On July 7, the Minister of Public Safety announced that the Government of Canada provided an interim payment of $600,000 to Newfoundland and Labrador through the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA). The payment was for disaster response and recovery expenses related to flooding in 2006. A severe rainstorm caused extensive flooding along Newfoundland and Labrador’s […]
A rail car that was knocked into the Thompson River by a rock slide is leaking a toxic chemical, provincial officials told a public meeting in Lytton, B.C., Wednesday night. The news of the leak came shortly after CPR spokesman Mike LoVecchio said there were no leaks. “Well, there has been a release. There’s no […]
The solvent that was dumped in the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton on Wednesday night was naphtha, a petroleum-based substance used in paint thinners, officials said Thursday. It evaporates within hours and officials say the concentration that ended up in the river doesn’t pose a risk to human health, wildlife or the environment. It appears […]
CBC News reported that in the evening of July 1, four cars of a 16-car Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed north of Lytton, B.C., after being hit by a rockslide. Two of the 16 cars landed in the Thompson River. The partially submerged cars, which were carrying the biodegradable chemical ethylene glycol, are double-walled and […]
Emergency crews in Edmonton tried to contain an oil spill on the North Saskatchewan River Wednesday evening. The spill was reported by a jogger at approximately 5 p.m. CBC reporter Erik Denison was on the scene and said the substance seemed to be coming out of an outflow near the Quesnell Bridge. The North Saskatchewan […]
Two rail cars loaded with chemicals landed in the Thompson River after a Canadian Pacific Railway train was hit by a rock slide and derailed Tuesday evening near the B.C. Interior town of Lytton. The derailment happened south of Lytton, about 200 kilometres west of Kelowna, and just across the river from a wildfire that […]
CBC News reported that on July 1st, the southern Alberta city of Lethbridge declared a state of emergency after more than 45 millimetres of rain fell in about 90 minutes, overwhelming storm systems in the city. Following the downpour, transit service was suspended for several hours and one bridge was closed. City officials also asked […]