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de conférences », a fait savoir Kim Lee, la coordinatricedulocal.Lecentreseragérépar uncomitéd’unequinzained’élèvesdesdeux écolessecondairesdeCasselman. LeprojetCTC,sousl’égidedeValorispour enfantsetadultesdePrescottetRussell,mise surlamobilisationcommunautaire.Entre15 000$et25000$serontallouésannuellement parlesbénévolesdeCTC.« Unecommunauté qui se soucie de sa jeunesse est appelée à croître »,arappeléRaymondLemay,directeur généraldeValoris,pendantlatraditionnelle cérémonied’ouverture. Claude Levac de son côté exprimait sa satisfaction :« Lesjeunespourrontserendre tranquillementici.Iln’yaurapasdeparents, de professeurs ou d’employeurs. Aucuns murs. » However, the project, which would include a soccer field, has not received the blessing of everyone. Some citizens have expressed concerns about urban sprawl andthepotentiallossofprimeagricultural property. Although the church could be erected within village limits, the group contends that it cannot afford to acquire another site. Thecongregation’spositionisthat“there issimplynolandavailablewithintheTownof Russellthatsatisfiesitsneedsintermsofsize and price,” Prévost noted. In the long term, such“unplanneddevelopmentsandthelossof prime agricultural land are costly to the taxpayers,”theplannercautioned.“ This is the reason why strict criteria have been put in place in the Provincial Policy Statement and why the removal of prime agricultural areas is the last resort. The simple fact of finding a piece of property that is less expensive outside the limits of the Town of Russell does not justify the removal of the agricultural designation being proposed.” The congregation has been using the Mother Teresa Catholic School for a worship site under an arrangement with the Catholic District School Board of EasternOntario.
S ÉBASTIEN P IERROZ sebastien.pierroz@eap.on.ca
CASSELMAN | Les portes du Centre des loisirs pour les jeunes de 6 e à 9 e années desécolessecondairesdelarégionsont officiellementouvertesdepuisjeudide lasemainedernière.Annoncérécemment dans LeReflet–TheNews, cetteinitiative aétémiseenœuvresousl’égidede C’est ta communauté (CTC). Situéau738,rueBrébeufàCasselman,le Centredeloisirsseraaccessiblepourlesjeunes tous les mardis et jeudis de 13 h 30 à 19 h 30. D’unaspectrécréatif,ilbénéficieentreautres de tables de billards et de ping-pong ou encore, de jeux vidéo. Il comprendra également« unvoletpluséducatifsousforme
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Lors de la traditionnelle coupure de ruban, on reconnait notamment Raymond Lemay, directeur général deValoris, JeanLemay,président duConseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ou encore Claude Levac, le maire de Casselman. Environmental Commissioner slams MOE’s landfill and diversion record
Church group pleads for building project exemption
C ANDICE V ETTER candice.vetter@eap.on.ca
Waste Diversion Act fails to make waste reductionandreuseapriority.Thereisno directfinancialincentiveformanufacturers to reduce waste created by product packaging or to design products that are easiertorecycle.Hesaidseveralpapersand reportsidentifypotentialsolutions. “TheMOE clearly knows what it needs to do…now the government needs to find thepoliticalwill—andcourage—toactually do it.”He states that some programs, including those hazardous, special or electronic waste programs that make stewardsresponsiblefortheend-of-lifeof their products have helped, but not enough.In the report the MOE itself is quoted: “On average, waste disposal in landfillsisone-thirdtoone-halfthecostof diversion. However, the long-term environmentalcostsoflandfillsareseldom considered.”
R ICHARD M AHONEY richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
TORONTO | In the recently released report of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, CommissionerGordMillersaysprogress onwaste diversion has stalled and the governmentissittingonsolutionswhich could reduce the more than 9 million tonnesofwastethatgotolandfillsand incineratorsannuallyinthisprovince. “The MOE has identified many problems…and compiled a laundry list of possiblesolutions…butforwhateverreason, the government is failing to act on these progressivesolutions,”statesthereport.The reportsaysthecausesofthisfailurearewell known, primary among them the fact that itischeapertothrowwasteinlandfillthan to recycle it. Another problem is that the Retrouvez Le Reflet- The News sur
RUSSELL | The united counties of Prescott-Russell have rejected a bid by the Russell Reformed Presbyterian Church to build a new place of worship onprimeagriculturallandnearthevillage ofRussell. Citing the need to protect good farmland, a required land-use regulation amendment “does not represent good planning,” concluded county planning and forestry department director Louis Prévost, advising council that the congregation’s application is not consistent with provincial and county policies. Under the Provincial Policy Statement, “it needs to be demonstrated that there is simplynolandavailablewithinthevillages before even thinking of locating within an agricultural zone. That type of analysis has not been provided in support of this amendment,” Prévost writes in his report to council. For the past few years, the 160-member congregation has been eyeing a two- hectare piece of farmland onConcession 3 as the future site of its new church.
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