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FISHERIES POLLUTION REPORTS VOLUME 6 Prepared by Environmental Law Centre Edited by Donna Tingley Indexed by Shannon Keehn 1998 "The decisions and reasons for decision of the Fisheries Pollution Reports fall within the terms of the Reproduction of Federal Law Order, and may be reproduced, in whole or in part and by any means, without further permission. The captioned headnotes, lists of statutes and regulations, and cases and publications judicially considered do not fall within the terms of the Reproduction of Federal Law Order. They may be reproduced for personal use only, without further permission. They may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without permission from the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, on behalf of Environment Canada. 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The official versions of decisions and reasons for decision by Environment Canada are published in the Fisheries Pollution Reports." © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2001 Recycled Paper 204, 10709 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N3 Tel: (780) 424-5099 Fax: (780) 424-5133 Alberta Toll Free 1-800-661-4238 E-Mail: [email protected] Home Page: http://www.elc.ab.ca II ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE The Environmental Law Centre (Alberta) Society is a non-profit charitable organization operating in Alberta since 1982. The society believes in making the law work to protect the environment and in support of this objective provides services in environmental law education and assistance, environmental law reform and environmental law research. The Society operates the Environmental Law Centre which is staffed by four full-time lawyers. Funding is provided to the Society in part by the Alberta Law Foundation and through the generous support of the public. The Centre also accepts private and government research contracts for work relevant to and consistent with the Society’s objectives. Environmental Law Centre 204, 10709 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N3 Tel: (780) 424-5099 Fax: (780) 424-5133 Alberta Toll Free: 1-800-661-4238 E-Mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.elc.ab.ca III TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ...................................................................................................................................................................V CASES REPORTED ..................................................................................................................................................vi CONSOLIDATED TABLE OF CASES ....................................................................................................................x SUBJECT INDEX ......................................................................................................................................................xi TABLE OF STATUTES ........................................................................................................................................xxvi Indexed as: R. v. British Columbia ............................................................................................................................1 Indexed as: Kostuch (Informant) v. W.A. Stephenson (Western) Ltd........................................................................8 Indexed as: Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council v. Canada (Minister of the Environment) ......................................13 Indexed as: Ontario (Attorney General) v. Tyre King Tyre Recycling Ltd. ............................................................34 Indexed as: R. v. Shell Canada Products Ltd..........................................................................................................44 Indexed as: Bank of Montreal v. Lundrigans Ltd. .................................................................................................48 Indexed as: Eastmain Band v. Canada (Federal Administrator) #1.....................................................................58 Indexed as: R. v. Wentworth Valley Developments Ltd. .......................................................................................63 Indexed as: R. v. West Fraser Mills Ltd. #1 ............................................................................................................70 Indexed as: Eastmain Band v. Canada (Federal Administrator) #2.....................................................................80 Répertorié: Canada (Procureur général) c. Vernon Homes Inc..........................................................................105 Indexed as: R. v. Echo Bay Mines Ltd...................................................................................................................113 Indexed as: Curragh Resources Inc. v. Canada (Minister of Justice).................................................................118 Indexed as: R. v. Northwest Territories (Commissioner) #1 ...............................................................................138 Indexed as: R. v. Northwest Territories (Commissioner) #2 ...............................................................................142 Indexed as: R. v. Giammaria ...................................................................................................................................152 Indexed as: R. v. Scobey ..........................................................................................................................................155 Indexed as: R. v. Stora Forest Industries Ltd. ......................................................................................................160 Indexed as: R. v. Northwest Territories (Commissioner) #3 ...............................................................................168 Indexed as: Kostuch v. Alberta (Attorney General).............................................................................................183 Indexed as: R. v. Lerat.............................................................................................................................................197 IV Indexed as: R. v. Canada (Minister of National Defence)....................................................................................201 Indexed as: R. v. Agrifoods International Co-operative Ltd. ..............................................................................206 Indexed as: R. v. Northwest Territories (Commissioner) #4 ...............................................................................212 Indexed as: R. v. Oliver, Mangione, McCalla and Associates..............................................................................221 Indexed as: R. v. Rivtow Straits Ltd. (c.o.b. Pacific Rim Aggregates)................................................................226 Indexed as: R. v. Bremner .......................................................................................................................................241 Indexed as: R. v. Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd. ...............................................................................................247 Indexed as: R. v. West Fraser Mills Ltd. #2 ............................................................................................................254 Indexed as: R. v. Boise Cascade Canada Ltd. .......................................................................................................264 Indexed as: R. v. Northwest Territories (Commissioner) #5 ...............................................................................272 Indexed as: R. v. Jackson ........................................................................................................................................295 Indexed as: R. v. Suncor..........................................................................................................................................297 Indexed as: R. v. Northwest Territories (Commissioner) #6 ...............................................................................316 Indexed as: Standard Trust Co. (In liquidation) v. Lindsay Holdings Ltd. .......................................................332 V PREFACE This is the 6th volume of the Fisheries Pollution Reports published by Environment Canada. Volume 6 includes Canadian court cases for 1992, 1993 and 1994 which consider one or more of sections 34-42, inclusive, of the Fisheries Act. Volume 6 of the Fisheries Pollution Report was prepared by the Environmental Law Centre under contract to Environment Canada. The advice and support of Glenn Hamilton and David Noseworthy in the Regional Office of Environment Canada in Edmonton, and Paul Gavrel in the National Office of Environment Canada in Ottawa was appreciated. Both Rob Patzer and Ian Zaharko provided invaluable assistance. The completion of Volume 6 of the Fisheries Pollution Report required the involvement of a number of Environmental Law Centre staff: Dolores Noga, librarian, Tammy Allsup, office manager, Debbie Lindskoog, secretary-receptionist and Shannon Keehn,