⚖️ Compliance Intel Vancouver

British Columbia-based import company ordered to pay $163,776 fine for illegally importing European eel meat Charges: Count 1 On or about October 17th, 2017, Pacific Gateway Holding Inc., at or near the City of Vancouver, Province of British Columbia, did import into Canada a part or derivative of an animal, to wit: On 3 March 2021, before the Provincial Court of British Columbia sitting in Vancouver, the corporation Pacific Gateway Holding Inc. pleaded guilty to Counts 1 and 2 of illegally importing European eels, in contravention of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act. The Court ordered a stay of proceedings on Counts 3 through 10. An aggregate

University of British Columbia fined $1.2 million and CIMCO Refrigeration fined $800,000 for the 2014 release of ammonia-laden water into a tributary of the Fraser River Charges: On or about the 12th day of September, 2014, at or near the City of Vancouver in the Province of British Columbia, did unlawfully deposit a deleterious substance in water frequented by fish to wit: am On June 21, 2019, before the Provincial Court of Richmond, British Columbia, the corporation CIMCO Refrigeration has pleaded guilty of depositing a deleterious substance into waters frequented by fish; and was sentenced to paying a fine of $800,000 to the Receiver General of Canada in trust to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund. The court recommended $400,000 be paid to the Paci

Kirby Offshore Marine Operating LLC ordered to pay $2.9 million after pleading guilty to three charges of violating federal environmental legislation Charges: In October 2018, the Company was charged with · Two counts of depositing a deleterious substance into fish bearing waters (FA36(3)) · Two counts of depositing a substance harmful to migratory bi · $2.7million for the offence of depositing a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish, in violation of the Fisheries Act; · $200,000 for the offence of depositing a substance harmful to migratory birds, in violation of the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994; and · $5,000 for the offence of failing to comply with the pilotage requirements under the Pilotage Act. Offense location: near Bella Bella

B.C. company ordered to pay $50K in penalties for illegally importing products containing a protected orchid species Charges: Count 1 Topwin Trading Co Ltd, on or about the 30th day of March, 2016, at or near the City of Vancouver, Province of British Colombia, did import into Canada a part or derivative of a plant, to wit: On March 4th, 2019, before the Provincial Court of Vancouver, British Columbia, the corporation Topwing Trading Co Ltd pleaded guilty to the offence of importing a part of a plant without a permit; and was sentenced to pay a fine of $5,000 and pay $45,000 to the Environmental Damages Fund of Canada. The herbal oil that was seized during the investigation was subsequently forfeited to the Crown in Offense location: Vancouver Port Authority Centerm Terminal

University of British Columbia fined $1.2 million and CIMCO Refrigeration fined $800,000 for the 2014 release of ammonia-laden water into a tributary of the Fraser River Charges: Under Count 1, University of British Columbia (UBC) was convicted of unlawfully depositing, or permitting the deposit of a deleterious substance, an ammonia solution, into waters frequented by fish, c On the 28th of June 2019, before the Provincial Court of British Columbia, University of British Columbia (UBC) was convicted on two counts of the Fisheries Act. UBC was ordered to pay a fine of $1,150,000 for depositing a deleterious substance and a fine of $50,000 for failing to report the deposit in a timely manner. The total fine of $1,200,000 will be paid to the Governement of Canada's Enviro Offense location: 6066 Thunderbird Blvd

Charges: The company was charged with 7 counts of failing to comply with the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER): •2 counts for failure to submit monitoring reports (contrary to S21 and S21(1))•1 count fo On July 13, 2016, before the provincial court in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Gibraltar Mines Ltd. pleaded guilty of five offences under the Fisheries Act related to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER) and was sentenced to pay $1000 per count in fine money and $65,000 in total for the 5 counts to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund. Offense location: near McCleese Lake

West Coast Reduction pays $90,000 for environmental offences Charges: Charges of deposit a deleterious substance to waters frequented by fish under section 36(3) of the Fisheries Act and charges of deposit of a substance that is harmful to Migratory Birds in waters or a West Coast Reduction Ltd. was ordered to pay $90,000 on July 8, 2015, in Vancouver Provincial Court after pleading guilty to an offence under the Fisheries Act. The conviction stems from a spill of approximately 1,800 litres of canola oil, into the Burrard Inlet, that occurred as West Coast Reduction Ltd. was loading the vessel Bum Shin at the Port Metro Vancouver. The company reported the inciden Offense location: 105 Commercial Drive North

$110,000 penalty for discharging untreated sewage into Burrard Inlet The Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District (GVSDD) has pleaded guilty in British Columbia Provincial Court to one count of an offence under the Fisheries Act, related to a release of untreated sewage into Burrard Inlet. The GVSDD was sentenced to pay a $110,000 penalty. On July 22, 2011, Environment Canada received notification that untreated sewage, which is deleterious to fish, was dis Offense location: Brockton Point, Stanley Park

Nam Bak Enterprises Limited Sentenced for Illegal Importation of Plant Species On October 9, 2012, Nam Bak Enterprises Limited was convicted and fined in British Columbia Provincial court for offences under the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA). Nam Bak Enterprises received a total penalty of $50,000 for importing without a permit American Ginseng (wild and cultivated), a species listed under the Conven