How the Walk to Stop the Mega-Quarry put Melancthon on the Map

Zach Ruiter — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:29:44 +0000

“The Mega-Quarry has really touched a nerve up here because people know their headwaters are being challenged” argues Michael Sacco, an Indigenous Studies PhD student at Trent University.

Sacco was one of the organizers of a five-day 125km walk in late April 2011 to stop the proposed “Mega-quarry” planned for Melancthon Township.

Walk to Stop the Mega Quarry

DannyLiberty — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:18:52 +0000

April 22nd 2011 Local footage of the Walk to Stop the Mega-Quarry rally at Queens Park in Toronto and start of the 5-day 120 km walk to Melancthon township, Dufferin County, Kanekota, Ontario -- Stop the mega quarry Help stop a US hedge fund called Baupost LLP from building the biggest open pit mine in Canadian history at the heart of Ontario's headwaters...