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Protesters disrupt T-M open house

the y then stacked the m along the boards. Several representatives fro m each of the large corporations involved; Taggart Group of Co m panies, which owns Ta m arack Ho m es and Doran Construction; Miller Group; and Golder Associates, were on hand. Infor m ation displa y ed differed little fro m that given at Taggart-Miller’s first open house held in Nove m ber, 2010, except for two m aps which showed the location of the proposed second site, which is a 460-acre forested wetland. Taggart-Miller representatives m ade it clear the y are continuing to consider both sites. Throughout the da y people fro m Rus- sell, E m brun, Carlsbad Springs and area ca m e and went. The next Taggart-Miller open house is Monda y , June 25 on Navan Road in Ottawa. Protesters sa y the y will attend there as well. To see the stor y boards fro m the open house go to www.crrrrc.ca.

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INFOREFLET@EAP.ON.CA EMBRUN / CASSELMAN

RUSSELL | Taggart-Miller’s second open house, which was the first one including their second proposed waste disposal on Devine Road, was entered by over 100 protesters on Wednesday, June 20, at the Russell Arena. A s m all group of protesters gathered out- side until 7 p. m . when a larger group of over 100 rallied in the parking lot then entered the arena en m asse. Those with placards were told to leave the m outside, but one m iddle-aged fe m ale protester said, “Who are the y to tell us what to do in our arena?” A group of about 15 then went outside, re- trieved their placards and carried the m into the arena, to the cheers of the crowd inside. At the request of the township b y law officer

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Protesters were visible and loud at the second open house held June 20 in the Russell Arena by Taggart-Miller to promote plans for two mega-landfill and waste disposal sites, both north of the Village of Russell

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or other public transit s y ste m in place. The federal gas tax grant has no such condition. The 2012 Russell Township budget in- cludes $125,000 in provincial gas tax fund- ing as part of the revenue total. The latest notice fro m MoT is that the township m a y instead receive $137,001 this y ear as its share. Funding a m ount calculations are based on both ridership nu m ber and local popu- lation census results. Final approval and announce m ent of the gas tax grants to m unicipalities is expected later in the su mm er.

INFOREFLET@EAP.ON.CA EMBRUN / CASSELMAN

EMBRUN | There may be a little extra mon- ey coming to the municipality when Rus- sell Township receives its provincial gas tax grant. The township is entitled to a share in the provincial gasoline tax rebate the Ministr y of Transportation (MoT) doles out each y ear to m unicipalities that have a public transit s y ste m . Eligibilit y for the provincial gas tax grant depends on having a working bus

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