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Feb 6, 19 •
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At a Water Wells First community meeting recently, the members continued to express their frustration with the government’s lack of action to make good on a Doug Ford promise to hold a full health hazard investigation into well contamination in the area of...
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Dec 12, 18 •
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Water Wells First spokesperson Kevin Jakubec is stepping down from his role as advocate for the people in Dover in Chatham townships for the past two years, turning the job over to Chatham Township’s Jessica Brooks. Jakubec made the announcement in a recent...
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Nov 21, 18 •
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Taking matters into their own hands, members of Water Wells First delivered well water sediment samples from two Chatham township residents to the Toronto office of the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health last week. According to WWF spokesperson Kevin...
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Oct 24, 18 •
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After being asked the question directly about a promised full health hazard investigation into the risk of drinking well water contaminated with black shale particles, the Ontario PC government said it has started the ball rolling with the office of...
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Oct 17, 18 •
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Members of the Water Wells First group headed to Queen’s Park this week to see about a promise made by then-PC Leader Doug Ford to call a health hazard investigation into the safety of drinking water from sediment-clogged wells in Dover and Chatham...
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Oct 16, 18 •
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Members of Water Wells First (WWF) were to head to Queen’s Park this week to ask a couple of tough questions of the Ford government and its promises to help families in Dover and Chatham townships with sediment-clogged wells. According to WWF spokesperson...
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Mar 7, 18 •
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Despite having a well that’s only five years old, a Caledonia Line family is without water just days after the numerous wind turbines surrounding their property went into operation. The family property is surrounded by turbines in the North Kent Wind 1...
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Feb 13, 18 •
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Water Wells First sent correspondence to Premier Wynne Monday, asking for her immediate intervention in stopping North Kent families from being forced onto polluted water wells. According to Water Wells First spokesperson Kevin Jakubec, WWF asked the premier...
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Feb 6, 18 •
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Property owners with contaminated wells “utterly reject” the recent findings of the provincial environment ministry that construction of turbines in the North Kent Wind 1 project area is not responsible for wells becoming turbid during pile driving, and...
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Jan 23, 18 •
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A Chatham couple whose family has been without clean well water since wind turbine construction began more than six months ago is coming forward with test results that show just how contaminated their well is. RTI Lab testing reveals a 14,000-times...
