http://www.dominionpaper.ca/taxonomy/term/2416/0 en http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/tim_mcsorley/2834 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-entry-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg" alt="image/jpeg icon" src="http://www.dominionpaper.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://www.dominionpaper.ca/files/weblogs-img/3697953215_918f341a2a_b.jpg" type="image/jpeg; length=597895">3697953215_918f341a2a_b.jpg</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Residents of Guelph, ON, have been <a href="http://hcbpoccupation.wordpress.com/">occupying</a> the proposed site of the Hanlon Creek Busines Park. The site is also home to Guelph's Old Growth Forest, and endangers local wetlands and the <a href="http://www.rom.on.ca/ontario/risk.php?doc_type=fact&amp;id=154">Jefferson Salamander</a>, on Ontario's official threatened species list.</p> <p>The occupation began on Monday, July 27th. They were notified that they would be <a href="http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/515987">evicted</a> as of July 30th at 4pm, but the time came and went and protestors are still there.</p> <p>More information is available on their blog at <a href="http://hcbpoccupation.wordpress.com">http://hcbpoccupation.wordpress.com</a>, or contact them for interviews or more information at +15198206280, +15198206239 or hcbpoccupatio[at]gmail[dot]com. They are also inviting supporters to the site to lend a hand - a map with directions can be found on their website.</p> <p><em>Photo by Sal Jefferson</em></p> http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/tim_mcsorley/2834#comments conservation development environment Ontario Guelph Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:00:42 +0000 Tim McSorley 2834 at http://www.dominionpaper.ca