Illegal Dumping

• Kanesatake residents accused of illegal dumping say they’ve done nothing wrong

  Quebec government lawyers are seeking a temporary injunction to stop the dumping of contaminated soil and other waste on 17 waterfront properties.

  Environment

  Oct 7, 2024
  
• When someone dumped a trailer in B.C.’s backcountry, a group put them on blast

  The Okanagan Forest Task Force was recently notified about a trailer dumped along Beaver Lake Road in Lake Country. They decided to post about it on social media.

  Environment

  Sep 27, 2024
  
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• Quebec seeks injunction against illegal dumping in Kanesatake

  Government officials collected soil samples in Kanesatake last month that court documents say were contaminated with hydrocarbons. 

  Environment

  Sep 26, 2024
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• As Quebec promises action, Kanesatake residents call for end to illegal dumping

  Quebec's Environment Department is taking soil samples from trucks headed to the Mohawk community of Kanesatake as part of an effort to fight illegal dumping in the area.

  Environment

  Sep 6, 2024
• Quebec looks to end illegal dumping in Mohawk territory with ‘field interventions’

  The Environment Department is targeting unauthorized dumping and backfilling of potentially contaminated soil on the banks and shoreline of the Lake of Two Mountains. 

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2024
• Load of lobsters ditched along northern Ontario highway, police search for answers

  Ontario Provincial Police say they found a large amount of lobster that had been dumped along a highway east of North Bay.

  Crime

  Jul 5, 2024
• Peachland resident discovers backcountry dumpsite on Canada Day long weekend

  The dumpsite, located along the Okanagan Connector, was reported to the province’s RAPP (Report All Poachers and Polluters) hotline.

  Environment

  Jul 2, 2024
• Forest clean-up group tackles massive illegal dumpsite near Okanagan Falls

  The dumpsite near Okanagan Falls ‘is an unusually large problem area consisting of RVs, household garbage, burnt vehicles, metal, and other material.’

  Environment

  May 25, 2024
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• Conservation officers investigate garbage dumped on Crown land in Havelock area

  Conservation officers were on patrol in the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen when they located garbage that had been dumped in a parking area near the Round Lake Dam.

  Crime

  Apr 6, 2023
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• ‘It’s unbelievable’: Huge mess left behind in backcountry near Big White Ski Resort

  A small group of volunteers spent Wednesday in the backcountry cleaning up a huge mess left behind by squatters.

  Canada

  May 11, 2022