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Our letter to the editor in response to the mercury article on Dolime
City has water worries at quarry
By Jessica Lovell
Guelph Tribune
http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/city-has-water-worries-at-quarry/
Guelph’s mayor has been in touch with the Ministry of Natural Resources over concerns that the city’s water supply is being threatened by an application to double extraction limits at the DoLime Quarry.
“Operation of the quarry under the proposed Management Plan would present a threat to the city’s water supply and therefore a threat to the health of Guelph citizens and visitors,” said Mayor Karen Farbridge in a recent letter to the ministry.
The letter was in regards to a July 2007 application to amend the licence
Council of Canadaians Guelph Update
Thanks to all who attended the AGM . A full house heard an excellent presentation on the Melancthon Mega-Quarry by Carl Cosack. Please check out information at our Guelph chapter website www.coc-guelph.ca for followup actions on the Mega-Quarry and for notes on Carl Cosack’s excellent presentation on the quarry.
In Ontario, the Council of Canadians is opposing the gravel quarry proposed in Melancthon (about 100 kilometres north of Toronto), http://www.canadians.org/campaignblog/?p=7944. We have also expressed concern about the Wawa gravel quarry on Lake Superior, http://www.canadians.org/campaignblog/?p=1544 and the proposed Nelson Aggregates gravel quarry at Mount Nemo… Read the rest
Chong Opposes Mega-Quarry in House of Commons
Hon. Michael Chong, P.C., M.P.
Wellington-Halton Hills News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 15th, 2011
Chong Opposes Mega-Quarry in House of Commons
Chong requests a Federal Environmental Assessment and a Panel Review
OTTAWA – Michael Chong, M.P. for Wellington-Halton Hills, voiced opposition to the
Highland Companies’ mega-quarry in the House of Commons today. At 2,500 acres, the
proposed mega-quarry in Dufferin County would be one of the largest open-pit mines in
Canada, destroying prime farmland and natural habitat for local flora and fauna. By delving
more than 200 feet below the surface, it… Read the rest
PitStop – Stop the Quarry
please watch this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgS0m2XtBbI&feature=share
and please pass it along to your friends and acquaintances
and PLEASE take the few minutes to make your voice heard
with heartfelt thanks,
Water Watchers
GRCA News: Public meetings scheduled to provide update on drinking water source protection
Grand River Conservation Authority
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Release ON RECEIPT
News Release
Public meetings scheduled to provide update
on drinking water source protection
A series of public meetings will be held in May and June to give residents of the Grand River watershed an update on work being done to protect drinking water sources serving municipal and First Nations water systems.
All meetings are from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will be held:
* Monday, May 30 – Aboyne Hall, 536 Wellington Road 18, Fergus
* Tuesday, May… Read the rest
Ramble on: Great Lakes Shoreline Right of Passage Act
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Imagine kicking off the summer beach season by exercising your new-found “freedom to roam”. It could happen. Earlier this month, the Ontario legislature referred a private member’s bill to the Justice Policy committee. If passed, the bill will restore your right to walk freely on the
Wellington Water Watchers won’t appeal Nestlé’s Aberfoyle permit renewal, but will remain vigilant!
PRESS RELEASE
May 12, 2011
Wellington Water Watchers has decided not to appeal the April 30 decision by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to grant a five-year extension to the water-taking permit in Aberfoyle issued to Nestlé Waters Canada. “The Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR) system is flawed, and we have decided there is no point in participating in a process that appears to be a window-dressing exercise,” explains Mike Nagy, Wellington Water Watchers’ Board member.
WWWs will continue to oppose the wasteful and unsustainable practices of the plastic bottled water industry while supporting and promoting municipal drinking water… Read the rest
Gravel Watch Ontario open meeting, Tuesday June 7, 2011,
Gravel Watch open meeting, Tuesday June 7, 2011, 6:45pm. Puslinch Community Ctr
See the poster: http://www.gravelwatch.org/orig-gw/misc/110607-rick-smith-flyer.pdf
Please circulate the poster. Print it and post it.
The speaker for the open meeting will be:
Dr. Rick Smith, Canadian author and environmentalist. Executive Director
of Environmental Defense. Coauthor of best seller “Slow Death by Rubber Duck”
See you there — Ric Holt, President, Gravel Watch Ontario
PS: If your group would like a display table at the open meeting, please contact Tim Forster <tim@talktotim.ca>
Water watchdogs look to appeal Nestlé’s latest permit
- Vik Kirsch, Mercury staff
- Tue May 03 2011
Read the article here http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/local/article/526701–water-watchdogs-look-to-appeal-nestle-s-latest-permit.
GUELPH — The Wellington Water Watchers group is scrambling to meet an appeals deadline in its opposition to a just-issued Nestlé Canada water-taking permit.
“We only have two weeks,” spokesperson Mike Nagy said Tuesday, irked at the limited period to object to the firm’s latest water-taking permit for its Aberfoyle bottled water operation.
He said a subcommittee of the organization is to meet Wednesday for a strategy session about the matter.
The Ministry of the Environment issued Nestlé a five-year
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