Aggregate & Mining (545 articles) The aggregate industry is one of the largest resource-based industries in the Province of Ontario. By some estimates, Ontarians consume 170-million tonnes of aggregates each year, creating roads and buildings. This billion-dollar industry also excavates and devastates many of our most precious natural areas. In southern Ontario, the Niagara Escarpment is dramatically impacted by aggregate excavation – many of these stories are filed in the Hamilton Region.
|  | Mr. Peter Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore, NDP)moved for leave to introduce Bill C-237, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (deposit in lakes).He said: Mr. Speaker, I always remind the House that the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is just that, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, not the minister of mining or agriculture or forestry. The number one job of the... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Canada Environmental Law Fish |
|  | Ms. Sylvia Jones: My question is for the Minister of Natural Resources. As you know, the proposed application for a quarry in the township of Melancthon involves over 2,300 acres. This application is the largest in Ontario’s history. Reviewing an application of this size and scope is going to take significant time and resources from your ministry. Minister, do you believe you... (more) | | (1 comments) Aggregate & Mining Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Ontario |
|  | The deadline for public comment is: June 3, 2011.From the Environmental Registry:
The purpose of Official Plan Amendment No. 17 to the Township of Melancthon Official Plan is to redesignate approximately 48 hectares of land to allow for a new mineral aggregate extraction operation (gravel pit) by Strada Aggregates Inc. The subject lands are located on the... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Development & Land Use Environmental Law Groundwater Ontario Other |
| | | An American-backed company that assembled farmland north of Orangeville to grow potatoes has applied to develop one of Canada’s biggest rock quarries.But neighbouring farmers are warning of environmental and community consequences if it’s allowed to proceed.The Highland Companies, backed by Boston-based hedge fund Baupost Group, proposes to dig what it calls a... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Greater Toronto Region |
| | | The Ontario government says it is extending the deadline for public comment on a proposed mega-quarry but there is a catch.Ontario law gave the public 45 days to respond to a 3,100-page application from the Highland Companies, backed by a Boston hedge fund, to develop a limestone mega-quarry north of Shelburne.If approved, the project would be the largest of its type in... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Greater Toronto Region |
| | | The Ontario government is using a rarely-used provincial power to prevent St. Marys Cement from developing a quarry in Flamborough.At a news conference at his Waterdown constituency office April 21, Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale Liberal MPP Ted McMeekin announced the Liberal government has declared the Ontario Municipal Board hearing reviewing an application by St.... (more) | | (0 comments) Aggregate & Mining Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Hamilton and Region Ontario |
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