Ontario’s quarry conundrumBy Bill Tremblay Barrie Advance Jun 28, 2012 ORANGEVILLE - Ontario’s thirst for aggregate must no longer trump the need to maintain agricultural land, heard the committee charged with reviewing the province’s Aggregate Resources Act (ARA)....

Artists at their easels, area bus tour, live music await the public north of ShelburneNDACT news release June 25 2012Hornings Mills ON – For the second year, dozens of artists are gathering in Hornings Mills, north of Shelburne, to capture the landscape threatened by the proposed Highland mega-quarry...

Massive Mega Quarry event frames panorama of quarry landsNDACT news release June 14 2912Honeywood, ON – This summer’s big event to raise funds and awareness about a proposed mega quarry north of Orangeville will include a scenic panorama of the proposed quarry lands....

The alternative: costly water infrastructure, like pipelines, filtration systems and treatment plantsNews release from the David Suzuki Foundation May 30 2012 TORONTO – The globally renowned Ontario Greenbelt provides more than $1 billion a year in economic benefits, according to a report released to...

Farms.com April 30 2012Guelph, Ont. – The National Farmers Union (NFU) has sent a letter to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources this week, recommending that it decline the application made by The Highlands Companies for the Melancthon Quarry....

By DON CROSBY Owen Sound Sun Times April 28 2012Another Foodstock event is planned for later this year, said internationally renowned chef Michael Stadtlander. He was the guest speaker during the Grey Association for Better Planning's annual general meeting last Saturday....

By Bill Rea King Sentinel April 18 2012 The recent public session to discuss the Tottenham Pit proposal attracted more than 200 people, and many of them didn’t like what they were hearing. People voiced concerns for their water and air quality, the process being followed, charges that this proposal i...

Committee Findings To Help Shape Long-Term Aggregates Plan for OntarioOntario government news release March 22, 2012The Standing Committee on General Government, an all-party committee of the legislature, has been directed by the Ontario legislature to develop recommendations to strengthen the Aggreg...

Highland, Walke, M.A.Q.: citizens in 3 townships fight quarry proposals By KRISTEN SMITH Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin March 9 2012 The Highland Companies, Walker Aggregates, and M.A.Q. Aggregates have all submitted applications to quarry areas within 30 kilometres each other, although they’r...

Grey Matters holds fundraiser March 11 to help pay OMB costs By Kristen Smith Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin February 23 2012 A local environmental conservation group is asking the community to strap on a set of snowshoes and help cover costs of an Ontario Municipal Board hearing for a proposed quar...