Badger Daylighting Ltd. (TSX:BAD) ("Badger" or the "Company") continues to
believe the CAD $20.50 per share cash consideration offered in the previously
announced proposed transaction with Clean Harbors, Inc. ("Clean Harbors") is in
the best interest of Badger shareholders. The Board of Directors of Badger have
had a long tenure with the Company and know its business well. In reaching their
recommendation the Board carefully considered the future prospects and financial
projections for Badger. Badger's Board of Directors and management hold
approximately 1,114,000 shares and options. Badger anticipates that 100% of
these securities will be voted in favour of the proposed transaction.


Cormark Securities Inc. has acted as financial advisor to Badger and has
provided the Board with a fairness opinion stating that the consideration to be
received by Badger shareholders pursuant to the arrangement is fair from a
financial point of view. In addition, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.
("ISS") and Glass Lewis & Co. ("Glass Lewis") have recommended that Badger
shareholders vote for the Arrangement. ISS and Glass Lewis are leading
independent international corporate governance analysis and proxy voting firms,
their recommendations assist shareholders to make decisions regarding proxy
voting. Badger encourages its shareholders to consider these facts and continues
to recommend that they follow the recommendation of the Board of Directors.


Badger's President and Chief Executive Officer, Tor Wilson said, "We recognize
the value that Badger has created for its shareholders and we strongly believe
that, from a financial standpoint, this offer is in the best interest of our
shareholders."


Badger believes that its future free cash flow may be negatively impacted by two
factors: increased cash taxes that Badger expects that it will have to pay and
anticipated continued high maintenance capital expenditures. Badger anticipates
that it will be required to raise additional capital, reduce growth capital
expenditures or reduce its dividend to shareholders in order to meet these
anticipated negative cash flow factors.


Badger is now fully taxable in the United States. The conversion of Badger from
an income trust to a corporation on December 31, 2010 makes Badger fully taxable
in Canada as well. For the six year period ended in 2010, Badger paid, on
average, less that $1 million of cash taxes annually. Badger anticipates paying
significantly higher levels of cash taxes in 2011 and beyond.


With the growth in size of Badger's fleet along with the increase in the age of
its equipment, maintenance capital expenditures consume an increasing amount of
Badger's available cash flow. Badger's total maintenance capital expenditures
were $8.2 million for 2009 and $14.1 million for 2010. For the five year period
ending in 2009, Badger's maintenance capital expenditures averaged approximately
$2.5 million annually. Badger expects its maintenance capital expenditures to
continue at levels similar to 2010 in future years.


Shareholders who require assistance voting their proxy are urged to contact
Badger's proxy solicitation agent Kingsdale Shareholder Services Inc. at
1-888-518-1561.


About Badger

Badger is North America's largest provider of non-destructive excavating
services. Badger traditionally works for contractors and facility owners in the
utility and petroleum industries. Our key technology is the Badger Hydrovac,
which is used primarily for safe digging in congested grounds and challenging
conditions. The Badger Hydrovac uses a pressurized water stream to liquefy the
soil cover, which is then removed with a powerful vacuum system and deposited
into a storage tank. Badger manufactures its truck-mounted hydrovac units.


Badger's business model involves the provision of excavating services through
two distinct entities: the Operating Partners (franchisees in the United States
and agents in Canada), and Badger Corporate. Badger Corporate works with its
Operating Partners to provide Hydrovac service to the end user. In this
partnership, Badger provides the expertise, the trucks, and North American
marketing and administration support. The Operating Partners deliver the service
by operating the equipment and developing their local markets. All work is
invoiced by Badger and then shared with the Operating Partner based upon a
revenue sharing formula. In certain locations Badger has established corporate
run operations to market and deliver the service in the local area.


About Clean Harbors

Clean Harbors is the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial
services and hazardous waste management services throughout North America. Clean
Harbors serves over 50,000 customers, including a majority of the Fortune 500
companies, thousands of smaller private entities and numerous federal, state,
provincial and local governmental agencies. Headquartered in Norwell,
Massachusetts, Clean Harbors has more than 175 locations, including over 50
waste management facilities, throughout North America in 36 U.S. states, seven
Canadian provinces, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Clean Harbors also operates
international locations in Bulgaria, China, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand and the
United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.cleanharbors.com.


Forward-looking statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements which reflect Badger's
current beliefs and are based on information currently available to Badger.
These statements require Badger to make assumptions it believes are reasonable
and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results and
developments may differ materially from the results and developments discussed
in the forward-looking statements as certain of these risks and uncertainties
are beyond Badger's control. Examples of such forward-looking statements in this
press release relate to, but are not limited to the anticipated negative impact
on future free cash flow of Badger. These forward-looking statements rely on
certain assumptions, including, among others, that Badger's cash tax will
increase in the future and the increase in maintenance capital required to keep
the Hydrovac fleet whole. Risk factors and other uncertainties surrounding
Badger's future free cash flow could require Badger to either raise additional
capital or reduce growth capital or the dividend amount paid to Badger
shareholders should the transaction not being completed in a timely fashion, or
at all.
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