“We get it” ministers tell community leaders from Ontario rural communities June 2, 2019 Ontario’s Minister of Energy and Northern Development Greg Rickford attended an event at Queen’s Park sponsored by MPP Daryl…
“Friend against friend”: Of the 420 people on Amherst Island, 350 opposed the “Windlectric” wind power project, Farmers’ Forum reports. The result is a community ripped apart, that may never come together again…
February 9, 2018 Of course, one expects there to be a certain amount of upset when a community is in the midst of construction, especially such a huge project as the (unwanted,…
The Auditor General for Ontario noted in her recent report that the government has hidden costs of electricity, and not created a fair cost reduction plan. Cancelling wind power contracts would be a…
Rick Conroy, editor of the independent Wellington Times news paper in Prince Edward County, has had a front-row seat to at least three, probably four, wind power projects in The County. All have…
Surplus, exported power in April could have powered half of Ontario’s homes. Instead, it’s gone … and so is your money. Ontario’s Minister of Energy claims that Ontario needs a “reliable, efficient and…
August 29, 2016 The Windlectric wind power project on tiny Amherst Island has no hope of meeting its “drop-dead” Commercial Operation date, so Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) can cancel the Feed…
Independent newspaper publisher Rick Conroy of The Times reviews the decisions by the Environmental Review Tribunal to uphold the approval of the wind power project on little Amherst Island. The facts when laid…
The Whig-Standard, June 7, 2016 By Elliot Ferguson The public waits for the Amherst Island hearing to begin June 7th. Photo: Elliot Ferguson/Whig-Standard STELLA — The two sides in the legal battle over…
Citizens engaged in an appeal of the approval of a huge wind power project that will threaten wildlife and change a heritage landscape February 17, 2016 The Association to Protect Amherst Island has…
CKWS-TV, October 16, 2015 (See website for video clip; transcript follows) THE “ASSOCIATION TO PROTECT AMHERST ISLAND” HAS LAUNCHED AN APPEAL AGAINST THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT’S DECISION TO ALLOW 26 WIND TURBINES TO BE…