How the War Against the Mega Quarry was Won

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Published on Saturday, 24 November 2012 03:24

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In early 2011, while visiting our relatives’ farm near Melancthon in Dufferin County, Ont., my wife and I learned about the now infamous “mega quarry” proposal tabled by The Highland Companies, which were looking to turn the area’s rolling hills into one of the largest open-pit excavation sites in North America. This project involved drilling a pit deeper than Niagara Falls beneath the area’s fertile farmland, and permanently disrupting the source water for five pristine rivers.

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By Jason Van Bruggen, Special to National Post

Published in the "National Post", Nov. 23, 2012

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