Dive summary:

• Residents in are questioning the safety of ash from Burnaby Waste to Energy incinerator in Vancouver, the Fraser Valley Regional District has tested the ash and claim it is six times higher than the acceptable level for hazardous waste.
• Environment Minister, Terry Lake, says that the ash only exceeds the safety limit by a small degree and poses no health risk.
• Some of the ash was shipped out to the Cache Creek landfill but the landfill is refusing to take any more ash and the mayor says he wants the remaining ash out of the landfill.

From the article:

The Fraser Valley Regional District is leveling some serious accusations at Metro Vancouver and the Ministry of the Environment over hazardous fly ash.

FVRD Chair Sharon Gaetz says initial tests of the ash from a Burnaby Waste to Energy incinerator tested six times higher than acceptable for hazardous waste.

She says Environment Minister Terry Lake seems to be downplaying any concerns by saying the ash only exceeds safety limits by a small degree. ...