov 30, 2022
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• City of Hamilton faces provincial charges for 4-year spill into Chedoke Creek

  The city's lawyers say they are reviewing accusations from the ministry of the environment relating to a sewage spill into Chedoke Creek that began in 2014.

  Dec 9, 2020
• Hamilton asking for more time to clean up Chedoke Creek, Cootes Paradise

  The city is suggesting the timeline to present a plan for cleanup may be too soon.

  Environment

  Nov 26, 2020
• Hamilton, Ont. to hire monitor in response to sewage spill into Cootes Paradise

  The city's response to the province about the 24-billion-litre sewage spill from Chedoke Creek includes recommendations from a third-party environmental impact study.

  Environment

  Apr 29, 2020
• City of Hamilton environmental study suggests Cootes Paradise cleanup ‘not required’

  A report coming before city council on Wednesday suggests remediation and monitoring of the waterway is not required.

  Politics

  Apr 27, 2020
• City of Hamilton to leave sludge from 24 billion-litre spill in Chedoke Creek

  An ecological risk assessment says dredging the creek bottom would harm whatever wildlife still survives.

  Politics

  Feb 14, 2020
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• Hamilton mayor says city wants to be ‘open and transparent’ after news of Chedoke Creek spill

  During an interview with Global News Radio 900 CHML, the mayor said the city didn't tell the public about massive sewage spill because "the damage had already been done."

  Politics

  Nov 26, 2019
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• Province gives Hamilton until Valentine’s Day to devise Chedoke Creek cleanup strategy

  Meanwhile, Mayor Marianne Meed Ward says trust between Hamilton and Burlington has been "eroded."

  Politics

  Nov 25, 2019