PCB

• As Pointe-Claire residents wait, timetable for PCB cleanup mired in court

  Provincial officials say there's little they can do to speed up PCB cleanup in Pointe Claire. They expect the company that owns the contaminated site will delay in court.

  Environment

  Apr 9, 2017
  
• Pointe-Claire residents receive contamination report of PCB site

  Pointe-Claire residents got to see a long-awaited report on contamination near a former polychlorinated biphenyl site on Monday.

  Environment

  Apr 3, 2017
  
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• Quebec won’t release report on PCB contamination in Pointe-Claire

  Quebec's environment ministry has received its long-awaited report on the contamination land at a former PCB storage site in Pointe Claire, but they have yet to release it.

  Environment

  Feb 17, 2017
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• Quebec judge rules Pointe-Claire PCB-contaminated land owner must submit clean-up timetable

  The PCB clean-up has dragged on in Pointe-Claire since 2013, but now, a Quebec judge has made a ruling that could put efforts to rehabilitate the site back on track.

  Environment

  Jan 18, 2017
• PCB site clean-up delay leaves Pointe-Claire residents, environmentalists frustrated

  Pointe-Claire residents and environmentalists are demanding answers as to when the PCB contaminated site at 86 Hymus Blvd. will be cleaned up.

  Environment

  Aug 16, 2016
• Quebec government asks for tenders to clean up contaminated land in Pointe-Claire

  The Quebec Government has begun a call for tenders to clean up a PCB contaminated land in Pointe-Claire.

  Environment

  Jul 5, 2016
• Pointe-Claire residents want more assurances concerning PCBs

  Pointe-Claire residents demonstrated outside a city council meeting to protest what they see as a lack of action on PCBs.

  Environment

  May 4, 2016
• Environment ministry calls for PCB decontamination plan from Pointe-Claire companies

  Many residents were surprised that the soil hadn't been decontaminated upon the removal of the chemicals, expressing their disappointment with the city for not being more transparent.

  Canada

  Feb 11, 2016
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• PCB seepage in Pointe-Claire has environmental group concerned

  An environmental group says PCB contamination is close to becoming a "hazard" along Hymus Boulevard.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2016
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• Minister pledges tighter regulation of PCBs in Quebec

  Quebec's Minister of Sustainable Development has pledged tighter regulation of PCBs in Quebec.

  Dec 17, 2013