Ontario has made no changes to provincial regulations for wind turbine noise levels or setbacks since the Wynne Liberal rule. April 28, 2022 The Ontario government led by Premier Doug Ford seems to…
New setbacks needed for health, safety. Ontario wind turbine regulations unchanged from 2009 OTTAWA— Wind turbines built in Ontario to generate electricity from wind energy should have a setback of a minimum of…
Contaminants of concern identified by expert panel; more well water samples needed to confirm health risk April 6, 2022 With two months to go before the 2022 Ontario provincial election, the government released…
March 25, 2022 The lack of progress in protecting people who live in Ontario’s rural communities is highlighted in a news story out today in the Ottawa Business Journal. In spite of thousands…
January 17, 2022 As dozens of families in North Kent, Ontario wait for a Ministry of Health report on why their water is black and gritty–and has been for years since a wind…
January 2, 2022 In an editorial in the current edition of Environmental Disease journal, Dr Alun Evans, prominent physician and cardiologist, says it is past time for governments to act to protect…
December 7, 2021 The Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative or OREC recently bought an Ontario wind turbine project, along with equity partner EnerFORGE, a subsidiary of Oshawa Power and Utilities Corporation, according to…
Remarks not worthy of the position he holds, says former federal public health official December 5, 2021 “Arrogant” and insulting: that’s how Dr. Robert McMurtry, former Dean of Medicine at Western University and…
September 30, 2021 Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health was asked a question by media yesterday about disinformation on COVID vaccines to which he responded there will be a “vocal minority” in…
Weather-dependent wind power doesn’t stack up against other power sources and results in higher costs, uncertain supply, Judge says September 13, 2021 A decision rendered by the Minnesota Court of Appeals recently determined…
September 2, 2021 The failure of a wind turbine at the Bow Lake wind power facility near Sault Ste. Marie is raising questions about safety around the giant industrial structures and current Ontario…