“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,…
November 15, 2017 The Association to Protect Amherst Island has filed a formal letter of Appeal to the Ontario Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Chris Ballard, reminding him that it is…
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…
WIND CONCERNS ONTARIO NEWS RELEASE ONTARIO ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY TO REPEAT WIND POWER MISTAKES August 22, 2017 Wellington, Ont. — Applications for approval of new, huge wind power projects now being filed with the…
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…
An Open Letter to the newly appointed Ontario Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Chris Ballard. “You have work to do” July 31, 2017 To the Honourable Chris Ballard Minister…
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…