Quarry

• Highway 15 quarry housing development proposal coming to Kingston, Ont. planning committee

  A housing development proposal set in a unique location is set to be presented to the City of Kingston planning committee this week.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2022
  
• St. Marys, Ont. quarry to welcome floating waterpark, installed by helicopter

  The St. Marys quarry will soon be home to the Super Splash floating waterpark, the first of its kind for the London, Ont., region. 

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2022
  
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• 1 dead, 1 seriously injured at quarry worksite north of Bobcaygeon: OPP

  Officials responded to an accident at Buckhorn Sand and Gravel's Bass Lane limestone quarry on Tuesday morning.

  Canada

  May 10, 2022
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• Fraser Valley quarry work near rare peregrine falcon nest worries conservationists

  "Right now there's probably three pairs breeding in the historical region from hope up to Lillooet, Pemberton, Squamish and back to the Lower Mainland," said one biologist.

  Environment

  May 13, 2021
• Investigators still working to ID bodies found in Vancouver Island gravel pit

  Police said they have found multiple burned structures at the scene, along with human remains and the remains of four dogs.

  Crime

  Nov 30, 2020
• $15,000 in tools, equipment reported stolen from quarry construction site in Trent Lakes: OPP

  Peterborough County OPP are investigating the reported theft of tools and equipment from a quarry construction site on County Road 36 in Trent Lakes, Ont.

  Crime

  Apr 30, 2020
• Pierrefonds landfill site will close but residents wonder if putrid smell will end

  The installation of 35 new vertical wells along with a second gas burner is also underway. It will capture the gas and then burn it, which will reduce the smell.

  Environment

  Nov 27, 2019
• Canada must pay $7M over botched assessment of N.S. quarry project

  The company, Bilcon, had wanted $443 million for profits it said it lost when a federal-provincial review concluded that a basalt quarry in Digby Neck, on the Bay of Fundy, would violate "core community values."

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2019
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• Police investigating after fatal industrial accident in Oro Medonte

  Police are investigating after an industrial accident in Oro Medonte left one man dead. 

  Crime

  Dec 21, 2018
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• ‘He’s going ballistic’: Coquitlam quarry manager watches black bear trash his truck

  As the bear trashed the inside of his truck, Atherton called 911 – telling dispatchers “I’ve got a bear stuck in my pickup and he’s going ballistic.”

  Crime

  Nov 25, 2018