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Bringing Together
Huron & Bruce
Gilchrist hays
of a lifrtime.
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Huron -Kinloss Twp.
Mayor supports wind
turbine moratorium
Otesha project
rolls through
Lucknow...
New book is
about 18th
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life. . .
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Morning,
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apologize for
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Submitted photo
Going to the movjes...
Jennifer MacKinnon who grew up in Lucknow took part in the movie Amelia, which.
was shot last year, starring Hilary Swank and Richard Gere. MacKinnon was cast as
a special skills expert, who would be required to fly in the movie. See story on page
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Renewable energy discussd
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BY GARIT REID
Sentinel Staff
At the Huron -Kinloss Twp. general
committee meeting on Oct. 5 the
Renewable Energy provisions of the
Environmental Protection Act were- dis-
cussed. It was confirmed by the
Association of Municipalities of Ontario
that as of Sept. 24 renewable energy proj-
ects are no longer subject to local land
use planning instruments such as the offi-
cial plan, zoning or site plan under the
Planning Act.
Emergency Preparedness
Huron -Kinloss Twp. council received
infotrnation from the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and Housing
regarding a presentation on "Continuity
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in Decision Making - A toolkit for
Municipalities" on Thursday, Oct. 8 at the
Bruce County council municipal build-
ing.
Flood forecasting
Huron -Kinloss Twp. council received a
letter from Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority expressing concerns with its
ability to forecast flooding for the village
of Lucknow. The Conservation Authority
is seeking one time funding from the
Ministry of Natural Resources for .the
installation of rain gauges upstream of
Lucknow. The Conservation Authority is
requesting the support of Huron -Kinloss.
'Iwp. Director of facilities and recreation
Mike Fair has prepared and sent the letter.
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BY PAT HALPIN
Special to the SentineY'
The mayor of Huron -
Kinloss supports MPP
Bill Murdoch's call for` a
moratorium on wind
farms and a study of asso-
ciated health impacts.
There have been health
concerns among residents
near the Ripley wind farm
development, said Mayor
Mitch Twolan, and he said
they need to be addressed.
"I know through the
Green Energy Act the
Ministry has tried to
resolve a lot of these
issues but health concerns
are still first and foremost
with a lot of people,"
Twolan said.
"When it comes to pub-
lic health and peoples'
concerns with health
obviously you can never
have enough information
out there." .
Wind and alternate
energy has been touted as
the key to new economic
opportunity, but Twolan
said a moratorium won't
dampen wind farm invest-
ment because projects are
already on hold until there
are more transmission
lines.
"You're not going to see
a lot of turbines up and
being erected at this point
anyhow," he said.
"If there is a study or
Mr. Murdoch is proposing
this, then this is maybe
the appropriate time to
have this study done."
Brute -Grey -Owen
Sound MPP Bill Murdoch
has a resolution calling on
the province and its chief
medical doctor to state
whether or not wind tur-
bines cause health prob-
lems for people who live
near them.
The government has a
responsibility as well as a
mandate -: to investigate
such claims — which range
from sleep deprivation to
heart palpitations- before,
moving on with wind
energy projects, Murdoch
said.
That resolution is
expected to be debated
Oct 29.
Tourism
Bruce county tourism. is
hopeful about a strong fall
season to 'make up for an
average summer.
Operators are banking
on day trip business as
people trim their costs and
stay closer to home, said
tourism manager Chris
Hughes.
That can add up to a lot
of visitors, even in mar-
ginal weather.
"The weather wasn't
ideal even for
Pumpkinfest but still they
had . a great turn out.
People still want to get
out and do low cost activ-
ities," Hughes said.
The summer season was
a . reasonable one in spite
of long stretches of poor
weather, Hughes said.
The lack of sun made
people look for other
activities.
"The museum 'admis-
sions were extremely
strong, any gated type
admission where people
were looking for some-
thing to go to did
extremely well this year,
boat cruises did well —
anything that wasn't 100
per cent weather depend-
ent had a pretty good sea-
son," he said.
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