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On June 11, 2024, at the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan, 1799334 ALBERTA LTD., carrying on business as OSY RENTALS LTD., was fined $60,000 after pleading guilty to two offences under the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA).
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, announced that over $3.3 million from the Environmental Damages Fund’s Climate Action and Awareness Fund will be invested in nine projects in four provinces and territories across Canada.
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In May 2024, Environment and Climate Change Canada implemented a comprehensive coastal flooding prediction and alerting program that allows Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologists to issue coastal flooding forecasts and alerts using both the probability and expected impact of an event.
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In response to public feedback during last year’s wildfire events, Environment and Climate Change Canada launched improvements to its air quality forecast and alert system
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Today, as we celebrate Canadian Environment Week, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the Conservation Exchange Pilot is extended until March 31, 2026. The Conservation Exchange is applying and testing a science-based, standardized measure to determine the biodiversity benefits of conservation projects.
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, along with the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Emergency Preparedness, and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, and Tim Tierney, Third Vice-President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), on behalf of FCM President Scott Pearce, announced the Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation (LLCA) initiative, through the Green Municipal Fund.
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Today, a few days before Canadian Environment Week 2024, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that an investment of $8.2 million in Nature-Action Québec and its partners, the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Ducks Unlimited Canada, allowed these organizations to carry out activities to protect and restore the critical habitat of the Western Chorus Frog in Montérégie and the Outaouais.
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On May 30, 2024, Twin Rivers Paper Company Inc. was fined $250,000 in New Brunswick Provincial Court after pleading guilty to one charge of contravening subsection 36(3) of the Fisheries Act by permitting the deposit of a deleterious substance, namely pulp and paper process water called groundwood white water, into the Madawaska River. The fine will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund.
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Today, the Honourable Minister Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and the Honourable Minister Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada on behalf of the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, reaffirmed the Government of Canada’s support for the advancement of brain research in Canada.