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Quarry Application Withdrawn - Newspaper Releases

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November 21, 2012

Due to the many media reports about this great turn in events, we have chosen to post a few lines from each article and their links. Many of the articles are similar, as they are reporting on the same media release from Highland media representative, Lindsay Broadhead.


The Highland Companies, the company behind the controversial “mega quarry” project in Melancthon Township, just north of Orangeville, will abandon its quarry application, as well as efforts to restore a rail corridor through Dufferin County.

Read more at: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1290831---mega-quarry-proposal-dropped-in-dufferin-county

Posted in the "Toronto Star", Nov. 21/12

 

 

 

After more than 18 months of community and activist opposition, a company that bought up farmland in Melancthon Township announced Wednesday that it has shelved plans for a mega-quarry.

Read more at: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/11/21/company-abandons-controversial-southern-ontario-mega-quarry

Posted in the "Toronto Sun", by Ian Robertson, Nov. 21/12

 


 

The Highland Companies (Highland) announced on Nov. 21 that it is withdrawing its application to develop a quarry in Melancthon Township.

Posted in the "Wellington Advertiser", Nov. 21/12

Read more at: http://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/index.cfm?page=detail&itmno=14577

 

 

The proposed quarry in Melancthon is dead.

Posted in the "Barrie Advance", Nov. 21/12

Read more at: http://www.simcoe.com/news/article/1540695--the-mega-quarry-is-dead

 

 

The company behind a mega quarry slated for prime Southern Ontario farmland has decided to abandon its proposal, which faced staunch opposition from many local farmers, environmentalists and high-profile Toronto chefs.

Read more at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/firm-abandons-plan-for-mega-quarry-north-of-toronto/article5520026/

 Posted in the "Globe and Mail" by Renata D'Aliesio, Nov. 21/12

 

 

Controversial ‘mega quarry’ project in Ontario scrapped as company withdraws application.

Read more at: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/21/controversy-mega-quarry-project-in-ontario-scrapped-as-company-withdraws-application/

Posted in the "National Post", by Canadian Press, Nov. 21/12

 

 

Highlands drops the mega-quarry proposal...

Read more at: http://www.theenterprisebulletin.com/2012/11/21/highlands-drops-mega-quarry-proposal

Posted in the "Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin", by Emily Innes, Nov. 21/12