HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-09-17, Page 51001CIMOW Sentinel, Wednesdab September 1980-Fide
• e eration wan erson es resignation
from West. Central; director Andy Wykoski from. South Walter ElXiptt,. Jim. Hunter
John. Nesbitt and delegates Huron; Gerry Fortune, dir. and Tony McQuail from
Mery Smith, John Van Beers ector and delegates Deanne " Northwest finron.
and Maurice bean from East Dickson, Brian Jeffray and Members were also.
Central Huron; Andre Dor- Max Demeray from North ed on energy and anyone
director_, and delegates East Huron and Merle Gun, interested in. participating is.
Albert' Erb, raid Klopp and •ty, director and , delegates, asked to contact him
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The Catiadian•-, Forestry
Serviee reports 'that'
1',513,862..hectares, were
burned in; forest fires across
Canada in the month ,of July,
',tinging, the adjusted seas-
onal totn1 to 4,73,1-,913 beet-
Ares, .making this the worst
fire year On record. • '
The fire season' officially
begins April
Total number, of Tires re
Pbrted- iit July. was 1,866'
bringing the seasonal total to
8,089 fires as of July 31.
Only Prince Edward Island
repotted no fires in July, The -
seasonal total for that`: proy-,
ince is one fire burning 65
The greatest number of
fires, in July occurred, in
Ontario, with 432 fires burn-
ing an estimated 24,711 hee
tares, for a seasonal total of
-x;6233-fiii-v-S and, 557,453-hec-
tares burned. The greatest
area burned was 345,480
tectares--in---Saskatcliewan
-which:reported 186 fires-in
July.
There were 24 fires and
141,354 hectares burned in
national parks in July, bring-
ing the seasonal total to 90
fires burning 208,.330 hectar-
es.
The number of fires and
total estimated area burned
as of July 31 ..for other
provinces and territories
were: Newfoundland - 54
fires, 1,060 hectares; New
Huron.'County:Federation
l oAgriculture members have
=called for the, resignation of
Ontario's Minister of 'Agri.:
Culture, Lorne Henderson, "
''Federation-members past "'OppOsition. One Federation one •final-Statemenf-before
sed the reSolUtion at teir Member • cited eigh th t exam,.' e Overwiwinain t_e_was. h
Ong Thursday after eit, "pies of foreign ownership in taken: 40W 140:k3A-
a4
BY RHEA *HAMILTON i"ohn Yan Beers' presented •
300t1011, demanding the,rea- -
ignatian of the minister,
unless he "stop' the callous:
•• and • diSastrous use of the
land":
The motion met with little'
culture board meeting later
this fat. ,
Tony McQuail said, the
foreign ownership problem is
accelerating and the federa-
tion ,should act-novv.
John Van Eeers offered
pressintv concern abdut the - McKillop TownsbiP -alone. "We:shouldn't destroy
growing foreign ownership of Doug Fortune, comment... what we have• built over the
farmland in the county ing on the, timing of the last 100 years for the sake of
• Land sales indicate the lution, said the local• mein. the almighty dollar," he
• foreig9' ownership problem betship shotild accumulate said.
isn't: solved, and members the land sales figures rieces- ' The • Huron, Federation of
warned the • minister isn't' ,sary to support submitting Agriculture has been work-
concerned enough with 'the the' same resolution at the ing closely with the Rural
" problem to do anything about- Ontario Federation of 46,, Development Outreach pro- tt. ject . (ROOF) in studying
, foreign ownership. The
RDOP is presently involved
in the second phase of the
study, looking at the effect of
foreign ownership on com-
munities.
The first phase, was pres-
ented to.federation members
last. June when it was dis-
closed that .95 per cent of the
'has summer is
worst fir
on recor
Brunswick '352 - fires, 3,000
hectares; Neva Seotia - 275
firei, 861 hectares; Quebec,.-
729 fires, 13,006 hectares;
Manitoba - 982 fires; 603,197
hectares; StiskatcheWan'. 721
fires, 1,399,900 hectares; Al-
berta - 1,537 fires, 998,983
`hectares; British Columbia: 7
1,296 fires, 47,946 hectares;
Yukon - 134 • fires, 113,731
hectares and Northwest Ter-
-ritories .-295 Jires, -
hectares.
These figures are estimat-
es only and 'may be revised
from month to month .as
more accurate statistics are
received,
county's land was Owned by
people living outside the
country.
Tbe federation members
also passed a resolution
asking that the OFA and
county groups form a. liaison
committee to gather informa.
.tion for meetings available to
county organizations through
the OFA.
In other business, regional
- irec ors -an e ega es to-
the OFA convention Novem-
ber 24 to 27 were elected.
The delegates are Jim Mein.
tosh, director and delegates
ita.rry SwinkeIs, Jack Teb:
butt and Walter McIlwain
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