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News Articles Relating to the Pickering Airport Lands "A little Rebel help would be welcome about now" Article, Feb 26, 2005 By any definition, the Tullis cottage in Brougham can easily be defined as a 'heritage' property. Not only in Pickering or Durham Region, but all of Ontario and Canada. Yet its owners have put the paperwork in motion to evict the home's tenants before July and have stated they will demolish it next. So much for the historic significance of the property as the federal Public Works department and Transport Canada see it, as their actions are proving this month. This despite the City, with provincial backing, designating the home as a heritage property in Pickering. "Loss of history would be a shame" Article, Feb 26, 2005 The landscape of north Pickering is on a collision course with change. The area north of Hwy. 7 that was expropriated in the 1970s to build an airport stands as a window to another time. As of now it has remained free of the cookie-cutter subdivisions and big box stores that blanket the rest of Durham and the GTA. Many know the days are numbered for this pristine landscape if the airport proposed by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority is approved, but residents, concerned groups and politicians began mobilizing recently to prevent a more imminent change. "Historic home faces demolition" Article, Feb 22, 2005" One of Pickering's most historically important buildings is facing demolition - again. Public Works issued a dozen notices last week to tenants living in homes on the federal lands in north Pickering to vacate, including Laurie and Gary Barclay who live in the Tullis cottage. (Public Works manages the properties for Transport Canada, which owns the land). The home on Seventh Concession Road, just west of Brock Road, was designated as a heritage property in December by Pickering council. The Barclays received their latest eviction notice Feb. 16 and are to be out by June 30. They had previously received and fought one in 2001." "Airport will affect Uxbridge" Article, Feb 15, 2005 "If my fellow residents of Uxbridge believe that the proposed international airport in Pickering will not affect us, they are mistaken. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) would have you believe Uxbridge will suffer no ill effects from an airport. Guess again! You only have to look at their business plan that will see cargo planes, budget airlines and flight training turning right on takeoff over Uxbridge 24 hours a day, seven days a week, not left over Toronto. Pearson has restrictions, no flights between 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., and no training, since they lost that to Hamilton some years ago, and now they're trying to steal it back to justify building this airport. Rest assured my fellow taxpayers, we will be coughing up the tax dollars to supply all the infrastructure required for this project. Yet when you consider most of us have never had the joy of city water, sidewalks, or transit, but are still paying the same tax rate as our brothers and sisters throughout the GTA, ask yourself why do we always pay?"
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Feb 14, 2005 “Airport Still On The Radar” Article, January 17th, 2005 The public meetings may have stopped for now, but all is not quiet on the Pickering airport front. Both the Greater Toronto Airports Authority and Voters Organized to Cancel the Airport Lands (VOCAL) have been busy working on their next moves. “Proposed Greenwood Development Still in Limbo” Article, January 8th, 2005 “If the airport is approved, this proposed development would be right under the extension line of the main east-west runway," said Stanley Stein, the GTAA's lawyer. He added the residents of the development would be living in an environment unsuitable for people. "The two are incompatible," he said” “Residents want Answers” Article, December 23, 2004 “Three people made presentations at Monday's council meeting to express their opposition to the Greater Toronto Airports Authority's proposal to build an airport in north Pickering, as well as to express support for Ward 3 City Councillor David Pickles' motion.” “City Trying to Find Answers” Article, December 21st, 2004 The City wants the federal transport minister to show it the money. At Monday night's council meeting, Ward 3 City Councilor David Pickles brought forward a motion for the City to request funding from either the federal government or the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) so it can do a peer review of the GTAA's airport plan. "Residents Group Gathering Support" Article, December 11, 2004 Citizens are organizing against the proposed Pickering airport. Voters Organized to Cancel the Airport Lands (VOCAL) held a meeting in Claremont Tuesday night to let concerned residents know what they can do to try to prevent a regional reliever airport from being built in north Pickering. The Sun “Airport Foes Find Thier Voice” Article, November 18th, 2004 “The more vocal opposition to the GTAA's plan to build a secondary airport is provided by people living in Claremont, a Pickering village that is adjacent to the airport lands. And outside the GTAA's Pickering office yesterday, about 50 members of VOCAL -- Voters Organized to Cancel the Airport Lands -- waved placards in opposition to the construction. "The Greater Toronto Airports Authority has presented a business case that just doesn't fly," said VOCAL's president Stephen Frederick. The airport will probably turn into a white elephant, like Montreal's Mirabel airport, Frederick said” The Star “Protest greets proposed airport, Pickering plan enrages residents” Article, November 18th, 2004 “They live in places like Claremont, Green River and Greenwood — hamlets just outside the federally owned lands that might one day become Pickering Airport — and they're worried about noise, pollution and their taxes. They gathered yesterday outside a satellite office of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority in the mostly boarded-up village of Brougham to announce how frightened and enraged they are at the prospect of a $2 billion, 30-year project that will see a "reliever" airport open there by 2012. "Protestors say Pickering Airport Plan Doesn't Fly" Article, November 18th, 2004 “Lorne Almack has been fighting the plans for a Pickering airport for more than 30 years and he's not throwing in the towel just yet. The 81-year-old Claremont resident was one of 30 people protesting outside the Greater Toronto Airports Authority's Pickering site office in Brougham Wednesday morning as inside the media was presented with an outline of the draft plan for the airport. CTV “Plans for Pickering, Ont Airport Unveiled” Article, November 17th, 2004 CBC “30 Years Later, Ottawa Unveils Plan for Pickering Airport” Article, November 17th, 2004 The Greater Toronto Airports Authority released a draft plan Tuesday to build a $2 billion airport on land expropriated by Ottawa more than 30 years ago, for just that purpose. The airport will be built in stages over a 30-year period and may eventually handle 11 million passengers a year. National Post “Pickering Airport Would Take Heat Off Pearson” Article, November 18th, 2004 A new two-runway airport in Pickering meant to relieve congestion at Pearson International could be ready to accept its first passengers by 2032, the Greater Toronto Airport Authority announced yesterday. The first phase of the proposed $2-billion facility would be completed in eight years, but only serve private aircraft and flying schools. A passenger terminal would be added later, handling approximately 10 million passengers each year. "Claremont Residents Against Proposed Airport" Article, November 25th, 2004 More than 200 people packed the room at the Claremont Community Centre for the presentation by Steve Shaw, the GTAA's vice-president of corporate affairs and communication, who was interrupted by the occasional question and outburst. “Pickering Airport Taking Off” Article, November 11th, 2004 Under the projected activity, by 2022 6.6 million passengers are expected to use the new regional airport and that is projected to climb to 11.9 million in 2032 when Pearson reaches its capacity. Toronto Star "Airport Plan may Struggle to Take Flight" Article, November 17, 2004 “Pickering Study Must Fly Solo” Article, January 15th, 2003
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