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Mohawk Nation objects to cement plant project
Action Champlain, a grassroots community group, about the environmental and other impacts of the project. Makuch, who chaired the meeting, sta- ted that the earliest date possible for a full hearing on the matter is September 2018 with a five-week window kept open then, to allow all sides to present arguments and witness testimony. “The best I could do for you is a year from now,” Makuch told representatives for all the parties involved in the current appeal process. Grand Chief Simon toldMakuch that the Mohawk Nationwas never consulted about the proposed project. He expressed concern about the potential environmental impact of the plant’s effluent on his community which is located downstream along the Ottawa River. He indicated that the issue of abori- ginal rights should take precedence over an economic development project. “Colacem is going to have to answer some serious questions,” said Grand Chief Simon. He cited Section 35 of the Constitution Act concerning First Nation rights and noted
Canada is also signatory to various interna- tional law agreements dealing with the rights of indigenous peoples. He stated that he will contact federal Environment Minister Cathe- rineMcKenna on thematter and also take it to the PrimeMinister’s Office “if necessary”. There are two appeal applications before the OMB dealing with the Colacemcement plant project proposal. The company is appealing Champlain Township council’s rejection of the rezoning application. Action Champlain, a local community group, is appealing the decision of the United Coun- ties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) to accept the rezoning request. There are also a number of individuals living in and around the L’Orignal area who have also registered with the OMB as inte- rested parties in the appeal process and their opinions will be included in the board’s review of the appeal applications next year in UCPR council chamber starting Sept. 4 at 10:30 a.m. The OMB will suspend the hearing on Sept. 12 and 26 which are the days when the UCPR council has its regular meetings.
Serge Simon, Grand Chef du Conseil Mohawk de Kanesatake, déclare qu’un projet de cimenterie près du village de L’Orignal pose un risque environnemental potentiel pour sa communauté, en aval de la rivière des Outaouais et soulève également la question des droits ancestraux. Il a promis de faire appel de la demande de zonage pour le projet à la Commission des affaires municipales de l’Ontario et demande également au gouvernement fédéral d’intervenir en la matière. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
said Serge Simon, Grand Chief of the Mo- hawk Council of Kanesatake, to Richard Makuch of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) Friday morning in counties council chambers in L’Orignal. The OMB scheduled the Sept. 1 mee- ting as a preliminary gathering of all sides concerned in appeals on Colacem Canada Inc.’s rezoning application for property near L’Orignal. The company wants to build a cement plant there and faces opposition fromboth Champlain Township council and
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
There won’t be a full hearing before the Ontario Municipal Board until Septem- ber 2018 on a controversial cement plant project near the village of L’Orignal. It may not even take place if the leader of the Mohawk Nation has anything to say about the matter. “This is not just a local issue anymore,”
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Jim Walsh of L’Orignal, one of many residents interested in the future of the cement plant project of Colacem Canada, reviews a document during a pause in the Sept. 1 preliminary hearing session of the Ontario Municipal Board, in counties council chambers. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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Découverte de la dépouille de Gary Foster
La police amis fin à sa recherche de Gary Foster, un homme de 78 ans du canton d’Alfred-Plantagenet, dont la disparition a été signalée le 15 août. Les chercheurs ont trouvé le corps de Foster près du village de Curran le 29 août. L’unité canine de la Police provinciale de l’Ontario a trouvé le corps de M. Foster au milieu de l’après-midi le mardi 29 août. Il était situé Mardi. lors d’une recherche d’une zone boisée dense près du village. Des représentants du Bureau du coro- ner en chef se sont rendus sur les lieux. Un post-mortemétait prévue pour déterminer la cause du décès. The search for Gary Foster has ended after a police K9 team found his body in a wooded area near the Village of Curran. A post-mortem examination is scheduled to determine cause of death. —photo archives
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