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Township not $ OFF! a “willing 10 host” for wind turbines A/C SERVICE SPECIAL
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EMC News - Norwood - The Township of Asphodel-Norwood is not prepared to be a willing host for industrial wind turbine projects. Township council is poised to pass a resolution underscoring their unwillingness to host the controversial industrial projects after giving first and second reading to a motion at their last meeting. It will join 42 other municipalities, including Trent Hills, Alnwick-Haldimand, Hamilton Townships and Cavan-Monaghan in passing a “not willing host” resolution. “I support the desire to have our municipality not to be a willing host; anyone that desires to come into our municipality has to get around this motion,” Deputy-mayor Joe Crowley said following a presentation by local anti-wind turbine activist Debbie Lynch. Deputy-mayor Crowley acknowledged the groundswell of opposition that mounted against the proposed Wind Farm Collie Hill project that identified properties just north of County Road 2 in south Asphodel for a three-turbine development which has since been cancelled. A final open house in January and a subsequent anti-turbine information meeting at the Norwood Town Hall generated wide-spread interest from within and beyond the township with people vocal in their opposition to the Collie Hill project and wind turbines in general. “The community came together after Easter,” Lynch noted. “It’s literally not unusual that where I go someone will approach me and say ‘I’m so happy [you] spoke.’” “This issue is still very valid and not going away,” she cautioned. Lynch praised township council for its “very generous support,” which included two earlier resolutions requesting a provincial moratorium on wind turbines. She urged council to continue to show its support by “formally” telling the premier and Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Affairs that Asphodel-Norwood was not prepared to become a willing host for wind turbine developments. “We dodged the proverbial bullet with the cancellation of the Collie Hill project,” Lynch said. “However, the FIT [Feed-in Tariff] contract regarding that project still exists and it is possible it could be applied to another project in our municipality in the future. Please see “Township” on page 3
EMC News - Kaden Dee, Brianne Van Allen and Sarah Emery had their faces painted at the annual Havelock Belmont Public School fun fair last week. Please see page 11 for more photos Photo: Bill Freeman
Trent Hills adopts temporary solution to prevent more accidents on road By John Campbell
EMC News - Trent Hills - Signage of some kind to alert motorists will be installed on the road allowance in Trent Hills where a woman lost her life after she inadvertently drove her vehicle into a lake. It’s a temporary measure council adopted Tuesday in response to a petition circulated by the victim’s family and supported by more than 240 people demanding the municipality “install some sort of barricade to all water accesses … during the off season.” Hastings resident Laura Beckett went missing January 12 while on her way home from Havelock late at night in a heavy fog. Her body was recovered four days later in Lake Seymour. Tracks in the snow indicated her vehicle had gone
onto the ice from a boat launch on the 13th Line East near Fisherman’s Paradise. A staff report recommended that signs warning of “Danger Open Water Ahead” be installed at 16 locations throughout the municipality, including the site where the fatality occurred. CAO Mike Rutter told council putting up barricades “creates another hazard” while a gate presents problems for snowmobile operators in winter and the fire department needing access to the river to draft water. But council members raised questions about how effective signage would be. “You get another foggy night like we had that night, you’re not even going to see the sign,” Councillor Gene Brahaney said.
“On those nights when it’s that foggy you’re not supposed to be driving anyway,” Mayor Hector Macmillan said, adding: “I don’t know whether that particular incident could ever have been avoided no matter what you put up … This is a big challenge [and] much more complicated” than people think. The mayor took issue with the suggested wording, saying it wasn’t clear enough in alerting motorists of the real danger that lay ahead, and not just water lying across a road. Beckett’s daughter-in-law, Stacey Archibald, spoke against the staff’s recommendation. She, her family “and many, many others pushed for gates,” with signage attached, which boaters could open, she told council. Please see “Temporary” on page 3
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