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Water - 2009

[29-Nov-09] Governments Must Act to Protect Water: Blue Summit

[23-Nov-09] Council of Canadians warns against Alberta water market plans

[18-Nov-09] Support Bill 32 to close Site 41, says Council of Canadians

[22-Sept-09] Site 41 win highlights need for action on water at the provincial and federal level

[21-Sept-09] Council of Canadians calls on Simcoe County to Close Site 41 Permanently

[18-Sept-09] Council of Canadians calls for all Site 41 Charges to be Dropped

[16-Sept-09] Halifax Bans Bottled Water at City Hall - Coalition calls it “good first step”

[21-Aug-09] New Site 41 information makes a one-year moratorium imperative, Council of Canadians tells McGuinty

[20-Aug-09] Council Of Canadians And CUPE Ontario Take Site 41 Moratorium Message To Airwaves Across Simcoe County

[17-Aug-09] Site 41 controversy spills over into Wikipedia

[14-Aug-09] Site 41 debate heads from the courtroom back to council chambers

[12-Aug-09] Toronto to Rally for a Site 41 Moratorium

[11-Aug-09] Council of Canadians ups the ante on Site 41 with full-page ads calling for a one-year moratorium

[07-Aug-09] Site 41 needs a political solution, says Council of Canadians

[29-July-09] Council of Canadians Statement on Site 41 Case Adjournment

[27-July-09] Site 41 was never authorized by Simcoe County, Barrie Court to hear on Wednesday

[22-July-09] Controversy Over Site 41 Heads to Court, Simcoe County Targets Peaceful Protesters

[20-July-09] OPP Commissioner Fantino notified that Site 41 is Illegal, urged to ‘resume a neutral stance’

[16-July-09] OPP threatens arrests at Site 41, protesters will not yield

[14-July-09] New Conflict of Interest Confirms Site 41 is Out of Control, says Council of Canadians

[06-July-09] Simcoe County should stop Site 41 construction now

[18-June-09] Council of Canadians denied access to Aquablue press conference

[11-June-09] Council of Canadians demands halt to construction of waste dump

[7-May-09] Atlantic Water Speaking Tour Calls for Blue Communities Not Toxic Dumps

[6-May-09] Native Ceremonial Elders from the USA join Native Environmentalists from Canada to Protect the Waters of Georgian Bay from proposed Dump Site 41

[30-Apr-09] Vancouver Unbottles It in Time for Olympics

[29-Apr-09] Liberals encouraged to support right to water at Vancouver convention

[24-Apr-09] United Nations Discusses the Human Right to Water

[21-Apr-09] Maude Barlow to Address UN General Assembly

[17-Apr-09] Ottawa Folk Festival 2009 to be Unplugged and Unbottled

[22-Mar-09] Over Twenty countries challenge Ministerial Declaration of World Water Forum

[19-Mar-09] UN President tells corporate-controlled World Water Forum "water is a human right"

[17-Mar-09] Barlow says Harper must recognize the right to water to deserve UN Security Council seat

[16-Mar-09] Council outraged by police actions against water justice activists in Istanbul

[12-Mar-09] Parliament building to be painted blue for World Water Day celebration

[7-Mar-09] Tide Has Turned on Bottled Water, says Council of Canadians

[5-Mar-09] FCM bottled water resolution sends the right message to cities, says Council of Canadians

[24-Feb-09] Niagara Falls Unbottles It

[13-Feb-09] Barlow tells Brussels conference that water is a human right

[29-Jan-09] Coalition launches Facebook Campaign to Stop Dump Site 41

[20-Jan-09] UnBottle It Canada!

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MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
July 27, 2009

Site 41 was never authorized by Simcoe County, Barrie Court to hear on Wednesday

The Council of Canadians’ legal counsel has applied for an injunction to halt construction on Site 41. The application for an injunction, filed today, states that a Simcoe County Council meeting on June 26, 2007, specified that construction was “not to include development of waste cells”. Therefore, the application states that waste cell construction at Site 41, expenditure of public funds ancillary to such construction and any construction beyond what has been approved by the County “have not been validly or duly authorized by the Council of the County of Simcoe, pursuant to section 5 of the Municipal Act, 2001, or otherwise”.

Sack Goldblatt Mitchell’s application for an injunction is being filed under Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure on behalf of Anne Ritchie Nahuis in response to Simcoe County’s July 23 motion for an injunction. The application will be heard at the Barrie Court House on Wednesday July 29, 2009 at 10am, or as soon as possible that day.

“Site 41 was never properly authorized by Simcoe county council," says Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and Senior Advisor on Water to the President of the United Nations. “There has been no proper approval of Site 41 by the municipal council for the County of Simcoe.  In the absence of a by-law authorizing the project, it is illegal.”

Last week, Simcoe County filed a motion for an injunction against the peaceful blockade of Site 41. Simcoe County is seeking at least $160,000 in its motion, in which Anne Ritchie Nahuis and Vicki Monague are named as defendants.

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For More Information:

Dylan Penner, Council of Canadians, 613-795-8685, dpenner@canadians.org   

Read the application for an injunction »

www.canadians.org/Site41

 
       
 

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