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The right to burn
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Photo Richard Mahoney
Desneiges Valade has been named North Glengarry Citizen of the Year.
A controversial land-clearing operation on County Road 14 between Concessions 2
Congratulating her during Canada Day celebrations were Glengarry-Prescott-
and 3 in East Hawkesbury Township wrapped up last week. Smoke from burning piles
Russell M.P.P. Grant Crack and Mayor Chris McDonell.
of stumps and trees had sparked complaints from neighbours and prompted the
intervention of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. While originally the
ministry ordered the burning operation to be delayed until late Fall, the ministry
Turbine debate
later said the burning could resume as long as it did not bother nearby residents.
Farmers are not subject to the rules governing open-air fires, notes East Hawkesbury
Township administrator Linda Rozon. The practice can be controlled but not banned
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entirely.
can be located within two kilometres of a
As the green energy movement
neighbouring property. Some councils
continues across rural Ontario, area
have suggested that setbacks for industrial
municipalities are trying to regulate the
wind turbines range from two to ten
impact caused by solar panels and wind
kilometres.
turbines.
These restrictions would effectively ban
While the province has recognized that
turbines from most municipalities, noted
generating facilities ought not be erected on
Thériault.
prime farmland, municipal councils note
“We would like to have some kind of
that there is little local government can do
control over this,” allowed Mayor Gary
to mitigate the effects of green-energy
Barton during a recent discussion.
installations.
More than 70 Ontario municipalities as
During a recent discussion at Champlain
well as the Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Township council meeting, administrator
have asked for a moratorium on wind power
Jean Thériault observed that one
development and for more thorough studies
municipality has proposed that no turbine
of the impact of wind power.
Photo Richard Mahoney
Le Centre Culturel Le Chenail in Hawkesbury features this new sign at the entrance to the
Maison de l’Île. It portrays the buildings that once stood on Blackburn Street, now John
Street. Le Chenail is currently hosting an exhibition recalling the period when the island
was home to one of the largest lumber industries in the British Empire.
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