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Piece-meal approvals are alleged to put existing residences in jeopardy

The South March Highlands - Carp River Conservation group has published a lengthy post detailing the apparent irregularities related to planned development around Kizell Drain and Beaver Pond.

Phase I of an Environmental Assessment -- started three years late -- shows that existing homes in the area are at risk of flooding.

Please go to http://renaud.ca/wordpress/?p=1053

What was originally expected to be a 2-week hearing became a session lasting just 1 1/4 hour on September 19, 2011.  Appeals by four developer Parties and the Greenspace Alliance were withdrawn.  We are not aware of what, if anything, the developers received in return for withdrawing but here is what the Alliance settled for:

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Paul Renaud (Coalition to Protect South March Highlands), Danny Beaton (Mohawk - Turtle Clan) and Daniel Bernard (Algonquin - Amikwabe) appeared on Roger TV's Talk Ottawa on July 14, 2011, hosted by Mark Sutcliffe. Here is the link:

http://www.union-algonquin-union.com/

We are saddened by the news of George Wilson’s death on Wednesday April 13, 2011 at age 69.  I am sure that you will join with me in sending condolences to his wife Jennifer and all his family.  While with the Sierra Club, George was very active in efforts to protect the Leitrim Wetland.  Later he was very involved in the “Run, Walk for Clean Air,”  a fund

2010 Annual Report

Friends of the Greenspace Alliance

Annual General Meeting, 18 November 2010

You are one click away from the February 2011 issue of the Poets' Pathway Newsletter!
 
The Poets' Pathway web site is now on line!  Features include detailed descriptions of each of twelve segments of the Pathway.
 
(Submitted by Jane Moore)

http://www.vimeo.com/12542930

On March 23, 2010, the Environmental Review Tribunal accepted a settlement that had been reached between the developers of Findlay Creek Village and the Appellants (the Greenspace Alliance and Sierra Club Canada) acting on behalf of the Friends of Leitrim Wetland.  In July 2009, the Tribunal had granted leave to appeal a 10-year Permit To Take Water  on three narrow grounds. Ever since, Ecojustice at uOttawa, led by its Director, Linda McCaffrey, and a dedicated core of the Friends and their advisers have been hard at work to make the most of what could be accomplished under the circumstances.