News – Deloro – Water Pollution
Deloro mines final cleanup plan announced Ontario’s Minister of the Environment Leona Dombrowsky launches the long-awaited MoE plan for the closure of the Deloro Minesite at a Deloro community meeting. The Community Press, Eastern Edition November 19/2004
MoE could be fined for arsenic sludge spill at Deloro The Ontario Minister of the Environment and Leona Dombrowsky, MPP for Hastings, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington are taking the overflow of the arsenic sludge storage lagoon at the Deloro arsenic treatment plant very seriously. Community Press March 26/2004
Sludge lagoon overflows Toxic sludge overflows from an arsenic sludge storage lagoon at the abandoned Deloro mine site. H2infO – The Water Information Network
March 11/2004
Ontario: River’s arsenic levels 100 times higher than provincial standards DELORO – Arsenic levels in a river northwest of Belleville, Ont.,are higher than what provincial standards allow, tests conducted by the Environment Ministry show.
National Post July 17/2002
The Deloro Decision: Are governments subject to lower environmental standards?
“The decision in Deloro represents a serious blow to environmental protection in Ontario, legitimizing lower environmental standards for governments and lowering the bar on the due diligence defence.” Report May 25/2002
River in toxic trouble, activist says
Janet Fletcher tells The Whig-Standard she’d like to see an investigation into the ministry’s Certificate of Approval and “the whole toxic mess up there.”
Kingston Whig-Standard August 28/2001
The EBI issues a warning tonight to anyone living near the Moira River
Janet Fletcher discusses elevated levels of arsenic in the Moira River on this Kingston-area news broadcast. Transcript. CKWS-TV News August 24/2001
Environmental group says arsenic levels too high in Moira River
“People should be very careful around the water, this is a very severe matter,” says Environmental Bureau of Investigation spokesman, Tom Adams.
The Belleville Intelligencer August 23/2001
EBI forwards water quality data to MOE
EBI responds to MOE’s data and its request for EBI community contacts list.
Letter August 21/2001
MOE responds to EBI request for Moira River water quality data
A lawyer for the Ministry of Environment responds to EBI’s request for more information about Moira River water quality. August 17/2001
EBI’s initial request for Moira River water quality data
In light of this summer’s low water levels, EBI requests data on arsenic concentrations in the Moira River. Letter July 27/2001
Ontario court rules MOE not guilty of Deloro mine site pollution charges
This article, which draws heavily from the MOE’s news release on the Deloro decision, discusses the judge’s “due diligence” ruling. Eco/Log Week July 16/2001
Ministry of Environment not guilty in Deloro trial
Article details the results of EBI’s Deloro trial. Includes a backgrounder on MOE efforts to clean up the contaminated site. Hastings Star July 7/2001
Deloro charges against MoE dismissed
“The Deloro pollution charges against the Ontario government were dismissed by Justice Celynne Dorval on June 27, 2001…” Community Press June 29/2001
Court acquits MOE Deloro pollution
“I don’t think having a plan is having due diligence . . . They’ve had a plan for 20 years,” says EBI’s Janet Fletcher. Belleville/The Intelligencer June 28/2001
Government acquitted in Deloro water charges
EBI responds to yesterday’s decision in the Deloro Mine case. June 28/2001
Government cleared in Deloro case
“Regardless of winning or losing, we have to keep doing our investigations,” says EBI’s Mark Mattson. Kingston Whig-Standard June 28/2001
Judge rules in ministry’s favour in pollution case
“Government is not at fault because it had taken significant steps to remedy the discharge.” National Post June 28/2001
Province acquitted in mine pollution case
Judge accepts defence of due diligence in cleaning up Deloro. “It was a surprise and a shock,” said lawyer Doug Chapman, who was confident of a conviction. “Maybe now they’ll do something to clean it up.” Toronto Star June 28/2001
Big court ruling
EBI spokesperson Janet Fletcher says that while she’s disappointed with the Deloro ruling, her group intends to monitor the clean-up. CKWS Newswatch June 27/2001
Woman files charges against government
“Allegedly violated own pollution laws.” National Post June 27/2001
Polluting charges against environment ministry: trial ends
“I believe, in the end, it’s going to be a matter of the judge determining whether the ministry is, in fact, above the laws that they’re supposed to enforce, or whether they are responsible under the law,” says Janet Fletcher. CBC Radio April 18/2001
Environment ministry releases study
An Ontario government study suggests that the abandoned Deloro Mine site is not harming the environment — a picture which is not entirely accurate, according to EBI’s Janet Fletcher. News transcript April 12/2001
If the government really wanted to help they would clean up the site, not drag this through the courts, says EBI’s Janet Fletcher. Watch it here in Real Video. CBC-TV, The National March 21/2001
Heavy metal “Arsenic is an endocrine disrupter.” Environmental News Network
March 5/2001
Residents suing over arsenic contamination
“People living in a small community in Eastern Ontario are launching a $50 million class action lawsuit because of arsenic in their soil.” CBC news online February 7/2000
