Short Story
Mt Nemo is under attack, yet again, from a mining company planning to profit from the blasting of TWO new open-pit mines in land that is designated an UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. Open-pit mining is one of THE most destructive industrial practices on the planet. We are working against this very bad idea every day, striving to protect our piece of the planet (which is all any of us can do). Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
This project is in partnership with CORE Burlington.
No More Open-Pit Mines On Mt. Nemo
$108,160
Raised
194
Donors
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Days Left
Raised:
72.11%
Goal:
$150,000
By Gord Pinard
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Story
A Mega-Quarry in the Making: Mount Nemo Needs Your Help
The company Nelson/Lafarge Aggregate plans to blast two more open-pit mines in the heart of Burlington’s precious and unique Niagara Escarpment lands on Mount Nemo.
We Need to Stop them.
Nelson LaFarge is a multi-national partnership with deep pockets. They can afford to hire lawyers, technical experts and communications professionals to get this quarry approved.
So it’s a David vs. Goliath battle.
And that’s where we need your help. Please donate today!
The money will be used to make a strong case against this bad idea of yet another quarry on Mount Nemo. We’ve hired the same lawyer who fought and won the last pit-fight on Mt. Nemo ten years ago. We’ve also engaged experts on water and air to review and counter the case put forth by Nelson Aggregate. As you know, experts and lawyers need to be paid. Without the assistance of these professionals we don’t have much of a chance of protecting Mt. Nemo.
Nelson Aggregate has been blasting limestone out of Mount Nemo for nearly seventy years. So we’ve done our time ‘living with’ the aggregate industry on Mount Nemo. We all have a duty to protect the Escarpment from any further new holes blasted into it.
Once It’s Gone, It’s Gone
The beautiful Escarpment, an UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, is Burlington’s backyard: a green jewel set amidst the urban concrete of the GTHA. We need to protect this gem, for ourselves and for the coming generations—let’s spare them fifty more years of open-pit mining and all that it entails in terms of destruction and disruption. Such as:
- the threat to the quantity and quality of well water caused by these two below-water-table open-pit mines.
- the permanent impacts to protected, threatened and endangered species, such as the Jefferson Salamander.
- the irremediable loss on the wildlife, woodlands, streams and wetlands served by the headwaters of Mount Nemo.
- the impacts of blasting (dust, noise, vibration, property damage) and the potential health effects of very fine dust.
Open-pit mining companies make promises of ‘rehabilitating’ the land, but no human-made rehabilitation can replicate the complexity of a biodiverse ecosystem that has been blasted to its rocky core.
Please donate to our David-vs-Goliath fight. Every dollar counts, every dollar encourages.
Let’s show Nelson LaFarge Aggregate that we too have deep pockets (and a strong intent) on our side of this fight.
‘How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Anne Frank
In partnership with CORE Burlington.
| Name | Donation | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Gillian Adams | $500 | November 3, 2024 3:47 pm |
| KATHLEEN O'NEIL | $55 | October 29, 2024 8:41 pm |
| Adrian Kiss | $500 | October 21, 2024 1:29 pm |
| Joseph Olubobokun | $500 | October 16, 2024 8:06 pm |
| Toni Jackson | $500 | October 16, 2024 7:35 pm |
| Seth Brouwers | $560 | October 16, 2024 3:18 pm |
| Frederick Stephan | $100 | October 15, 2024 4:02 pm |
| James P. Blake | $5,005 | October 11, 2024 9:33 pm |
| Peter Long | $250 | October 11, 2024 4:41 pm |
| Janice Hoefert | $200 | October 11, 2024 2:18 pm |
| Catherine Timmis | $25 | October 11, 2024 1:44 pm |
| John Timmis | $200 | October 11, 2024 1:36 pm |
| Davee Gunn | $145 | October 9, 2024 3:54 pm |
| Jeanne Bullock | $140 | October 9, 2024 3:42 pm |
| Sylvia Phelps | $70 | October 9, 2024 3:38 pm |
| Mark Hellmann | $40 | October 9, 2024 3:33 pm |
| Leigh Scott | $50 | October 9, 2024 3:30 pm |
| Cecile Tremblay | $100 | October 9, 2024 3:27 pm |
| Blythe Ward | $50 | October 8, 2024 1:47 am |
| Brenda Brouwers | $50 | October 8, 2024 1:30 am |
| Michele Gunn | $50 | October 8, 2024 1:17 am |
| Lee Hartwell | $260 | October 7, 2024 5:49 pm |
| Rafik Bolis | $520 | October 6, 2024 9:43 pm |
| Rachel Simpson | $200 | October 1, 2024 9:31 pm |
| Michael Cochrane | $1,000 | September 30, 2024 8:37 pm |
| Noel Robb | $50 | September 30, 2024 1:57 pm |
| Janet & Glenn Wells | $250 | September 29, 2024 7:54 pm |
| Raphael Lopoukhine | $640 | September 29, 2024 3:30 pm |
| Robert O'Hoski | $30 | September 28, 2024 8:41 pm |
| Anonymous | $500 | September 26, 2024 2:11 am |
| Angela Brouwers | $50 | September 24, 2024 9:56 pm |
| Julie McDougall | $200 | September 22, 2024 10:29 pm |
| Gwyn Rocci | $500 | September 21, 2024 7:43 pm |
| Glen & Debra Swire | $5,000 | September 21, 2024 12:29 pm |
| Patrick Bartlett | $1,000 | September 21, 2024 2:09 am |
| Mike & Laurie Reid | $500 | September 20, 2024 8:41 pm |
| Douglas Cannon | $2,025 | September 20, 2024 2:47 am |
| Graham Bollinger | $1,005 | September 20, 2024 2:24 am |
| Jill Burns | $100 | September 19, 2024 8:15 pm |
| Anonymous | $3,000 | September 18, 2024 1:37 pm |
| Robert Skelton | $200 | September 17, 2024 5:10 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | September 16, 2024 11:18 pm |
| Ralph Fenik | $5,010 | September 16, 2024 3:36 pm |
| Sheetal Rawal | $505 | September 16, 2024 2:10 pm |
| Justin Samuel | $500 | September 15, 2024 8:51 pm |
| Douglas Fast | $1,000 | September 15, 2024 1:37 pm |
| Walter Galvso | $250 | September 15, 2024 1:01 pm |
| Manuel Silveira | $250 | September 13, 2024 12:52 pm |
| Anonymous | $505 | September 7, 2024 3:06 pm |
| Peter Bellm | $50 | September 6, 2024 9:55 pm |
| Pearl Lande | $200 | September 5, 2024 10:10 am |
| Karen and Geoff Brock | $1,000 | September 4, 2024 1:51 pm |
| Joseph Olubobokun | $500 | September 3, 2024 5:05 pm |
| Brian Long | $500 | September 2, 2024 3:37 pm |
| Catherine Power | $60 | September 2, 2024 3:27 pm |
| Ruth Beyers | $100 | September 2, 2024 2:01 am |
| Anonymous | $25 | September 1, 2024 5:30 pm |
| Anonymous | $150 | August 31, 2024 8:57 pm |
| D. Herbert Heine | $105 | August 30, 2024 5:58 am |
| Karen Moorse | $500 | August 29, 2024 11:45 pm |
| Anonymous | $1,000 | August 29, 2024 4:37 pm |
| Karen McLean | $100 | August 29, 2024 12:15 am |
| Susan Hersey | $105 | August 28, 2024 10:10 pm |
| Elizabeth Fedorkow | $50 | August 28, 2024 6:39 pm |
| David Baigent | $50 | August 28, 2024 4:35 pm |
| Michael Douglas | $55 | August 28, 2024 4:01 pm |
| Susan Robertson | $100 | August 28, 2024 2:39 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | August 28, 2024 2:21 pm |
| Siona Sullivan | $105 | August 28, 2024 1:53 pm |
| Naeem Ahmad | $25 | August 28, 2024 1:47 pm |
| Christopher Collins | $105 | August 28, 2024 2:29 am |
| Wendy Torresin | $300 | August 27, 2024 8:46 pm |
| Elizabeth Kuiper | $50 | August 27, 2024 7:12 pm |
| Jeanne Bullock | $510 | August 27, 2024 6:48 pm |
| Anonymous | $105 | August 27, 2024 2:54 pm |
| Pauline Weber | $100 | August 27, 2024 2:38 pm |
| Joseph Olubobokun | $500 | August 26, 2024 7:34 pm |
| James Ford | $505 | August 26, 2024 3:42 pm |
| Tracey Truman | $500 | August 26, 2024 1:30 pm |
| Carla Floriani | $100 | August 26, 2024 12:41 pm |
| Adrian de Saldanha | $50 | August 25, 2024 11:28 pm |
| Wendy Graham | $255 | August 25, 2024 12:11 pm |
| Jamie Campbell | $100 | August 20, 2024 4:37 pm |
| Alex Amos | $25 | August 19, 2024 7:49 pm |
| Sara Liborio | $25 | August 18, 2024 11:28 pm |
| Emilie Steele | $50 | August 18, 2024 7:38 pm |
| Anonymous | $25 | August 17, 2024 4:30 pm |
| Meena Deen | $250 | August 3, 2024 11:52 am |
| Graham Macdonald | $160 | August 2, 2024 7:37 pm |
| Sandra Voisin | $55 | July 30, 2024 9:52 pm |
| Frances Chandler | $55 | July 30, 2024 1:54 pm |
| Pamela Carman | $105 | July 30, 2024 1:36 pm |
| Joseph Olubobokun | $500 | July 23, 2024 6:21 pm |
| Shari Mann | $200 | June 14, 2024 8:35 pm |
| Allan Kaufman | $500 | May 29, 2024 1:38 pm |
| Richard and Pearl Lande | $200 | May 28, 2024 10:01 pm |
| Elaine Huisman | $505 | May 28, 2024 12:23 pm |
| Allan Kaufman | $500 | May 14, 2024 2:29 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | May 8, 2024 1:40 pm |
| David Dunlop | $265 | May 1, 2024 5:30 pm |
| John Foster | $50 | April 30, 2024 6:51 pm |
| John Foster | $50 | April 30, 2024 6:45 pm |
| JOSEPH OLUBOBOKUN | $550 | April 20, 2024 5:09 pm |
| Allan Kaufman | $500 | April 17, 2024 3:23 pm |
| Allan Kaufman | $500 | April 5, 2024 12:55 pm |
| Allan Kaufman | $500 | March 18, 2024 11:58 am |
| JOSEPH OLUBOBOKUN | $500 | March 13, 2024 3:30 pm |
| Allan Kaufman | $500 | March 6, 2024 4:18 pm |
| Gillian adams | $1,000 | March 3, 2024 12:22 am |
| Gregory Young | $120 | March 2, 2024 4:06 pm |
| Lawson Hunter | $50 | March 1, 2024 3:21 pm |
| Monika Howlett | $600 | February 28, 2024 2:25 pm |
| David Baigent | $100 | February 27, 2024 1:30 am |
| Aline Tso | $500 | January 4, 2024 9:15 pm |
| Lorretta Bailey | $105 | January 1, 2024 1:57 am |
| peggy garach | $50 | December 31, 2023 6:26 pm |
| Kenneth Stewart | $100 | December 30, 2023 2:04 pm |
| Carrie Webb | $100 | December 30, 2023 1:18 pm |
| Anonymous | $105 | December 29, 2023 11:38 pm |
| Ralph Fenik | $1,000 | December 29, 2023 2:37 pm |
| Anonymous | $1,020 | December 27, 2023 7:30 pm |
| 2471267 Ontario Inc. | $2,000 | December 12, 2023 9:53 pm |
| Barbara Borthwick | $100 | December 4, 2023 9:31 pm |
| Laura Evans | $25 | November 29, 2023 3:09 pm |
| Michael Liddiard | $500 | October 16, 2023 1:14 pm |
| Joseph Olubobokun | $1,010 | October 15, 2023 5:37 pm |
| Douglas Christilaw | $1,000 | October 10, 2023 11:16 pm |
| Pearl and Richard Lande | $600 | October 8, 2023 1:27 pm |
| D. Herbert Heine | $100 | October 7, 2023 11:05 pm |
| Jeffrey Ball | $100 | October 7, 2023 7:09 pm |
| Kelly Bird | $500 | October 7, 2023 7:04 pm |
| Gillian Adams | $1,000 | October 7, 2023 1:44 pm |
| Anonymous | $250 | October 1, 2023 3:54 pm |
| Jim Thomson | $500 | September 21, 2023 5:34 pm |
| Gloria Reid | $105 | September 21, 2023 12:45 pm |
| Adrian Kiss | $100 | September 21, 2023 12:33 pm |
| Joseph Olubobokun | $1,050 | September 12, 2023 7:26 pm |
| Debra Wilson | $100 | July 26, 2023 3:57 pm |
| Maria Rozakis | $500 | July 5, 2023 7:27 pm |
| Mark Goldstein | $23 | July 5, 2023 6:59 pm |
| Jane Jenner | $25 | July 2, 2023 10:28 pm |
| Judith Murray | $100 | June 19, 2023 7:31 pm |
| James P Blake | $2,500 | May 17, 2023 3:37 pm |
| Lee Hartwell | $100 | May 6, 2023 4:39 pm |
| Mate Saric | $1,000 | May 2, 2023 2:55 pm |
| Glen & Debra Swire | $1,000 | April 30, 2023 4:59 pm |
| Catherine Timmis | $50 | April 30, 2023 2:33 pm |
| A. Tso | $150 | April 28, 2023 5:27 pm |
| Janice Hoefert | $500 | April 28, 2023 2:39 pm |
| Monika Howlett | $250 | April 27, 2023 12:24 am |
| Peter Bellm | $400 | April 26, 2023 10:54 pm |
| John Timmis | $200 | April 21, 2023 10:45 pm |
| William Huisman | $5,000 | April 21, 2023 2:00 am |
| David Neto | $500 | April 21, 2023 1:48 am |
| Frances Miller | $500 | April 21, 2023 1:27 am |
| Jeffrey Ball | $100 | November 8, 2022 4:06 pm |
| Adriane Weller | $20 | October 31, 2022 2:42 pm |
| Barbara Harmer | $100 | October 31, 2022 1:03 pm |
| Janet & Glenn Wells | $500 | October 31, 2022 12:53 pm |
| KIM Smith | $500 | October 31, 2022 11:26 am |
| Pearl and Richard Lande | $250 | October 30, 2022 7:58 pm |
| Laurel Grace | $250 | October 30, 2022 6:33 pm |
| Troy Pasher | $50 | June 16, 2022 12:32 pm |
| Judith Murray | $125 | June 15, 2022 7:43 pm |
| Cally Ly | $100 | March 20, 2022 12:57 pm |
| Richard A. & Diane Hainsworth | $1,000 | March 14, 2022 8:10 pm |
| Ritch A. R. & Diane Ford | $1,000 | March 14, 2022 8:03 pm |
| Jeffrey Levitt | $50 | March 4, 2022 2:48 pm |
| peggy garach | $50 | March 3, 2022 10:00 pm |
| Jay Scott | $103 | March 3, 2022 5:05 pm |
| Janice Hoefert | $1,000 | March 3, 2022 4:50 pm |
| Kim SMITH | $250 | March 3, 2022 4:48 pm |
| Douglas Fast | $250 | March 3, 2022 4:31 pm |
| Gwyneth Rocci | $100 | March 1, 2022 6:02 pm |
| Pearl Lande | $200 | March 1, 2022 2:38 pm |
| Robert Skelton | $105 | March 1, 2022 1:47 pm |
| Marinko Saric | $2,000 | February 28, 2022 5:22 pm |
| Julie Rubinoff | $2,000 | February 26, 2022 1:15 am |
| Brian Long | $2,005 | February 25, 2022 2:19 am |
| Ann Truyens | $105 | February 25, 2022 2:07 am |
| Wendy Diaz | $100 | February 25, 2022 2:04 am |
| ROBERT CAMPBELL | $500 | February 25, 2022 2:04 am |
| Gordon McNulty | $100 | February 25, 2022 2:03 am |
| Lisa Sutcliffe | $255 | February 25, 2022 1:56 am |
| Paul Price | $100 | February 25, 2022 1:56 am |
| Anonymous | $505 | February 25, 2022 1:55 am |
| Diane Gregg | $1,000 | February 25, 2022 1:53 am |
| Mary Woude | $275 | February 25, 2022 1:53 am |
| Anonymous | $550 | February 23, 2022 6:28 pm |
| Mary-Ann Welland | $2,000 | February 18, 2022 5:41 pm |
| Anonymous | $1,000 | February 17, 2022 8:06 pm |
| Anonymous | $2,500 | February 15, 2022 6:27 pm |
| Gary Wrathall | $125 | February 9, 2022 9:41 pm |
| Anonymous | $11,735 | November 12, 2021 4:43 pm |
Raised:
$6,545
43.63%
Goal:
$15,000
