Ontario property owner and contractor fined $157K for damaging threatened bird habitat

A property owner and a demolition contractor in Parry Sound, Ont., have been ordered to pay more than $157,000 after work at an abandoned hospital site damaged habitat used by threatened chimney swifts.

Marble Arch Corporation and contractor Adam Watson were convicted under Ontario’s Endangered Species Act for harm done to the birds’ habitat during demolition work in 2020, according to a ...