{"id":403586,"date":"2026-01-12T00:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/403586\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T00:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:27:16","slug":"quebec-chemical-firm-hit-with-1-4m-fine-over-substance-discharged-in-river-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/403586\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec chemical firm hit with $1.4M fine over substance discharged in river &#8211; Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted January 9, 2026 2:26 pm<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated January 10, 2026 12:09 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A company that operated a chemical manufacturing plant in western Quebec has been fined $1.35 million for discharging a harmful substance into the Rivi\u00e8re du Li\u00e8vre in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Superior General Partner Inc., which owned and operated the Erco Mondial plant in 2019, had pleaded guilty in Quebec court to 12 counts of discharging sodium chlorite into the water, a violation of the Fisheries Act.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Both the company and Jean-Francois Roux \u2014 the plant\u2019s technical director at the time of the violations \u2014 also pleaded guilty to one additional count of failing to inform federal authorities about the spills.<\/p>\n<p>Environment and Climate Change Canada says in a statement that it was informed by a company official on July 24, 2019, of the discharges into the river, which were the result of equipment failure.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11606291\/man-skulls-skeletal-remains-jonathan-gerlach-basement-pennsylvania\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768177636_107_Jonathan-Gerlach-human-remains.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMan charged after over 100 human skeletal remains found in Pennsylvania home\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11607763\/us-immigration-enforcement\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768177636_513_e7694fbbbe42ffbd440a5760182eb46afafde1f43bae7c7b51f4da3996213d0c_717153.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tProtests grow after shootings by immigration officer in Minneapolis and Portland\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rivi\u00e8re du Li\u00e8vre flows into the Ottawa River and is home to several species of fish, including smallmouth bass, brook trout, walleye and muskellunge.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The disclosure triggered an investigation by federal environment officials, who found that between June 27 and July 19, 2019, the company had discharged the chemical a dozen times into the river.<\/p>\n<p>The company was ordered on Wednesday to pay $1.35 million and Roux was fined $15,000.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 9, 2026 2:26 pm Updated January 10, 2026 12:09 pm 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