Case Law
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This case was heard in the New Brunswick Court of Appeal. Residents of the City of Fredericton opposed two by-laws that the City had enacted. The by-laws altered the land-use designations of certain areas of the city, making it possible for sewage lagoon ...
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This case was heard in the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench (Trial Division). Mr. O’Dell operated an RV campground on a lakeshore property that he owned, and had been running the business since 1965. In 2003, the New Brunswick Minister of the Environ ...
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This case was heard in the New Brunswick Court of Appeal. Mr. O’Dell operated an RV campground on a lakeshore property that he owned, and had been running the business since 1965. In 2003, the New Brunswick Minister of the Environment and Local Governmen ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (Appeal Division). Prince Edward Island’s Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs issued a Ministerial Order to Island Farm and Fish Meal Ltd., ordering the company to stop processing fi ...
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This case was heard in the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench (Trial Division). In May 1993, a helicopter pilot and three passengers observed the ship Katrina Leslie in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, leaving a trail of shiny substance in its wake. The ship ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Trial Division). Mr. Bolt was refuelling a fishing boat when he noticed that the fuel tank, which was sitting in the back of his truck, was leaking. Mr. Bolt continued the refuelling ...
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This case was heard in the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench. The fishing vessel Étendard was charged with discharging pollutants into Canadian waters after a Department of Fisheries and Oceans vessel observed cardboard boxes and plastic bags trailing ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal). The Crown charged Abitibi Price Inc. (“Abitibi”) with having violated the provincial Storage and Handling of Gasoline and Associated Products Regulations, but the Tr ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. B.A. Denton Management Ltd. (“Denton”) was convicted of having violated Nova Scotia’s Environmental Protection Act by discharging waste in excess of the allowable limits. Upon conviction, Denton wa ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island. Brookfield Gardens Inc. ("Brookfield") was charged under the federal Fisheries Act with having unlawfully deposited or permitted the deposit of a deleterious substance in waters frequented ...
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This case was heard in the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited pleaded guilty to having deposited a deleterious substance in waters frequented by fish, contrary to section 36(3) of the federal Fisheries Act. ...
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This case was heard in the New Brunswick Court of Appeal. After the Isbills were convicted in Provincial Court of having failed to obtain a permit before undertaking a watercourse or wetland alteration, the Isbills appealed to the New Brunswick Court of ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland (Court of Appeal). Mr. Lambe and Mr. Moulton were convicted of having violated provincial laws regarding the use of All-Terrain Vehicles (“ATVs”) in sensitive ecological areas. Upon conviction, the ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Canada. Donald Marshall Jr. was convicted of offences under the federal Fisheries Act, the Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, and the Fishery (General) Regulations after catching and selling eels ...
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This case was heard in the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia. In January 2016, Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation ("Northern Pulp") pleaded guilty to an offence under the federal Fisheries Act. In June 2014, untreated pulp and paper effluent from a pulp ...
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This case was heard in the Provincial Court of New Brunswick. Mr. Paget was charged with violating section 35 of the federal Fisheries Act by bulldozing in the Becaguimic Stream near Howard Brook and causing the harmful alteration of fish habitat. M ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Trial Division). After the ship Tahkuna spilled roughly 1,000 litres of fuel during refuelling operations at Harbour Grace, the ship’s owners were charged with offences under the Oil ...
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This case was heard in the Provincial Court of New Brunswick. Stratabound Minerals Corp. (“Stratabound”) was charged with two offences under the federal Fisheries Act after discharging mine effluent into water frequented by fish and failing to ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland (Trial Division). Tors Cove Excavating Ltd. diverted a watercourse on its property, and did so without a permit. The Crown issued a stop work order, but when the matter came to trial in the Provinc ...
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This case was heard in the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vale Newfoundland and Labrador Limited ("Vale"), a mine operator, discharged treated effluent into Edwards Cove in Labrador as part of its ordinary operating procedures. The discha ...