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North Lambton tops Dresden in Senior A championship

November 7, 2024

North Lambton has captured the Lambton-Kent Senior A Girls basketball championship. The Eagles defeated Lambton-Kent Composite School 40-30 in the Nov. 7 tilt in Forest. Alexis Wice had 14 points, Lily Heynsbergen tallied nine and Delaney Appeldoorn had eight in the game for the winners. LK kept pace with the Eagles in the first three quarters but North Lambton came

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CK’s mayor downplays meetings with York1

September 11, 2024

Heather Wright/The Independent Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff is downplaying the meetings he had with consultants and executives from York 1 Environmental Waste Services as far back as 2019. That’s the company which purchased the former Dresden dump in 2022 and now hopes to build a construction waste recycling center and rebuild the landfill to use. As many as 700 trucks

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York1 plans four holding ponds to stop dump runoff at Molly’s Creek

September 6, 2024

Heather Wright/The Independent Before it became publicly known York1 Environmental Waste Solutions planned to repurpose the Dresden dump, it filed its plans for stormwater management at the site. The request to amend the Environmental Compliance Approval at the site was posted on the Environmental Registry of Ontario Nov. 30, 2023 and the chance for the public to comment closed two

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‘Municipal support was communicated’ says York1 in ERO filing

September 4, 2024

Heather Wright/The Independent The head of York1 says “municipal support was communicated” to officials as they met with Chatham-Kent’s mayor, local councillors and staff in 2022. York1 President, Brian Brunetti, in the company’s filing to the Environmental Registry of Ontario which asked for comments on a provincial plan to force the Dresden dump revitalization to undergo an Environmental Assessment, said

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York1 offered to cut waste brought to Dresden 50 per cent to avoid EA

September 4, 2024

Heather Wright/The Independent York1 Environmental Waste Solutions offered to accept half the construction waste and soil it originally planned in a bid to avoid a full Environmental Assessment of the revitalization of the Dresden dump. That from a letter filed to the Environmental Registry of Ontario as the provincial government sought input on a plan to force the Mississauga-based company

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Province green lights full Environmental Assessment for York1 Dresden dump plans

June 28, 2024

York1 Environmental Solutions will have to go through a full Environmental Assessment to gain approval for the revival of the dormant Dresden Dump. The news of the in depth investigation was posted on the Environmental Registry of Ontario late Friday. York1 wants to build a new landfill on the Irish School Road site and create a construction and soil waste

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Former Dresden dump owner fined $65,000 after leachate found at the site

May 15, 2024

Incident raises concerns for York1 proposal: Jakubec Heather Wright/The Independent © The former owner of the Dresden dump has been fined over $65,000 for leachate caused by dumping waste from a cannabis greenhouse at the site before it was sold to York1 Environmental Services. And one environmental activist is sounding the alarm bells about what this could mean for the

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Neighbours, activist worry about water

April 12, 2024

Water Wells First founder questions York1’s non-porous clay findings Heather Wright/The Independent A man who has been on the forefront of the fight for clean water wells is worried about York1 Environmental Waste Solution’s plan for an old dump in Dresden. Kevin Jakubec – who founded Water Wells First concerned the wind industry would cause harm to local water wells

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Province wants comments on plans for full Environmental Assessment of York1 plans

March 26, 2024

The Ontario government has taken the first step toward a full Environmental Assessment of the plan to revive the dormant Dresden dump. York1 Environmental Waste Solutions plans to build a new landfill on the Irish School Road site and create a construction and soil waste recycling centre. It would bring up to 6,000 tonnes of construction waste and soil in

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Full Environmental Assessment for York1 proposal needs cabinet approval

March 20, 2024

Likely to take months We’re getting a better idea of how long it will take for the provincial government to make a final decision on an Environmental Assessment for York1’s proposal to reopen the Dresden dump. But Environmental Defense says even a full Environmental Assessment is not enough. It’s calling on the provincial government to pull the plug on the

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‘All it’s gonna do is slow it down’

March 16, 2024

Neighbours pleased, cautious York1 plan to reopen the Dresden dump will face more scrutiny Dave Willson isn’t sure if this is a win, but he’s glad the province will force York1 Environmental Waste Solutions to go through a full Environmental Assessment if it wants to reopen the dormant Dresden dump. Friday, Ontario’s Minister of the Environment said York1’s plan to

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Minister of the Environment orders full Environmental Assessment of Dresden dump proposal

March 15, 2024

Dresden citizens group ‘relieved’ There is relief in Dresden after the announcement that the plan to revive the dormant Dresden dump will be subject to a full Environmental Assessment. Ontario’s Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Andrea Khanjin released a statement on the social media platform X late Friday announcing the highest level of review for landfills under the

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