Focus On The Environment
Focus On The Environment: What can you do if your well starts to dry up?
During last summer’s critically dry conditions, many well owners suffered extreme water shortages. Some tips from an expert on how to diagnose and deal with your problem
by MARY JANE CONBOY
Focus On The Environment: Stiff fine for manure spill a sign of things to come in Ontario
A $32,000 penalty for a Huron County farmer represents ‘a sea change’ in the way polluters are dealt with and another reason for farmers to ensure they are environmentally responsible
by DON STONEMAN
Huron County farmer Piet Peeters may or may not be the first farmer to run afoul of new and stiffer fines by spilling manure on a farm near Zurich in July, 2006. But he has certainly drawn the most attention since his guilty plea in a Goderich courtroom in late January.
