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Ding Dong, the Mega Quarry Is Dead

Mike Schreiner | Posted 01.23.2013 | Canada Politics
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Mike Schreiner

The proposed Melancthon Mega Quarry is dead. At approximately 2,300 acres, the proposed quarry was 1/3 the size of Toronto. The people of Ontario have sent a strong message. We want laws that put water and food before aggregates. Ontario must close the loopholes that fail to protect clean water and preserve prime farmland.

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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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