Quinte Region (665 articles) 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.
|  | The Ministry of Environment has fined Waste Management $365 after water from its Beechwood Road landfill was discharged off site and into a nearby ditch.The news has energized a campaign by local residents to halt Waste Management's plan for a new landfill site on the same property, just north of Napanee. The current Beechwood Road landfill is due to close this June, after... (more) | | Drink Environmental Law Groundwater Quinte Region Waste Management |
|  | NAPANEE - The operator of the Richmond Landfill near Napanee has been fined and ordered to be more diligent in its monitoring of the site after it was discovered that one of its surface-water collection facilities was discharging water when it shouldn't have been.Waste Management of Canada Corp. was issued a provincial officer's order and a provincial offences notice by the... (more) | | Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Fish Groundwater Quinte Region Waste Management |
| | | NAPANEE, Ont. - Word of stormwater leakage from an eastern Ontario landfill is prompting renewed calls for the closure of the Napanee-area facility.The Canadian Environmental Law Association says a provincial officer's order and a provincial offences notice were issued against Waste Management of Canada Corp., after a recent inspection by the Environment Ministry.The... (more) | | Development & Land Use Drink Environmental Law Fish Groundwater Quinte Region Waste Management |
| | | Two members of council are joining the Norwood Mill Pond Revitalization Committee to help in its efforts to clean up the village landmark and former swimming hole.Reeve Doug Pearcy and Coun. Roy Millett will join Ron Scott, Jim Rodgers and Bill Duke on the committee, which was formed in November of 2005 to investigate methods of rehabilitating the mill pond off Highway... (more) | | Drink Fish Port Hope, Cobourg, and Region Quinte Region |
| | | Embattled developer Jim Sinclair will soon have his day before the Ontario Municipal Board.The OMB has scheduled a hearing for Feb. 15 regarding Sinclair's rezoning application on his property at 300 College St. East. That application was initially heard by the city's planning advisory committee in December 2009 but was tabled until the land owner could provide proof the... (more) | | Development & Land Use Environmental Law Quinte Region Waste Management |
| | | While it seems everyone today talks the talk about the environment, fewer seem willing to walk the walk, even when it comes to dealing with someone as notorious for raping the land as our own local environmental brute Jim Sinclair.Sinclair, as most by now know, was found guilty two years ago of a number of environmental charges after he haphazardly conducted work on the... (more) | | Development & Land Use Environmental Law Fish Quinte Region Waste Management |
| | | Less than half of the court-ordered restoration work on the former Bakelite property remains to be done and the local conservation authority wants to know when it will be completed.Terry Murphy, general manager for Quinte Conservation, said the property's owner, Jim Sinclair, has not finished work on the lands. Two years ago, Sinclair was found guilty of a number of... (more) | | Development & Land Use Environmental Law Fish Quinte Region Waste Management |
| | | The reconstruction of an access road, a vital step in the cleanup of the Deloro Mine site, is paving the way for the next step in the project, say environment officials.Danford Construction, of Madoc, which was awarded the $844,000 contract to upgrade the 1.7-kilometre access road east of Deloro Road off Highway 7, is expected to complete the job next month.Next on the... (more) | | Aggregate & Mining Environmental Law Groundwater Quinte Region Waste Management |
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