In early November (2023), Port Colborne City Council approved the application by Port Colborne Quarries Inc. (aka Rankin Industries) to expand Pit 3 as part of the City’s Official Plan and Bylaws. This will further endanger our aquifer (fresh water source for millions), and the surrounding environment. “The earth does not belong to man; man…
With thanks to the Reform Gravel Mining Coalition, some vital information for all communities in Ontario (or anywhere near these open quarries). On December 6, the Auditor General of Ontario released a Value-for-Money Audit of the Management of Aggregate Resources in Ontario. The damning report confirms what we have have been saying since the launch…
Thank you for your continued support as we continue to monitor the activities of Port Colborne Quarries daily. The Niagara Water Protection Alliance is not going away!#WaterIsLife First item – Our first Town Hall Meeting since the lifting of the COVID restrictions was June 20, 2022.We would once again like to thank everyone who attended…
Join us Tues. 20 June, 7pm at Bethel United Church (1742 Third Concession Rd, Port Colborne, ON) for a public information meeting to save our aquifer! Port Colborne Quarries (and associated businesses) continue to threaten the Onondaga Aquifer – the fresh water source that has served people across both shores of Lake Erie for millennia….
Help stop the expansion of PCQ Pit 3 (Port Colborne Quarries/Rankin Construction), and save our water, wildlife and rural environment! If this is permitted, against all public outcry, there is nothing stopping this happening in your backyard! PCQ has been pushing for this, and other options, that put our regional aquifer at serious risk. The…
The Provincial Government of Ontario is attempting to remove virtually all power of provincial/regional/municipal Conservation Authorities to conserve anything. All under the premise that we need “more housing” (note that the reference never includes the term, “affordable”). Legislative and regulation changes under the Conservation Authorities Act to streamline processes, provide clarity and certainty for development,…
