{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-26-092680","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"WCN","cik":"0001318220","company_name":"Waste Connections, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-08-07T20:05:21+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-08-07T20:07:00.233007+00:00","generated_at":"2026-08-07T20:07:52.211705+00:00","sec_items":["8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Waste Connections renews share repurchase program for up to 12.58M shares","bullets":["TSX approved renewal of NCIB; allows repurchase of up to 12,578,462 common shares (5% of 251,569,244 outstanding as of July 31, 2026).","Program runs Aug 12, 2026 to Aug 11, 2027; daily TSX limit 95,113 shares (25% of avg daily volume).","Under expiring 2025 NCIB, company had purchased 6,103,527 shares via NYSE as of Aug 6, 2026.","Repurchases at market prices on TSX, NYSE, NYSE Texas, or alternative Canadian systems; shares cancelled."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-092680","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-092680.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-092680.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-092680.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465926092680/0001104659-26-092680-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465926092680/tm2622609d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-08-07T20:07:52.211705+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}