Midwestern Ontario News

Lucknow Flood Prevention Projects Underway

The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority is working on several flood-prevention projects in the Lucknow area.

Watershed Resources engineer Stephen Jackson told Huron-Kinloss Township council last night that there has been flooding in Lucknow before, and there will be again.

Charges in S.Bruce Peninsula Crash

A Brampton man has been charged with Careless Driving following a two-vehicle collision at an intersection in South Bruce Peninsula Sunday morning.

Nuclear Waste Burial Reviewed in Brockton

An environmental group opposing a proposed deep geologic repository for used nuclear fuel is calling on residents of Brockton to be more engaged in the site selection process.

Southgate Group Loses Appeal On Building Permit

An appeal of a controversial Southgate building permit will not be allowed. In 2012, a citizens’ group SPIRG, Southgate Public Interest Research Group, failed in a challenge to the building permit which allowed Lystec International to build a plant in Dundalk.  Among other things the plant converts human waste into agricultural fertilizer. SPIRG also lost […]