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TAKING STOCK OF RASH OF ELECTION EXPENSE WOES
Wellesley backs call for environmental rights to be included in Constitution
Police make arrest in dumping of toxins in Conestogo
SCOTT BARBER Wellesley council is on board with David Suzuki’s “Blue Dot” movement, which aims to enshrine environmental rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Councilors meeting Tuesday evening in Crosshill voted in favour of supporting a declaration on the topic put forward by the Region of Waterloo earlier this year. The declaration says, in part, that “the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and its constituent area municipalities, have for many years striven within their respective areas of jurisdiction to maintain a healthy environment for all our citizens through initiatives including, but not limited to, official plan policies and bylaws protecting agricultural land and natural areas, making efficient use of urban land and infrastructure, the provision of clean and safe drinking water, sustainable use of water and energy, air quality and climate action plans, waste reduction strategies, transit and active transportation, promoting food safety, and providing outdoor recreational opportunities.” Supporting the movement was a no-brainer for Mayor Joe Nowak. “I supported this at the region and I am certainly willing to support it here,” he said. “Coun. (Herb) Neher BLUE DOT | 4
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Kitchener man is believed to have been the mover, with the source of contaminated material now under investigation SCOTT BARBER
Just hangin’ in there There was plenty of bucking, riding, and barrel racing at the Kitchener-Woolwich Case IH Ultimate Rodeo at Calhoun Stables in Breslau on July 10. [WHITNEY NEILSON / THE OBSERVER]
A 51-year-old Kitchener man charged with dumping toxic waste at a Conestogo-area sugar bush was remanded in court this week, but there could be others involved in the incident not yet in police custody, property owner Michelle Shannon and Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris say. Waterloo Regional Police charged Donald William Hector with mischief over $5,000 on July 10, following an investigation into the case of 24 barrels containing oily water, waste grease, acid powders and polychlorinated biphenyl, surreptitiously stashed at the end of a farm lane at Michelle Shannon and John Weber’s Weeby Place property in May. Hector’s case was remanded at the Waterloo Regional Courthouse in Kitchener Monday morning, expected to be picked up again Thursday after-
noon by video link from the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton. WRPS spokesperson Olaf Heinzel said the arrest was the result of “good detective work and information from the community” adding that, “The investigation is continuing and investigators have not ruled out further charges if appropriate.” But according to Shannon, police told her they know that others were involved in the incident. “My understanding is that the person that they charged is the person who did the actual dumping, he was the mover, but it was not his waste,” she said. “He was hired for that job. And so the person who generated that waste is not being charged by the police because, I guess, what he did, he didn’t break any laws. But my guess is he had to have known that it wasn’t being done legally.” TOXIC WASTE | 24
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