Rural folks triumph over mega-quarry

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Published on Saturday, 24 November 2012 15:20

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Rural Ontario can be forgiven for its celebratory mood this week. After all, The Man blinked and the grassroots movement finally won one.

The issue was the mega-quarry in Melancthon Township near Shelburne. The Highland Companies announced Thursday the application to extract aggregate from the quarry is being withdrawn and Highland president John Lowndes has stepped down.

A company spokesperson said the application “does not have sufficient support from the community and government to justify proceeding.”

A classic understatement if ever there was one, with anti-quarry signs appearing as far away as Toronto lawns.

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By Jim Merriam, Toronto Sun

Published in the"London Free Press", Nov. 24, 2012

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