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Metron Construction fined for criminal negligence causing death

Torys LLP
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Canada
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August 8 2012

On July 13, 2012, Metron Construction (Metron) pled guilty to one charge of criminal negligence under the Criminal Code and was fined $200,000 for the deaths of four of its workers, who died in December 2009 when the suspended work platform they were using collapsed

Superior Court stays remediation orders because of creditor proceedings

Torys LLP
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Canada
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April 2 2012

On March 9, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court decided several motions regarding five Ontario properties formerly owned by Nortel Networks Corporation, including one property in which Nortel retained a partial interest

Court decision on mining facility disclosure

Torys LLP
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Canada
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June 2 2009

On April 23, 2009, the Federal Court of Canada released a decision that requires Environment Canada to report, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), data from mining facilities regarding their releases or transfers of certain pollutants to tailings and waste rock disposal areas as part of the annual National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI

Alberta court finds Syncrude guilty in duck deaths

Torys LLP
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Canada
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July 20 2010

On June 25, 2010, Syncrude Canada Ltd. was found guilty of two charges stemming from the April 2008 death of approximately 1,600 ducks in its Aurora Settling Basin, a tailings pond serving part of the company’s Fort McMurrayarea oil sands operations

Court affirms decision to order “innocent” landowner to remediate its property

Torys LLP
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Canada, USA
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July 3 2012

The Ontario Divisional Court recently upheld the Environmental Review Tribunal’s decision, which in turn upheld an order that required the City of Kawartha Lakes to remediate the contamination on its land resulting from a heating oil spill on a neighbouring property

Fine of $800,000 issued for vapour discharge

Torys LLP
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Canada
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November 30 2009

On November 4, 2009, BP Canada Energy Company pleaded guilty to one count of causing an odorous discharge that caused or was likely to cause an adverse effect

Alberta court orders Syncrude to pay $3 million

Torys LLP
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Canada
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October 31 2010

On October 22, 2010, the Provincial Court of Alberta ordered Syncrude Canada Ltd

Class action awarded $36 million in damages

Torys LLP
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Canada
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September 30 2010

On July 6, 2010, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found Inco Ltd. liable for $36 million in damages to approximately 7,000 homeowners in the City of Port Colborne

Supreme Court rules on federal environmental assessment and treaty rights

Torys LLP
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Canada
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September 30 2010

On May 14, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered its decision in the case of Quebec (Attorney General) v. Moses, which involved a planned mining project in an area governed by the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Local Cree and Inuit communities, the province of Quebec and the federal government entered into this agreement in 1975 to provide a governance framework for economic development, social development and natural resource management in the James Bay region of Quebec

Divisional court rules on employer’s duty to report injuries at a workplace

Torys LLP
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Canada
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July 5 2011

In Blue Mountain Resorts v. Ontario, the Ontario Divisional Court ruled that an employer’s duty under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) to report all fatal and critical injuries at a workplace extends beyond incidents involving workers to include incidents involving members of the public, because such incidents have the potential to cause similar harm to workers

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