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Quinte Region
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The Bay of Quinte is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful areas of Lake Ontario. The shallow bay is vulnerable to pollution, but its warmer waters also support distinctive fish and wildlife populations. Sandy beaches create some of the most pleasurable swimming on the lake. The rough waters to the south of the Bay of Quinte caused many historic shipwrecks. Quinte is home to a number of small towns, the City of Belleville, and large industrial developments like cement kilns. Canadian Forces Base Trenton is located in the heart of the region.
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After a number open houses and a special workshop, officials with Waste Management have submitted a Terms of Reference document for an environmental assessment with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.
The submission is the next phase in the company's plan to develop what it is called the Beechwood Road Environmental Centre (BREC) at the site of its current... (more)
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Drink
Environmental Law
Fish
Quinte Region
Waste Management
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Councillors here are dredging up ways to remove unwanted silt from Brighton's bay.
Council received a presentation on the issue at Monday's committee-of-the-whole meeting from Genivar Consultants, a company based out of Markham.
John Himanen of Genivar said the silt in the bay should be removed.
"The sediment in this wetland can be removed and used in industrial and... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Farming
Fish
Quinte Region
Shipping, boating & navigation
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The Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Committee and the Quinte Conservation Source Protection Committee are inviting public comment on their respective Draft Proposed Assessment Reports. These reports provide the scientific foundation for the development of source protection plans.
The public is invited to learn more at a number of public meetings.
For the... (more)
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Drink
Environmental Law
Port Hope, Cobourg, and Region
Quinte Region
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A series of public meetings on the protection of municipal drinking water will begin next week.
Fifty percent of people in the Quinte region depend on safe, reliable municipal drinking water, Quinte Conservation says.
This water comes from surface water sources like the Bay of Quinte or groundwater sources like a municipal well. Eleven municipal water sources have been... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Drink
Environmental Law
Quinte Region
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Learning to love the Salmon River got a little easier Saturday, when the Friends of the Salmon River unveiled two guideboards.
"If the people love the watershed you really don't need a lot of hard-nosed regulation," said Gray Merriam, a retired professor and ecological researcher. He's now both president of the Friends and chairman of the Frontenac Stewardship... (more)
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Fish
Quinte Region
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Trent Hills – Trent Hills Mayor Hector Macmillan and Crowe Valley Conservation Authority board chair Suzanne Partridge gripped the heavy-duty bolt cutters and bore down on the chain that has kept the gate to the Crowe Bridge Park and Conservation Area closed for three years.
At the sound of the first link parting the area residents, councillors and conservation authority... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Quinte Region
Swim
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Picton residents may want to seek extra dental care this summer because of temporary changes in water treatment.
The water treatment plant is being improved and as a result staff won't be adding fluoride to the water, Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit officials said Wednesday in a news release. Fluoride is a compound used to prevent tooth decay and is a common... (more)
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Drink
Environmental Law
Industrial Emissions
Quinte Region
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A temporary garbage transfer station will soon be operating in Belleville after the province issued a provisional certificate of approval to a Trenton-based company.
The provisional certificate, which was issued on May 10 to the Scaletta Group Ltd., gives a greenlight to a .9 hectare waste transfer site at 50 Mineral Road, just north of Highway 401. The site will be allowed... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Fish
Quinte Region
Waste Management
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Opponents of the expansion to the Waste Management landfill at Richmond, north of Napanee, say they'll mount a serious and vigorous campaign to put a lid on the plan, just as they did with the current site.
Waste Management, meanwhile, is embarking on a series of public "open houses" to try and sell the project as environmentally friendly.
Randy Harris, manager for the... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Drink
Fish
Groundwater
Quinte Region
Waste Management
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Belleville's Tyler Winter is $20,000 richer after a weekend of fishing.
Winter did what no one has done in five years, when he caught the $20,000 tagged fish Saturday afternoon during this year's Walleye World Fishing Derby.
Winter was just one of a record number of anglers who flocked to local waterways over the weekend to participate in the annual event spearheaded by... (more)
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Fish
Quinte Region
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