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Heather Wright/The Independent York1 Environmental is going to court in a bid to avoid rezoning its Dresden property for its construction and soil recycling facility and landfill. York1 Environmental has plans to turn the derelict dump into a construction and soil waste recycling centre and rebuild the 20-acre landfill. Up to 700 trucks a day could be headed to Irish

Lambton-Kent falls to LaJeunesse in SWOSSAA final Heather Wright/The Independent After a season of winning, the first loss was particularly hard; but Lambton-Kent Coach Sarah Weed says the team “gave it everything.” The LK Cardinal Senior Girls’ Basketball team lost for the first time this season in the SWOSSAA final. LaJeunesse won in the Cardinal’s nest 42-29. Julia Pegg and

Barry Wright/The Independent Isaac Truman of the Petrolia Flyers had three assists for Team West in a 10-5 win over Team North in one of two PJHL Prospects Game. Truman, who has nine goals and 16 points in 12 games for the Flyers this season, and riding a 10-game point streak, was chosen player of the game in Wingham Nov.

Heather Wright/The Independent York 1 Environmental Services is hiring staff for it’s controversial Dresden facility and planning for a meeting with municipal leaders. The Mississauga company has plans to turn the former dump site into a modern landfill and construction and soil waste recycling centre. Community members have been fighting to stop the project along the banks of Molly’s Creek,

The gym in Dresden was electric as the Lambton-Kent Cardinals Senior Girls basketball team cruised to victory in the Lambton-Kent final. LK topped Tilbury 57-17 Thursday at home to move on to the SWOSSAA final against Windsor’s Lajeunesse in Dresden on Thursday (Nov. 13). The time has not yet been announced. The Cardinals won every game they played in the

The Independent Noah Waybrant scored his first career PJHL goal in Mooretown’s 7-1 win over Lakeshore.  Landon Marcy, Dylan Dupuis, Ryan Vidler, Carson Crawford, Thomas Browning-McFeggan and Owen MacDonald also scored for the Flags. Masen Flett had three assists to eclipse the 100-point plateau in his career with Mooretown. John Chartrand made 28 of 29 saves for the win. He

Blake Ellis/The Independent Lambton-Kent District School Board Trustee Angela Richards might have another way to prevent York1 Environmental from developing its recycling and landfill project, just outside of Dresden. The Mississauga company plans to expand a former landfill site, situated less than a kilometre outside of Dresden, from a two acre site to 20 acres, and bring up to 4,000

Heather Wright/The Independent The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority says it is the first indication of potential water supply problems and they’re asking you to take action to help. The authority issued a Level 1 Low Water Condition advisory Saturday.  Oct. 17, special committee met to review the precipitation levels and water flow conditions in the region.  “Precipitation data collected throughout

Heather Wright/The Independent The head of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada says there is no need for a federal probe into York1 Environmental’s recycling and landfill project in Dresden. President Terence Hubbard, in a decision released late Friday, said there other provincial and federal laws which would address the concerns raised by the community. York1 plans a construction waste

The Independent Mitchell Stack scored less than three minutes into the game Saturday for the Mooretown Flags. It was all the home team could muster in a 3-1 loss to Wheatley. The Flags are now 6-6 on the campaign. Oct. 14, Mooretown rallied from a 4-1 deficit to beat Amherstburg, 5-4. Carson Crawford had the winner, his 10th of the

Impact Assessment Commission considers federal probe Heather Wright/The Independent York1 Environmental Services says it has ‘substantially begun” its operations at the former Dresden dump so the construction waste and recycling project shouldn’t be subject to a federal probe. It’s one of the insights from the Municipality of Chatham-Kent’s submission to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. The IAAC is studying

Heather Wright/The Independent © York1 Environmental Waste Solutions has sold its stake in the former Dresden dump. But, there is still a connection to the new owners of the derelict landfill which was slated to reopen as a recycling centre and landfill for Toronto construction waste. Almost a year to the day the plan by the Mississauga construction giant came