Dumping

• Winnipeg Windsor Hotel cleanup complicated by asbestos and delays

  The Windsor Hotel in Winnipeg was left burned down early this week. Talks of cleaning up its debris point to a lengthy process ahead.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2023
  
• ‘Disheartening:’ Kangaroo Creek Farm reacts to illegal dumping near animal enclosures

  Kangaroo Creek Farm is home to over different 200 animals, from emus to kangaroos, and turkeys to tortoises -- fortunately none of them came into contact with the garbage.

  Environment

  Apr 13, 2023
  
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• Dumping, theft persist at Amherstview, Ont. charity building

  Garbage has been dumped at the Loyalist Community Sharing Centre for years now, and now theft is causing problems for the organization.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2023
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• Volunteers waiting for green light to remove tires littering Okanagan creek

  “The easiest route for us is probably going to be airlifting them out using a helicopter,” said Kane Blake of the Okanagan Forest Task Force.

  Environment

  Feb 12, 2021
• Langley grappling with rash of expensive, illegally dumped construction material

  "It's very hard to catch the people who are responsible and hold them accountable."

  Crime

  Sep 18, 2020
• Surrey residents trash city over ‘worsening’ illegal dump sites

  "With wildlife and with kids and everything around, if they come in here with needles and everything on the ground, then they could get hurt."

  Jul 10, 2020
• ‘Very disheartening’: Lethbridge officials react to rise in illegal dumping

  City officials said Lethbridge's four main waste and recycling sites have seen heavy traffic after reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  May 7, 2020
• ‘Not a great look’: Councillor trashes illegal dumpers at Vancouver park

  'It's a public park, it's a place enjoyed by everyone, but to come and dump your garbage there just blows my mind,' said Vancouver councillor Pete Fry.

  May 3, 2020
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• ‘Wildlife should be wild’: Piles of produce prompt reminder from Rockwood Park staff

  "My biggest thing is to educate people, not necessarily to chastise them."

  Environment

  Jan 6, 2020
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• Surrey counters illegal dumping problem with free junk drop-off events

  The free events are one of several ways Surrey is trying to reduce illegal dumping by 50 per cent by 2020.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2019