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Those who would be Premier

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 9:17 am   /   County News

The candidates on the Ostrander Point decision Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty, set the wheels in motion that will see the development of nine industrial wind turbines on pristine Crown Land at Ostrander Point. He will be gone as leader, however, before the first turbine is erected. Seven former cabinet ministers in his government are campaigning […]

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No one’s listening

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 9:12 am   /   County News

County council won’t appeal Ostrander Point decision County council concluded in a special meeting last week that it won’t appeal a Ministry of Environment decision to approve an industrial wind project at Ostrander Point. But it will consider financial assistance to the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists’ appeal. “We’ve been at this three years,” said […]

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Unpredictable

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 9:11 am   /   County News

Dukes in battle for playoff spot It is truly a different Wellington Dukes season. The team and its fans are used to coming back from the Christmas break with their team locked in a fight for the top spot in their division. This season, however, the new year anxiety isn’t about holding onto first place— […]

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Health appeal

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 9:10 am   /   County News

APPEC takes up the fight to protect residents near Ostrander Point Asecond front has emerged in the fight against the industrialization of Ostrander Point. The Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County (APPEC) has filed an appeal of the decision to approve the development of an industrial wind turbine project at Ostrander Point. It intends to […]

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Ostrander Point decison to be appealed

Posted: January 4, 2013 at 9:55 am   /   County News

Who will fight for the rare habitat and endangered species? When it announced that it was approving the industrial wind factory at Ostrander Point on December 20,the Ministry of Environment set in motion a15-day appeal period. The clock started ticking immediately and throughout the Christmas holidays. If the Ministry bureaucrats—or the forces behind them—were hoping […]

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Unanswered questions

Posted: January 4, 2013 at 9:29 am   /   County News

County council growing impatient awaiting answers on Ostrander Point wind project It is likely the case that officials at Shire Hall have no more insight on the imminent development of an industrial wind factory on the shores of South Marysburgh than any other interested County resident. Not for lack of trying. On at least three […]

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‘Reprehensible’

Posted: December 21, 2012 at 1:32 pm   /   County News

  ‘Reprehensible” Reaction pours in over decision to approve Ostrander Point industry wind factory     Reaction has been swift and furious to the announcement that Ontario’s Ministry of Environment approved the development of a nine-turbine industrial wind factory on Crown Land at Ostrander Point in South Marysburgh.   In approving this project the Ministry […]

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Cart, horse confusion

Posted: December 21, 2012 at 9:07 am   /   County News

Developer agrees to buy turbines for South Marysburgh—but project not yet approved Even by the standards of the industrial wind turbine industry it was a crass display of arrogance. On Monday wpd Canada announced it was purchasing 52 turbines to be erected on six locations across the province, including its Whispering Pines project in South […]

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Welcome break

Posted: December 21, 2012 at 9:04 am   /   County News

Dukes look to finish 2012 on a winning note The Wellington Dukes are limping toward the Christmas break—looking forward to a break from the bashing the young club has been enduring, both in the corners and on the scoreboard in recent games. It has become abundantly evident in December that when the Dukes aren’t skating […]

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Contrition

Posted: December 21, 2012 at 9:00 am   /   County News

CAS apologizes to children harmed while in its care For some it may come as thin solace, but for many still struggling to understand what happened within the walls of the local CAS that allowed children to fall prey to sexual predators over a period of years, it may be a beginning. It is the […]

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