Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Group challenges highway expansion report
A business group criticizes plans to expand a highway near Stratford, saying an original estimate of farmland being lost has grown by ‘sleight of hand’ to something much larger but indefinite
Books shut on Berendsen case
Dairy farmer mum on the terms of an agreement reached with the Ontario government to drop his lawsuit concerning the burial of waste asphalt on his Teviotdale-area farm
Updated Friday January 28 2011 4:44 p.m.
Suspended sentence for farmer who opposes trucking law
General farm organizations must lobby to change law that penalizes small farmers in remote area says owner of farm-plated vehicle
Judge awards more than $1.7 million in Teviotdale dairy lawsuit
No one told Ben and Maria Berendsen that their Teviotdale farm, which they bought in 1981, had been a dumpsite for highway construction waste during the 1960s. The couple experienced sick and dying cows, personal health problems and financial woes before abandoning the property in 1994. Last week, Ontario Superior Court Judge Silja Sepi ordered the provincial Ministry of Transportation to pay the couple and their three adult children more than $1.7 million.