JANUARY 31, 2007
OPINION
‘THE CADRE *¢ 12
Preserving the Upton Farms
as a green belt
The Upton Farm, located on BOTH sides of the Trans Canada Highway between the North River Causeway and the traffic light by the Upton Road, was part of the Federal Agricultural Research Farm.
The fields and mixed woods, start by Beach Grove Forest Division and run along the shore of the North River to the proposed location of the arterial highway.
The land was transferred to Canada Lands, whose mandate it is to dispose at it for the best price. However there is also an obligation by Canada Lands to consider public uses of the land. The Provincial Governments and Cities are usually offered the land before other plans are developed.
As it stands now, plans are in the works for a high density SUBDIVISION on the area adjoining the forest at Beach Grove.
A petition with over 1,000 names has been presented to the Prime Minister, copied to the Minister responsible for Canada Lands, Lawrence Cannon as well as Minister Peter MacKay, responsible for ACOA. (See copy below)
A copy of the wording of the petition has also been forwarded to the Provin- cial Minister of Forestry, Mr. Ballem, who recently, responding to a media question, gave a positive reply suggesting some interest on the part of the Prov- ince for preserving this land for future generations, either in the form of an urban forest or just a green belt along the North River.
Most people are unaware of what is about to happen to this beautiful ex- ample of the Island landscape, but once awate are pleased and eager for an op- portunity to lend their voices to preserv- ing this pristine land for future genera- tions, this beautiful slice of the Island
landscape located so beautifully along the banks of the North River.
We ask you and your like minded family and friends to lend your voice to the already submitted petition by forwarding a short e-mailing or written note in support of leaving the Upton Farm as a green belt and free of urban development, to the addresses of the following people.
Please do it immediately, time is of the essence.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper: pn@ pm.ge.ca.
Transport Minister Cannon, respon- sible for Canada Lands: cannon.l@parl. gc.ca. ;
Minister responsible for ACOA and the Atlantic Provinces: mackay.p@parl. gc.ca
(Ask that it be copied to Kevin Mac- Adam, who works in the Ministers office).
Premier Binns: pgbinns@gov.pe.ca.
Minister of Forestry J. Ballem: jwbal- lem@gov.pe.ca.
City Councilor Cecil Villard: cfvil- lard56@hotmail.com.
Please note: Letters of support for the Upton Farm Petition can be mailed to all MP’on Parliament Hill without postage.
Also, please, visit and urge other peo- ple to do the same: www.UptonFarm. Wordpress.com.
For further information, or if you want to work with us and join our meetings, please call: 892-3839.
A line from Joni Mitchell’s song,
- “they paved over Paradise and put up a parking lot” very much relates to this unfortunate project, let us hope we can get it changed.
Thank you for your support, The Upton Farm Preservation Network
burn victims
Dalhousie University 2™ Floor Forrest Building
Phone: 902-494-8804
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY luspiring Minds
Looking for a Rewarding Career for Men and Women, well paying with wide ranging employment options?
Explore Occupational Therapy Work with seniors, children, injured workers, troubled te
COME TO OUR OPEN HOUSE! !!! Tuesday, February 13" from 12:30 to 7:00pm School of Occupational Therapy
5869 University Ave, near Robie Street E-Mail: occupational.therapy @dal.ca Internet: www.occupationaltherapy.dal.ca es
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2007 For September 2007 Admission to our NEW M.Sc.(Occupational Therapy) Programme
Old Ink Cartridge x 12 =
New Tree
After a promising first year of opera-
tion, last year the INKredible Recycling _ Program collected a total of 250 ink
_ cartridges on campus here at UPEI. The _ program is aimed at getting students, faculty and staff environmentally active
by having them bring their used ink car-
_ ttidges to one of six drop-off locations on campus. The Environmental and Sus-
tainability Society (ESS) then donates the
_ cartridges to the PET Humane Society who ate in turn subsidized for recycling — _ them,
With the fall semester over, ESS stu-
_ dents ran to the ink cartridge collection
sites in hopes of discovering full collec- tion boxes and unprecedented numbers
_ of small, compact recycling opportuni-
ties. Hope and anticipation was quickly followed by disappointment and anguish.
45. 45 ink cartridges collected on cam- pus in the first semester. That’s 45 ink
_ cartridges for about 4000 students. Let’s _ assume that every student on campus
_ had at least one “big” paper to print in _ the semester, a few assignments, maybe _alab report, and numerous unneces-
sary, even ridiculous printing pursuits
- that’s got to leave more than 45 empty cartridges. Even factoring laziness and the accessibility of the garbage can, there
_ still must be some of you out there who
either didn’t know about the program, were scared to ask where the drop-off boxes were or chose not to recycle. Recy- de : Drop-off locations here: Robertson Library, Kelly Building, MAPUS Lounge, “the New Residence,” AVC lobby, the Bookstore. Six. Count them. There’s ~ boxes at these locations that you can place your empty ink cartridge in. If you have trouble finding the boxes, ask someone where they are. It’s worth it. For every 12 cartridges that get donated, THINKGREEN sponsors the plant- _ ing of a tree through the Tree Canada Foundation. As an ink cartridge recy- cler, you'll be making a contribution to Humane Society, your forests, and a little bit less of a contribution to your landfill. Your environment appreciates the effort. Contact us: upeienvsociety@gmail.com
\ Chris Doiron