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Jul 12th, 2011
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Nottawasaga Steelheaders alert on blastingAWARE Simcoe July 11 2011The Highland Companies has filed a new application for a Certificate of Approval for air and noise emissions for the mega-quarry. The EBR number is 011-3976, the notice is posted on the Environmental Registry and comment is required b...
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Jul 11th, 2011
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Petition tops 100,000! 110,000! AWARE Simcoe July 11 2011 As the petition against the mege-quarry tops 100,000, the deadline has arrived for commenting through the Environmental Registry. Go to this link and click on the ‘Submit Comment’ button at right. Background information Recent deve...
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Jul 11th, 2011
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By Drew Halfnight Guelph Mercury Jul 08 2011 GUELPH — Frank Valeriote added his voice Thursday to the chorus opposing a mega-quarry proposed for 60 kilometres north of Guelph. Read more ...
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Jul 11th, 2011
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Orangeville.com July 6 2011 The Highland Companies is applying for a new Certificate of Approval from the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) for air and noise emissions at its proposed quarry in Melancthon. Read more ...
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Jul 11th, 2011
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By WES KELLER Orangeville Citizen July 7 2011 In spite of the Ministry of Environment’s (MoE) criticism of The Highland Companies quarry application, the company remains confident that the application will succeed. Read more ...
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Jul 11th, 2011
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Bobolink known to live in Highland’s fields By Chris Halliday Orangeville.com Jun 22, 2011 There’s a lot of talk concerning the loss of agricultural land and threats to drinking water, but what about the chance those rusty sounding calls of the Bobolink might vanish from The Highland Companies’ lands...
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Jul 11th, 2011
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Eco-tax, shmeco-tax Editorial By Miriam King Bradford Times July 7 2011 So, Tim Hudak, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has announced that he will eliminate the “sneaky eco-taxes” on a range of products, implemented by the McGuinty Liberals. … What we want to ...
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Jul 9th, 2011
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Comment on Environmental Registry closes Monday – make sure your voice is heard AWARE Simcoe July 8 2011 Emma Ruby-Sachs (daughter of activist lawyer Clayton Ruby) posted a petion against the megaquarry on Avaaz.org two days ago and within 24 hours, 70,000 people had signed! Keep it up! Sign th...
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Jul 9th, 2011
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Strangers become allies… NDACT meetings always run out of chairs BY TIM SHUFF In the Hills June 16, 2011 This spring, when The Highland Companies filed its application for a 2,316-acre limestone quarry, a small rural protest caught the big wave. Remarkably, Carl Cosack is not angry. Naturally, ...
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Jul 3rd, 2011
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By mail or email, get your comments in by Monday July 11AWARE Simcoe July 2 2011The deadline for comments to the Environmental Registry on the mega-quarry is July 11. ...