Category Archives: Agriculture

Wind Turbines Can Harm Animals

Posted on 05/19/2013 by

Health Canada submission_wind turbines and effects on animals On November 21, 2012, I provided a submission to Health Canada, on request, and on behalf of the Brindley family who left their farm in Ontario and now farm in Saskatchewan. Documentation … Continue reading →

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Turbines not welcome in unique community, farmer says

Posted on 05/09/2013 by

Listowel Banner LISTOWEL – North Perth council was encouraged to maintain a strong opposition to a proposed wind turbine project at their meeting on Monday, hearing from a local dairy farmer. Farmer Steve Dolson delivered a presentation to council on … Continue reading →

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Insurance industry wary of covering farms with turbines after Collingwood court ruling

Posted on 05/03/2013 by

Heather Wright, Sarnia Lambton Independent A local insurance broker says a recent decision to allow neighbours of wind farms to sue for lost property value may make it harder for farms with wind turbines to get liability insurance. Greg Cameron … Continue reading →

Posted in Land Values, Leases, Legal | 3 Comments

Lawyer urging caution with wind leases

Posted on 05/03/2013 by

Paul Morden, Sarnia ObserverPetrolia lawyer Wallace Lang questioned the amount of money wind energy companies are offering farmers who lease them land to build turbines on. Lang told more than 200 people gathered Thursday evening at Lambton Centennial School near … Continue reading →

Posted in Event, Leases | 10 Comments

Rift between farm groups may surface at CORE meeting Thursday

Posted on 05/01/2013 by

Sarnia Lambton Independent The rift in the farm community over wind turbines may be front and center Thursday as the anti-wind group in Enniskillen hosts another public forum. Conserve Our Rural Enniskillen – CORE -  was formed after wind energy … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Event, Green Energy Act | 7 Comments

Enniskillen will wait to impose a two km zone for wind turbines

Posted on 04/10/2013 by

Sarnia Lambton Independent Enniskillen Township politicians say they’re considering a bylaw to keep wind turbines two kilometers from homes. But Mayor Kevin Marriott says council is waiting to see what happens with two prominent cases in the Ontario courts before … Continue reading →

Posted in Leases, Municipalities of Ontario, Take Action | 8 Comments

Dear Kathleen, welcome home to Wind Turbine Watford

Posted on 04/04/2013 by

Dear Kathleen, It just hit me- tonight is the final public meeting for the Suncor Cedar Point Wind Project in Watford. You know where Watford is – it’s where your rural roots are (right?). You always say it’s where your … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ethics, Ontario Election, Ontario government, Wind Industry | 9 Comments

Farmers may offer Wynne their own boot

Posted on 04/02/2013 by

By Greg Van Moorsel, The London Free Press Buying a hockey jersey with No. 99 on the back doesn’t make you Wayne Gretzky. Any couch potato will tell you. Wearing a Spider-Man mask and red-and-blue tights doesn’t confer Spidey’s powers … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ontario government | 6 Comments

Battle over turbines heating up this week

Posted on 04/02/2013 by

Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer Keith Douglas and Elizabeth Bellavance call themselves “very private people” who didn’t expect to become anti-industrial wind turbine activists. They both grew up in rural Lambton, became veterinarians and eventually moved in 1997 to a farm … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Leases | 3 Comments

Mainstream planning projects in Lambton

Posted on 03/19/2013 by

By Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer John Barros says it’s time for a new, and less divisive, approach to building wind farms. The senior project development manager for Mainstream Renewable Power said he wants everyone within the boundaries of its proposed … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Leases, Wind Industry | 15 Comments

Activist question why wind companies surveyed Rock Glen

Posted on 03/18/2013 by

Heather Wright, Sarnia-Lambton Independent Muriel Allingham is questioning why the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority would allow wind energy companies to survey sensitive areas such as Rock Glen Conservation Area. Documents released by the authority released to Allingham, a member of … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental, Leases | 7 Comments

MPP asks Premier to put an end wind energy project

Posted on 03/11/2013 by

CTV News It’s a green energy proposal that has torn apart Perth County communities. Invenergy Canada has a contract to build up to 27 wind turbines in North Perth and Perth East. Now a Perth-Wellington’s MPP is asking the premier … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Leases, Wind Industry | 13 Comments

Oil Springs Information meeting draws a crowd

Posted on 03/08/2013 by

Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer Landowners need to get advice before signing on with wind energy companies, says lawyer Wallace Lang. He was speaking to about 250 people gathered Thursday evening at a wind turbine public awareness meeting held at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ethics, Leases, Municipalities of Ontario, Take Action | 2 Comments

New transmission lines spark plans for up to 51 wind turbines near Petrolia

Posted on 03/02/2013 by

Heather Wright, Sarnia Lambton Independent Enniskillen politicians and residents are watching with worry as three companies make the rounds asking landowners south of Petrolia to sign leases for wind turbines. Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott says in the last few months … Continue reading →

Posted in Leases, Municipalities of Ontario | 2 Comments

OFA Betrays Farm Communities

Posted on 02/25/2013 by

Tom Melady, London Free Press One of the biggest violations against Ontario agriculture and its rural communities has prompted our farm business to ask for a refund of our membership fees from Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Industrial wind turbines are … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Environmental, Health, Protest, Take Action | 22 Comments

Windmills, horse-racing: How Kathleen Wynne can woo rural Ontario: Walkom

Posted on 02/20/2013 by

Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star Kathleen Wynne needs to win back at least some of rural Ontario. The new premier has taken symbolic measures, such as appointing herself minister of agriculture. But that alone won’t cut it. If she really wants … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ethics, Ontario Election, Ontario government | 4 Comments

Steps taken to minimize safety concerns over ice and fire, Invenergy Canada says

Posted on 02/15/2013 by

Listowel Banner NORTH PERTH – Representatives from Invenergy Canada have responded to resident concerns over fire and ice safety concerns posed by wind turbines. James Murphy, director of business development for Invenergy Canada, answered questions from The Banner via email … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ontario government, Safety, Setbacks | 7 Comments

Conservation Authority’s wind energy lease “a messy web” to wind activists

Posted on 02/10/2013 by

Heather Wright, Sarnia-Lambton Independent Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority is talking to lawyers about a lease it holds with NextEra Energy on a piece of land in the Municipality of Bluewater. Tom Proutt, general manager of the authority, confirms it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Bats and Birds, Environmental, Ethics, Fish and Wildlife, Leases, Wind Industry | 2 Comments

Clarington riding school wants to buck wind farm

Posted on 02/06/2013 by

Durham Region CLARINGTON — If industrial wind turbines start turning in Clarington, it’s just a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt, predicts Barb King, who runs an equestrian school in Kendal and is concerned that proposed turbines are … Continue reading →

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Two sides of wind turbine debate

Posted on 02/01/2013 by

By Dan Dakin, St. Catharines Standard Like a giant fan blade slicing through the air, the debate over wind turbines in rural Ontario settings has pitted neighbours against neighbours and torn friendships apart. There’s little room for grey in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Health, Human Rights, Leases | 14 Comments

Time for Wynne to deal with that rural Ontario “thing”: wind turbines

Posted on 01/28/2013 by

London Free Press Dear Ms. Wynne, Now that we have gotten this “Toronto thing” out of the way; let’s get this rural Ontario “thing” – wind turbines – out of the way. We want a moratorium and answers to our … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ethics, Health, Ontario Election, Ontario government | Tagged , , , | 32 Comments

Monica Elmes: Before the turbines – Part 1

Posted on 01/28/2013 by

Year of the Turbines, Part One by Eric Nixon, Hayter-Walden Publications This is a story about one woman and her family. Average people, like most of us. It’s about how their happy, rural lives changed dramatically beginning a few short … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ethics, Health, Municipalities of Ontario, Ontario government, Wind Industry | 1 Comment

Monica Elmes: Living with Turbines – Part 2

Posted on 01/28/2013 by

Year of the Turbines, Part Two (read Part One) by Eric Nixon, Hayter-Walden Publications “Dec 17: Early AM. Neil not sleeping well, me neither.” Monica Elmes wrote those words in her diary back in 2010. It wasn’t until some time later … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ethics, Health, Ontario government, Wind Industry | 7 Comments

The Devil was in West Lincoln

Posted on 01/26/2013 by
Posted in Green Energy Act, Leases, Municipalities of Ontario, Protest, Take Action | 3 Comments

Somewhere west of Brampton . . .

Posted on 01/22/2013 by

Peter Epp, Chatham Daily News [excerpt] The fact that Wynne would use the “rural card” shows how desperate she must be. The agriculture ministry was fiscally gutted by former Premier Mike Harris in 1999, and that status was upheld by … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Ethics, Ontario Election, Ontario government | 13 Comments

Speaker connects ‘dirty electricity’ to wind power

Posted on 01/21/2013 by

By Nelson Zandbergen – AgriNews SOUTH MOUNTAIN – Dairy farmers are familiar with the negative health effects of wayward electrical energy: Stray voltage can be the bane of keeping milk cows as productive and healthy as possible. Armed with this … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Electrical Pollution, Health

Video: SpeakOut Ontario – Lisa

Posted on 01/16/2013 by

Lisa and her family have developed many negative health effects since 8 IWTs were built near their home. She has been offered no solutions from the Ministry of Environment, her family doctors, the corporation behind the wind farm, or anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Green Energy Act, Health | Tagged , | 9 Comments

PoV: No room for eagles in Green Energy Act?

Posted on 01/11/2013 by

By Peter Epp, Chatham Daily News Premier Dalton McGuinty probably wasn’t thinking of this when his government introduced the Green Energy Act several years ago. Last week, on Jan. 5, workers employed by a subsidiary of an American-based energy company … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Bats and Birds, Environmental, Ethics, Green Energy Act, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of the Environment Ontario, Ontario government, Wind Industry | 3 Comments

What’s good often bad for rural Ontario

Posted on 12/22/2012 by

The Green Energy Act is allowing for the provision of more and more power from renewable sources and that’s good. No, that’s bad because the province is overproducing power and selling it at a huge loss. In addition, rural Ontario … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Green Energy Act, Heritage, Ontario government | 4 Comments

SpeakOut Ontario Video – Ted Whitworth, Amaranth Twp

Posted on 12/20/2012 by

A video of Ted Whitworth. from Amaranth Township, Ontario. Ted’s family has been devastated by a turbine project, specifically the transformer station, that started up years ago. They have followed every protocol and have contacted every authority possible. The problems are punted … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Health, Ministry of the Environment Ontario, Noise, Transmission | 3 Comments