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Mega-Quarry Victory Belongs to the People

David Suzuki | Posted 01.28.2013 | Canada Politics
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David Suzuki

We, as citizens, have to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to protect the environment. It just happened in Ontario, where Highland Companies announced it was withdrawing its plan to build a massive open-pit limestone quarry in the rural countryside north of Toronto. People power won! And it wasn't the first time it's happened in Canada.

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'Mega-Quarry' Project Killed Off

CBC | Posted 01.21.2013 | Canada
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The application to build a massive limestone quarry in Melancthon township near Orangeville, Ont., has been withdrawn. A spokesman for The...

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David Suzuki Wants to Stop Mega-Quarry

David Suzuki | Posted 12.17.2012 | Canada
Read More: Soil, Potatoes, Soupstock, Mega-Quarry, Agriculture, Melancthon, Food, Highland Companies, Food Security, Sarah Harmer Mega Quarry, Canada News
David Suzuki

A billion tonnes of limestone lie beneath the rural countryside in Melancthon Township, 100 kilometres north of Toronto. A plan to remove it spotlights the challenges faced everywhere when the desire to protect valuable and ever-diminishing farmland clashes with efforts to push industrial development.

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Understanding the Mega Quarry in Ten Easy Steps

Dr. Faisal Moola | Posted 12.11.2012 | Canada Impact
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Dr. Faisal Moola

If you live in southern Ontario, you've likely seen the signs. Stop. The. Mega-Quarry. The simple red and white lawn signs have increasingly been springing up in yards and on porches in both rural communities and downtown Toronto. While the signs are becoming iconic, the mind-boggling numbers behind the controversial Mega-Quarry proposal aren't as well known.

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Future Of Rural Ontario Township Hinges On 'Mega Quarry' Fight

The Huffington Post Canada | Samuel Greenfield | Posted 01.15.2012 | Canada
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This feature was produced by Samuel Greenfield, a student in Ryerson University's School of Journalism, in partnership with The Huffington Post Canada...

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Occupy Foodstock: A Tastier Cause

Malcolm Jolley | Posted 12.20.2011 | Canada Politics
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Malcolm Jolley

The "occupiers" of Foodstock had been invited by the Canadian Chef's Congress' Michael Stadtlander, whose famous Eisenginn Farm restaurant is a few miles north, to demonstrate a very singular and simple demand: that the provincial and federal governments use all their powers to ensure a mega quarry is never dug.

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Where Does Your Thanksgiving Dinner Come From?

Malcolm Jolley | Posted 12.08.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: Foodstock, Turkey, Vicky's Veggies, Ontario, Thanksgiving, Gravy, Organic, Wine Pairing, Ontario Farmers, Local Food, Brussels Sprouts, Soiled Reputation, Wine, Eiginsinn Farm, Thanksgiving Canada, Thanksgiving Dinner, Mega Quarry, Canada Living News
Malcolm Jolley

This year, let's thank the women and men who actually grow or raise the food that we put on the table on Monday because I swear that it tastes better to me for having seen the soil from which it sprung.

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Mega-Quarry Protesters Descend On Queen's Park

CBC | Posted 11.30.2011 | Canada
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A few hundred protesters turned up at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Friday to protest a massive limestone quarry proposed for development ...

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