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Champlain Township says “NO” to wind turbine “the township will have at least one of the wind turbines set up near Vankleek Hill. The original location for that one was too close to the Alfred Bog, a protected natural heritage site.”
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Ontario’s Green Energy Act gives prio- rity to approved alternative energy projects, overriding municipal zoning and planning regulations. Mayor Barton noted that council can still refuse to file the municipal consultation report with the province even though that won’t stop the Eastern Fields project. “We’remaking a statement,” Barton said. “‘We don’t want to sign your document.’”
Champlain Township does not want to be part of a wind turbine project for the Pres- cott-Russell region. Council refused to sign a seven-page document from the Ontario Environment ministry for the Eastern Fields project’s re- newable energy approval application. The document is theMunicipal/Local Authority Consultation report that theministry wants township council to sign, as part of the pro- ject approval process. “I don’t want to sign this document,” said Barton. “But I think we have to make a statement that we oppose it (wind turbine project).” The gesture is a symbolic one because even Mayor Gary Barton admits that the township is going to be part of the Eas- tern Fields Wind Power Project (EFWP) in Prescott County, whether council and the residents like it or not. “We have already declared ourselves an unwilling host,”Mayor Barton said during the Dec. 12 council ses- sion. The original concept for the Eastern Fields project was to locate all the wind turbines inThe Nation Municipality, which also has declared itself an unwilling host. The com- pany’s transmission substation would be in a corner of Champlain Township which is closest to the provincial power grid link. “But now,” Mayor Barton told council,
The site for the wind turbine in Cham- plain Township is a field near the intersec- tion of Nixon and Fitzpatrick Roads, about nine kilometres southwest of the Vankleek Hill village boundary. Several neighbouring farm owners have posted their own protest signs. In memoriam: John W. Kirby
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John W. Kirby, a former mayor of East Hawkesbury Town- ship, passed away Dec. 16, at the age of 79. A descen- dant of one of the oldest pio- neer families in the Chute-à- Blondeau area, John Kirby
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was a strong supporter of his community and of his family’s farming heritage. John Kirby gained international fame for his beloved Percheron draft horses, which he raised, and at one point during his farming career, he had one of the largest herds of Holstein cattle in the province of Ontario. During his tenure as mayor of East Hawkesbury Township, John Kirby also served as warden for the United Counties of Prescott- Russell, during the term of 1980 to 1981. His brother, Robert Kirby, continues to maintain the family’s presence in local politics as the current mayor of East Hawkesbury – Gregg Chamberlain
Plusieurs propriétaires fonciers, dans le secteur agricole autour du village de Vankleek Hill, ont commencé à afficher des messages déclarant leur opposition à l’emplacement des éoliennes pour le projet éolien Eastern Fields dans leur voisinage. Le conseil du canton de Champlain a également fait une déclaration officielle selon laquelle la municipalité est un « hôte involontaire » du projet, malgré son approbation par le gouvernement provincial en vertu de la Loi sur l’énergie verte. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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