September 11th, 2009 from Ann TruyensWhile we do not want to let our guard down on Site 41, it is increasingly important to have our energies turned to the solution – Zero Waste. I grow increasingly concerned that our politicians will turn to the easy fix of “shipping it to Durham” – out of sight [&h...

September 11th, 2009 The Site 41 Community Monitoring Committee has written to the Huronia District Airport Commission pointing out that large populations of birds, particularly geese, have been attracted to standing water in the Site 41 storm water management pond.“We are writing you today to alert ...

September 10th, 2009 Our thoughts go out to the family of Globe and Mail reporter Margaret Philp, whose husband Martin Mittelstaedt, the paper’s envirronment reporter, has written several times about Dump Site 41. Margaret died yesterday, 43 years old, four years after first being diagnosed with brea...

Zero Waste “unattainable,” councillors look at incinerationSeptember 10th, 2009 Media coverage of Sept.9 Simcoe County corporate services committee meeting From the Orillia Packet and Times….Clearview Township Mayor Ken Ferguson said he has reservations about abandoning Site 41.“Everyone is responsib...

September 2nd, 2009 Hello Everyone:On behalf of the Ontario Zero Waste Coalition I sent the following letter to all Mayor’s, Councillors,municpalities in the Simcoe area with the following attachments. A few municipalities don’t have an emailsystem that will allow for the attachments. In ...

September 3rd, 2009 It appears that the County is not even prepared to accept the OPP’s word on what happened at the blockade Gate 2 on the afternoon of August 20.The Barrie Examiner reports that Simcoe County communications manager Alan Greenwood continues to maintain that a dozen individuals blocka...

September 3rd, 2009 Today, a press release alleging a dozen people wearing bandanas had blockaded Site 41 and intimidated staff was removed from the Simcoe County website.“I am very pleased that the County of Simcoe removed the racist press release” said Vicki Monague of Beausoleil First Nation, who ...

September 4th, 2009 Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty sent the following email to one of our supporters: On Thu, 9/3/09, dmcguinty@premier.gov.on.ca wrote Thanks for your online message about the North Simcoe landfill site(Site 41). I appreciate your taking the time to share your concerns with me.In On...

September 4th, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFestival shows how big events can produce little or no waste ELMVALE — September 3, 2009 – It was one of Ontario’s most refreshing “zero waste” summer events: a festival dedicated to celebrating water. The Elmvale Water Festival (EWF), a free day-long event de...