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Clarington repaving project halted after residents find 'all kinds of crap' in material for new road bed

Clarington repaving project halted after residents find 'all kinds of crap' in material for new road bed

Durham Region has halted work on a road rebuilding project after neighbours complained they stumbled upon contaminated waste in the new road bed. Work was shut down on the rehab project in Clarington, 100 kilometres east of Toronto, about two weeks ago. A consultant was called in to check what crews had been using in a lower layer of the rebuilt road. "I was picking up syringes, batteries, pieces of metal, razor blades," local farmer Andrew McVey said this week. "There's all kinds of crap ... various garbage that I felt should not be part of what's being buried in the road "

Port Stanley harbour a 'lumberyard' following flooding, marina begins cleanup efforts

Port Stanley harbour a 'lumberyard' following flooding, marina begins cleanup efforts

The owner of a long-standing marina in Port Stanley, Ont. estimates he faces $150,000 in damages due to flooding caused by an ice jam in the harbour. Warming temperatures and snow melts led to rising water levels beginning late last week. The water carried the ice jam through Kettle Creek in nearby St. Thomas to Port Stanley, leading to the closure of the King George VI Lift Bridge. David McNiece, who owns Stan's Marina, said two metres of water built up around the marina.