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Pickering council move on Big Pipe lawsuit stinks: protesters
 July 26th, 2010 
   
PICKERING -- Protesters took to the streets of Pickering Saturday, complaining council's abandonment of the fight against the so-called Big Pipe doesn't meet the sniff test. "We thought the mayor was leading a fight on our behalf," demonstrator and mayoral candidate Maurice Brenner said as a group of residents, toting signs with slogans like 'Stop The Stink' and 'Stop York's... (more)
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Pickering residents protest growing stink over sewer expansion
 July 26th, 2010 
   
The smell at Pickering’s city hall just got worse and it’s called secrecy, a group of 30 protesters complained at a rally Saturday over the York-Durham sewage system expansion project. Bad enough they’ll have York Region’s raw waste flowing through their community, worse that council changed its mind three weeks ago about fighting the region in court, said protesters... (more)
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Bruce Power tries to ease fears
 July 26th, 2010 
   
Bruce Power is holding three public open houses next week to discuss its plan to ship low-level radioactive steam generators through the Great Lakes from Owen Sound, but opponents of the proposal say it's not enough. More than 50 anti-nuke and environmental groups have signed a petition to protest the shipments, with many calling for full-blown public hearings on the... (more)
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Potential threat
 July 22nd, 2010 
   
Industry and regulatory agencies insist there's no cause for public alarm about a plan to ship 1,760 tonnes of radiation-laced steel through Lake Ontario. The precedent-setting project, which requires approval from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, would see 16 radioactive steam generators, each the size of a school bus, shipped out of the Bruce Nuclear Generating... (more)
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durhamregion.com | That’s no oil rig
 July 22nd, 2010 
   
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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Nuclear regulators to meet mayor over waste-shipping plan – St. Catharines Standard – Ontario, CA
 July 22nd, 2010 
   
Canada's nuclear safety regulators will meet with the mayor of St. Catharines Tuesday to explain a plan to ferry radioactive recyclables through the Welland Canal. The Bruce Nuclear Generating Station has asked for a licence to ship low-level radioactive generators from Lake Huron through the Welland Canal and the rest of the St. Lawrence Seaway to a recycling plant in... (more)
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Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board registers environmental lobbyists
 July 22nd, 2010 
   
The Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board has registered lobbyists to lobby the Ontario government regarding the following matters: Clean Water Act; Dead Animal Disposal Act; Species at Risk Act. Support for Ontario Pork Sector. Source Water Protection. See full details on the Ontario Lobbyist Registry via Registration #: OL0213-20050107160140. (more)
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Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project – Suggested Interrogatories for Ontario Power Generation
 July 22nd, 2010 
   
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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Waste management applies for waste site approval
 July 19th, 2010 
   
Comment Period: 30 days: submissions may be made between July 19, 2010 and August 18, 2010. This application is for an amendment to the existing Certificate of Approval (Waste Disposal Site) No. A371203 issued to Waste Management of Canada Corporation. The Certificate is for the use and operation of a 16.2 hectare waste disposal site within a total site area of 138... (more)
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Generators not a risk: CNSC – Owen Sound Sun Times – Ontario, CA
 July 15th, 2010 
   
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says low-level radioactive steam generators, like the 16 decommissioned vessels Bruce Power plans to ship through the Great Lakes, do not present a risk to the public or environment. The federal regulator says it will not issue a transport licence, which is now the subject of a technical review, unless Bruce Power's plan is deemed... (more)
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