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How a small group of farmers, and wealthy weekenders, made the Melancthon mega-quarry protest a cause célèbre

walkAn unexpected casualty of Toronto’s building boom is the sleepy southern Ontario township of Melancthon, where an American hedge fund plans to excavate $6 billion worth of limestone.

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Published in "Toronto Life", the Print Edition, August 24, 2012
By Sasha Chapman

http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/from-print-edition-informer/2012/08/24/melancthon-mega-quarry-farmers-revolt/