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New Niagara Escarpment Quarry Proposal Headed to Ontario Municipal Board (2008-11-20)
Nelson Aggregate/ LaFarge has prematurely triggered a hearing in front of the Environmental Review Tribunal and the Ontario Municipal Board (called the ‘Joint Board’).

Campaign Lake Simcoe Comments on the Lake Simcoe Protection Act (2008-11-17)
Campaign Lake Simcoe will appear before the Committee on General Government at Queen’s Park today to let the McGuinty government know what its member groups have waited to see in a Lake Simcoe Protection Act.

Ministry of Environment Approves Development that Threatens Species-at-Risk (2008-11-17)
The Ministry of Environment announced its decision this week to allow a controversial logging plan to go forward in the Ogoki Forest.

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