Spill

• 1,650 barrels of oil spilled by Enbridge in Wisconsin

  Enbridge said the 70,000 gallon spill on the company's Line 6 was caused by a faulty connection on a pump transfer pipe at the Enbridge Cambridge Station.

  Environment

  Dec 14, 2024
  
• Effluent spill at Quesnel, B.C. factory poses no ‘acute risk’: Environment ministry

  British Columbia's Environment Ministry says a 2.5-million-litre effluent spill from a fibreboard factory in Quesnel doesn't pose any immediate risk to public safety.

  Environment

  Apr 19, 2024
  
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• Spill concerns linger months after train derails in Delta, B.C.

  The derailment happened on Nov. 19, 2023 near Highway 91 and 64 Avenue, and involved two locomotives and five cars carrying "freight of all kinds" according to BSNF Railway.

  Environment

  Jan 8, 2024
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• Cleanup winding down on False Creek mystery spill, but source remains unknown

  Efforts to clean up an oily material from Vancouver's False Creek are winding down, but officials say they still don't know where it came from.

  Environment

  Dec 13, 2023
• Runoff spill reported at Suncor’s Fort Hills oilsands site

   A spill of surface runoff from a containment pond at Suncor Energy's Fort Hills oilsands site may have spanned more than a year, the Alberta Energy Regulator has announced.

  Environment

  Nov 26, 2023
• Bath Road set to open following Kingston, Ont. train derailment

  Days after a train derailment on a well-used Kingston road, things look to be opening back up following cleanup efforts over the weekend.

  Canada

  May 8, 2023
• Wastewater overflow at Whitecourt paper mill being investigated by Alberta Environment

  Alberta Environment and Protected Areas is investigating the spill, which happened last week at the facility northwest of Edmonton.

  Environment

  Apr 25, 2023
• 2 injured in Winnipeg hazardous materials spill

  The City of Winnipeg said two people were taken to hospital Wednesday after a hazardous materials spill but did not say what type of facility the spill happened at.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2023
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• New Brunswick faces backlog of 1,046 contaminated sites: auditor general

  An auditor general report found that a lack of documentation and enforced timelines has led the backlog of contaminated sites in the province to balloon.

  Environment

  Nov 29, 2022
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• Cleanup continues for ‘fuel oil’ spill in Jackson Creek near Little Lake in Peterborough

  The City of Peterborough, Ont., says a newly discovered oil spill is not discharging into Little Lake and that water quality in the lake 'has been maintained.'

  Environment

  Aug 26, 2022