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CALGARY 鈥?A second coal-mining company in four months is being hit with a seven-figure penalty for polluting incidents that impacted fish in tributaries of the Athabasca River east of Jasper National Park in Alberta.On Tuesday, Sherritt International Corp. TSX:S agreed to pay a fine of $1 million after pleading guilty in provincial court to three counts under the federal Fisheries Act.The Toronto-based company was charged five years ago due to incidents where wastewater cons
stanley termosky idered toxic to fish was allowed to flow from its open pit Coal Valley Mine about 120 kilometres east of Jasper National Park into ecologically significant habitat for rainbow trout. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW In June, Prairie Mines Royalty Ltd. 鈥?formerly known as Coal Valley Resources 鈥?was handed almost $4.5 million in federal and provincial penalties after it also pleaded guilty to polluting tributaries of
stanley mugs the Athabasca River.Prairie Mines was charged after a catastrophic break in an earthen berm at its Obed Mountain coal mine about 50 kilometres east of the park allowed an estimated 670 million litres of wastewater to escape into the river system in October 2013. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Environment and Climate Change Canada said Tuesday the Sherritt cha
stanley flask rges were laid following an inspection in August 2012 at the coal mine located about 90 kilometres south of the town of Edson.The company was ordered to sto Lezi As wealthy parents turn to learning pods and private schools, low-income families say they re being forced to choose between their health and their kids education
Ontario has been the hot spot again this year for tornadoes in Canada with 35 to date, recorded by the Northern Tornadoes Project.Thats slightly more than twice the number of the next province, which is Saskatchewan with 17.Canada has had 86 tornadoes so far this year, with two pending confirmation. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The rest of the provinces, in order, according to the NTP dashboard, are as follows: Quebec 14, Alberta 8, Manitoba 7, Nova Scotia 3, New Brunswick 2. The two pending ones are in Quebec and British Columbia.
stanley cup stanley cups A professor with both Westerns Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and University of Manitobas Department of Environment Geography, David Sills is Executive Director of the Northern Tornadoes Project.
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