Dalton cheats at chess

On a rainy Sunday I could think of nothing better to do (except off-peak-laundry- but it’s raining, and I can’t hang them out to dry…) than draw up my perception of Dalton McGuinty. —Esther

Lambton Shores backs call for moratorium on wind farms

PAUL MORDEN   The Observer
August 8, 2011

Lambton Shores council has joined the list of municipalities asking for a moratorium on new wind farms in Ontario until an independent study is commissioned to determine their impact on human health.

Council voted Monday in favour of resolutions from Lambton Shores Concerned Citizens, a group formed earlier this year in opposition to plans to substantially increase the number of wind turbines in the municipality.

“We’re pleased that we got the support,” said group member Mike Mahood, “and really pleased that the council members have informed themselves.”

Lambton Shore is home to the only 10 wind turbines in Lambton County but in July the province announced contracts for the Jericho Wind Energy Centre, a 150-turbine farm proposed for the Thedford area, and the 75 to 100-MW Cedar Point project Suncor wants to build in Lambton Shores and Plympton-Wyoming near Forest.

“At the very least,” Mahood said, “we hope that it slows the development of these things down and gives time for the community to develop it’s own plan, its own made-in-Lambton-Shores strategy to deal with so-called renewable energy.”

Municipal councils in neighbouring Plympton-Wyoming and Dawn-Euphemia Township have also passed resolutions calling for a provincial moratorium and independent health study.