LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds
Wind protest clogs 402
October 19, 2013
About 200 cars, trucks, tractors and trailers inched their way along Highway 402 Saturday morning to protest the province’s plan to allow hundreds of industrial wind turbines across southern Ontario.
The OPP stopped traffic coming east from the Bluewater Bridge at the Forest Road and diverted it down London Line until they reached Strathroy.
The 1.5 kilometer long convoy, which moved at about 20 km/h, traveled down the deserted highway to Strathroy where the protesters held a brief rally in the rain, vowing to continue the protests until Premier Kathleen Wynne listens to their concerns.
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LCCVI evacuated after alarm in tech wing sounds
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