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Peterborough & Region
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City council got a look on Monday at some information that could be in an assessment report on the Otonabee- Peterborough source water protection area when it's finished in May.
A parcel of land with a septic system, a parcel of land where road salt is used and the storage of agricultural material on another property are a few of the potential threats to the city's source... (more)
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The Peterborough County Landowners Association encouraged county council on Wednesday to support the dissolution of conservation authorities, including the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority.
Tony Kenny, Peterborough County Landowners Association president, asked council to consider taking on the conservation authority's responsibilities.
Conservation authorities need... (more)
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Peterborough & Region
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Cavan Monaghan Township won't show the public test results of a controversial water well diversion proposal so some township residents have filed freedom of information applications to get them.
A few Millbrook residents, who say the results should be public, have appealed to the provincial privacy commissioner hoping to force Cavan Monaghan Township to release its reservoir... (more)
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A controversial plan to take water from Millbrook via a 12- kilometre pipe to Fraserville returns to Cavan Monaghan Township council on Tuesday with several delegations opposing the project.
Scott McFadden, who is running for the deputy reeve seat in the October municipal election, will present a petition against the project with more than 1,200 signatures.
Earthroots, an... (more)
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Residents in and around Millbrook have expressed substantial opposition to a proposed development of massive proportions in nearby Fraserville. Cavan Monaghan Township has planned an expansion to the Kawartha Downs casino, as well as nearly 700 homes, a golf course, big box stores, an entertainment complex, and so on. The crux of the issue is water; due to contamination of... (more)
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Water takings
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A $30-million plan to take water from the village of Millbrook and send it to the Kawartha Downs area is just part of the reason many area residents and their township council are tied up in a bitter dispute.
Cavan Monaghan Township needs to get water to Kawartha Downs racetrack and slots if talk of a hotel, golf course, other recreational facilities -maybe even a full... (more)
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About $7,000 was raised at a Saturday night fundraiser to stop a planned piping of Millbrook's water to Fraserville.
"There was a great deal of support, enthusiasm and optimism," said Grace Glass, a concerned citizen and one of the night's organizers.
Close to 200 people attended the event at the Millbrook Legion, she said. The $7,000 was raised through a silent auction.... (more)
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Stirling – Hundreds of litres of diesel spill were spilled into Rawdon Creek early Monday morning after the fuel was accidentally pumped onto the ground at the Stirling Creamery.
The fuel was pumped from a tank onsite at the creamery and ran down the sloped parking lot into the creek, which runs beside the creamery on East Front Street.
Michel Finn, communications... (more)
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The preferred option to prevent future flooding of Jackson Creek is to construct a diversion sewer to take flows out to the Otonabee River, said the study's senior engineer.
A diversion sewer would have the least environmental impact, is the lowest cost of all the alternatives and is the easiest to implement, said Steve Hollingworth, senior water resources engineer for... (more)
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St. Marys Cement Inc. (Canada) has applied for a Category 1, Class “A” licence to excavate aggregate from a pit of 61 hectares in size. This application is for the establishment of a new pit and the annual tonnage condition applied for is 500,000 tonnes per calendar year. Read a full posting to the Environmental Registry here.
This proposal has been posted for a 30 day... (more)
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