Clearview to appeal wind turbine approval

Clearview Township is not giving up the fight. Council met last night during a one-hour closed-door meeting to hear legal advice from lawyer Harold Elston and discuss strategy after the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) approved wpd’s request to...

CyberGirls qualify for provincial championships    

Clearview’s CyberGirls have qualified for the provincial robotics championship in St. Catharines on March 5. The team placed ninth out of 49 teams in its first ever competition in Brampton this past December and went on to place fourth in a second competition in...

Windmill decision maddening, disheartening: Mayor

Clearview Township’s fight against wind turbines was derailed last week after it was announced the Fairview Wind Project received provincial approval. Clearview Township Mayor Chris Vanderkruys described the outcome as maddening and disheartening. “We are angry,” said...

Clearview has thousands of approved houses on the books

With thousands of approved residential development projects on the books, Clearview Township council has been discussing how to get shovels in the ground.  In the past six months four requests for extensions have come forward, prompting council discussion about how to...

Firefighters making ice for Winter Classic event

Clearview Township firefighters from Station 4 in Creemore – Chris Charlebois, Ashley Hopkins, Robert Morrey, Ed Van Severen and Jesse Stevens – were out working on a new outdoor rink Wednesday in preparation for the Creemore Winter Classic charity hockey game Feb. 27...

Province approves Clearview wind turbines

Clearview Township will not be in court today after all. It was expected that Clearview lawyers would be in court fighting wpd Canada’s eight industrial wind turbines near the airport, a $50 million development referred to as the Fairview Wind project. On Feb. 11,...