Category Archives: Event

Meeting for neighbours of South Kent Wind

Are you going to be impacted by the South Kent Wind project (this is the one that is just beginning construction–laneways, etc now)??? If so… You are invited to join with concerned neighbours to discuss options at a meeting.  Time … Continue reading

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Save the Bornish Eagles! Community Awareness Celebration – May 25th

Eagle Celebration pdf Date: Saturday, May 25 Time: 1:00-5:00PM Place: West Williams Community Centre, 32217 Kerwood Road, Parkhill  MAP (right beside the eagle nest) NextEra vs Eagles Video

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ERT Hearings Resume – May 14th – 9:30 AM

APPEC The Ostrander Point ERT (APPEC) Appeal resumes on Tuesday May 14th – 9:30 AM – at the Sophiasburgh Town Hall in Demorestville, Ontario. 3 residents of Ontario, who continue to suffer the effects of Industrial Wind Turbines, operating too … Continue reading

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Niagara/Hamilton/Haldimand: Watt’s Hidden in Your Electrical Bill?

Date: May 13 Time: 7:30pm Location: Smithville Christian District High School, 6488 Smithville Road, Smithville MAP Everyone Welcome, free admission.Come learn how wind energy is fleecing everybody and costing us jobs! Presentation by Parker Gallant, Retired Banker & Financial Post … Continue reading

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Lawyer urging caution with wind leases

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

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Rift between farm groups may surface at CORE meeting Thursday

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

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Town Hall wind turbine meeting attendees encouraged

Countylive.ca Two men received standing ovations from several hundred people attending a Town Hall meeting on the impact of wind turbines in the County, last week. The first was for County councillor Robert Quaiff, who last week sought support to … Continue reading

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Public meeting leaves wind turbine detractors unsatisfied

By Stephen Pierce, Norwich Gazette WOODSTOCK – A pair of public meetings has done little to ease the concerns of citizens who oppose Prowind’s plans for wind turbine development in the region. The two public consultations, held Tuesday at the … Continue reading

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Enniskillen Township citizens’ group spreading its message

Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer Chad Burke says he believes it’s possible to keep wind farms out of Enniskillen Township. Burke chairs the citizens’ group Conservation of Rural Enniskillen (CORE) that formed earlier this year after several wind companies became active … Continue reading

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Enniskillen Community Awareness Events

C.O.R.E Awareness Meeting Date: May 2 Time: 7:00pm Place: Lambton Centennial School, Petrolia MAP Speakers: Wallace Lang, Greg Cameron, Tammy Van Troost

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Gunn’s Hill Wind Farm Final Meetings – April 23 & 24

Gunn’s Hill Wind Farm – Prowind Canada Inc.   Project Documents Date: April 24 Time: 6 pm to 9 pm Place: Quality Inn and Suites, Vansittart Room, 580 Bruin Blvd, Woodstock

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Community groups organize “Town Hall” on Wind Turbine Impact – April 25

Date: April 25 Time: 6:00 PM Place: Regent Theatre, 224 Main St, Picton MAP Countlive The County Coalition for Safe and Appropriate Green Energy (CCSAGE) has organized this event in response to increased public concern about the looming infiltration of … Continue reading

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Wind Turbine Info meeting in Ilderton – April 9

Ilderton meeting flyer Date: April 9 Time: 7:30pm Place: Ilderton Legion: 13152 Ilderton Rd, Ilderton MAP

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Dr. Jaegar and Dr. Bigelow to discuss proposed health study in West Lincoln

Date: April 8 Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: South Lincoln High School Gymnasium, 260 Canborough Street, Smithville This is to advise that a staff report will be presented at the April 8, 2013 planning/building/environmental committee meeting regarding Niagara Region Wind Corporation’s … Continue reading

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Objection letters to be delivered to Suncor officials Thursday

Sarnia Observer Ingrid Willemsen wasn’t sure what to expect outside the Camlachie Community Centre Tuesday night. A thousand copies of their objection letter had been printed, a map of Suncor’s planned Cedar Point wind farm had been hung up and … Continue reading

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Suncor Cedar Point Final Meetings

Final Public Meetings Project Documents – 62 wind turbines Date: April 4 Time: 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Place: Centennial Hall, 101 Centennial Ave., Watford, MAP

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Wind Turbine Community Awareness meeting in Baltimore, ON – April 11

Date: April 11 Time: 7pm Place: Baltimore Recreation Centre MAP Speakers: Stuart Henry: Green Energy Act Carmen Krogh: Health Concerns Barb Ashbee: Will share her experience living near turbines Heather Stauble: City of Kawartha Lakes Councillor For information contact: http://www.protectnorthumberlandhills.org Continue reading

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Final Public Meeting: Cloudy Ridge wind development

DATE:   April 24 TIME:   6-9 p.m. PLACE:   Osprey Community Hall  494196 Grey Road 2   Feversham  MAP

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Enniskillen Township is my Home!!

Tiffany Smale, London Free Press Enniskillen Township is my home. My family is from Enniskillen Township. It’s where my husband and I grew up and where we had planned on building our home and raising our family. When my father … Continue reading

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Resident wants to send a message to Mayor

Jennifer Vo, The Sachem At least 100 people packed the cafeteria of the Cayuga Secondary School to learn about how they could join in the revolt against paying taxes. Marnie Knight from Selkirk, a social activist in the county, led … Continue reading

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Wind companies active in Enniskillen Township

By Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer The “divisive” wind energy debate is heating up in Enniskillen Township, says Mayor Kevin Marriott. Representatives of several wind companies have been approaching Enniskillen landowners, Marriott said. “I would say there are three (companies) involved” … Continue reading

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Port Ryerse Wind Development Final Public Meeting: Feb 26

UDI Renewables Project Documents DATE: February 26 TIME: 5:00pm – 8:00pm PLACE: Norfolk Fair JR Farmers Building, 172 South Drive, Simcoe Wind Turbine Port Ryerse Cultural Heritage Landscape and Built Heritage Study

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HMQ and K2 Wind Ontario Inc seek to strike farm couple’s Statement of Claim

Falconer Charney LLP Injunction Feb 24 2013 February 25, 2013 Shawn and Tricia Drennan are landowners facing a pending wind farm project known as K2 Wind Power Project. The Drennans, supported by the community group S.W.E.A.R. (Safe Wind Energy for … Continue reading

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Public Information Meeting: Enniskillen Twp

Oil Springs Flyer Date: Thursday, March 7 Time: 7:00 PM Place: Oil Springs Youth Centre, 4517 Victoria Street, Oil Springs MAP

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Owen Sound Public Health board meeting

Date: February 22 Time: 10:00 am Place: Classroom at the Public Health  building, 101 –  17th  Street East, Owen Sound. Please plan to attend. Dr. Hazel Lynn will present a report in response to: Late last year two delegations, one … Continue reading

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Wind activists want Lambton Shores to take a tougher stand with wind energy companies

Sarnia Lambton Independent Local anti-wind activists are worried Lambton Shores officials are not making tough enough demands nor asking the right questions on the two wind energy projects in the community. Lambton Shores preparing its comments on the Suncor Energy … Continue reading

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Conference aimed at toppling turbines

St. Catharines Standard WAINFLEET - Speaking with a united voice. That’s the goal of a conference on wind turbines next week in Wainfleet. “We’re bringing in elected officials and are going to brainstorm … we’ll go away with ideas on how to … Continue reading

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Norwood Wind Turbine Community Information Meeting

Date: February 13 Time: 7:30-9:30pm Place: Norwood Town Hall, 2357 County Road 45, Norwood MAP Guest Speakers will begin at 7:40pm Learn about adverse health effects, impacts on property values, etc. Question & Answer Period will follow the Speakers For … Continue reading

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NRWC open house protested in Haldimand

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Action group targets Watford open house

By Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer Opponents of a 92-turbine wind farm Nextera Energy is proposing for north Lambton say they want the company to know they’re not going away. Members of the Middlesex-Lambton Wind Action Group and its supporters protested … Continue reading

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