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Friends of the Carp Hills should be commended for their efforts to bring awareness of the need to protect our rural green infrastructure. And the City of Ottawa should likewise be commended for its acquisition of 22 hectares in the Carp Hills.
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CORKERY – A tour of the Burnt Lands Alvar by foot and by air Sunday (Sept. 17) afternoon provided more than 54 visitors a unique view of a rare ecosystem at threat from human pressures.
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CORKERY – Join local politicians and a well known musician combining to help save the environmentally sensitive Burnt Lands Alvar Sunday (Sept. 17) by bringing awareness to the threats facing the Corkery area property.
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CORKERY – It was a yard sale with a purpose – to build the war chest for the fight to save the Burnt Lands Alvar.
Read moreCORKERY – A yard sale in Corkery Saturday (Aug. 6) will raise funds for the environmental group Friends of the Burnt Lands Alvar (FBLA) in their fight to prevent the expansion of the Corkery quarry.
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FITZROY HARBOUR – Kanata-Carleton MP Jenna Sudds’ first Rural Roundtable, held last night (April 27) at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre gave eight West Carleton residents an intimate opportunity to ask their federal representative anything they wanted.
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CITY HALL – The Friends of the Burnt Lands (FBL) left this morning’s (April 16) City of Ottawa council meeting
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CITY HALL – To hear the members of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) talk yesterday (April 3), it sounded like they had lots of misgivings about the project and sympathy for the neighbours but will recommend a rezoning to council allowing Thomas Cavanagh Construction to expand its quarry operation in the Corkery area.
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CARP –The Carp Hills otherwise known as the Carp Ridge first emerged as an island in the Champlain Sea thousands of years ago.
Read moreOPINION – For years now, the aggregate industry in Ontario has operated with total impunity. Aggregate, i.e. gravel extracted from pits and quarries, is an essential material for constructing and maintaining our built environment, yet this non-renewable resource is being heavily over exploited by an out-of-control industry.
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