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Durham Region
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The southern half of Durham Region covers the Lake Ontario shoreline from Pickering in the west to Clarington in the east. The population of the entire region is just under 600,000 people. The land is a mix of urban, suburban, and industrial development. There are a number of very large industrial and energy facilities in Durham, including Darlington nuclear power plant, General Motors Oshawa, and Pickering Nuclear power plant.
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It might look mysterious, but rest assured, there's no oil drilling going on off the shores of Ajax.
A barge is moored several hundred metres off Rotary Park as workers drill bore holes for Durham and York regions.
It's part of the work to expand the Duffin Creek water pollution control plant, located between the Pickering nuclear station and Rotary Park in Ajax. A new... (more)
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Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has submitted a list of suggested Interrogatories for Ontario Power Generation (OPG) with regard to the proposed Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project. Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has identified gaps in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Technical Support Documents (TSDs) provided by OPG with the assistance of our retained subject matter... (more)
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Forty years of gridlocked debate over the future of Oshawa's waterfront came to an end Friday afternoon, as the City, federal government and Oshawa Harbour Commission announced details of a landmark agreement.
The City didn't get everything it asked for, but Mayor John Gray said that's to be expected in any negotiation.
"You're never going to get 100 per cent, I think... (more)
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Oshawa’s waterfront is set to be transformed into a clean, green, mixed-use facility with the announcement that the federal government is handing the city $10.2 million and almost 50 acres of port land.
Calling it a “historic day” for citizens, Mayor John Gray said the deal, announced on Friday by Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda, concluded a 40-year... (more)
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Residents living in the Goodman Creek area are once again fighting to save neighbourhood beavers from a grisly fate.
The City of Oshawa recently gave the green light for a trapper to use "lethal trapping" methods to remove beavers from a storm water management pond at the creek, saying their dam is creating unmanageable water levels that could lead to flooding.
"It's not... (more)
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The Pickering nuclear power plant is killing fish by the millions.
Close to one million fish and 62 million fish eggs and larvae die each year when they’re sucked into the water intake channel in Lake Ontario, which the plant uses to cool steam condensers.
The fish, which include alewife, northern pike, Chinook salmon and rainbow smelt, are killed when they’re trapped... (more)
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A Canadian nuclear power plant has been ordered to stop killing fish by the millions or risk losing its operating license, government officials say.
Ontario Power Generation, operator of the Pickering plant, must reduce fish mortality in Lake Ontario by 80 percent, the Toronto Star reported Wednesday.
Nearly 1 million fish and 62 million fish eggs and larvae die each year... (more)
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This Week has learned the federal government intends to hold a public information session on July 16 about the future of the City's harbour.
The federal government is expected to make an announcement about the amount of funding linked with the confidential agreement council voted on earlier this year.
A public information session about the agreement and the plans it... (more)
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Ontario Power Generation has high hopes that a fish barrier net installed at the mouth of the Pickering nuclear plant's intake will significantly reduce the number of fish sucked in every year.
The intake draws water from the lake into the plant and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has asked OPG to reduce the number of fish lost in the intake by 80 per... (more)
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