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News ArchivesYEAR2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 MONTH Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec HEADLINES Blue Mountain quarry could be a catalyst Jan. 6, 2012 – A proposed gravel pit at the north end of 256th Street is reviving the
major worry of the Webster’s Corners Community Association – how to cope
with increasing amounts of industrial traffic, such as heavy dump
trucks rumbling down rural 256th Street and Dewdney Trunk Road.
Villiage unsettled after Tsunami Jan. 4, 2012, Japan — Freshly carved out of the side of a hill, with layers of rock still exposed along some of its stretches and trees lying nearby, the construction project that was supposed to help this fishing village relocate and rebuild after the earthquake and tsunami in March was optimistically named the Road to the Future. 2011 saw many major construction projects in Peterborough Jan. 4, 2012 – Peterborough is poised for another year with construction across the community, with projects such as the Kawartha Skilled Trades Institute and Innovation Centre, the opening of the radiation bunker at PRHC and reconstruction of a section of Parkhill Rd. W. Anatomy of a quarry fight Jan. 4, 2012 – Melancthon, Ont. — Here in Melancthon, farmers love the
land so much they etch pictures of their homesteads on family
gravestones.
Cement stocks: A reality check Jan. 3, 2012 – Cement stocks US Concrete (NASDAQ: USCR), Cemex SAB de CV (NYSE: CX) and Texas Industries (NYSE: TXI) have been showing bullishness recently with USCR rising 14.47%, CX rising 7.47% and TXI rising 1.05% recently. Winter-road network unsafe, province warns after fatality Jan. 3, 2012 – PROVINCIAL officials are reminding motorists to stay off
the winter-road network after a 37-year-old man was killed earlier this
week when his truck hit a patch of ice and rolled.
Print E-mail Share Vulcan sues Martin Marietta over takeover bid Jan. 3, 2012 – Vulcan Materials has sued Martin Marietta in federal court, accusing the smaller gravel, sand and stone supplier of launching an illegal takeover attempt of Vulcan. Standard test method for aggregate durability index Jan. 3, 2012 – This test method assigns an empirical value to the relative amount, fineness, and character of clay-like material that may be generated in an aggregate when subjected to mechanical degradation. CFIB compares provincial workers’ compensation boards Jan. 2, 2011 – A recently published report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), reveals workers’ compensation boards in Canada are not meeting the needs of small businesses. |
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Jan. 6, 2012 – A proposed gravel pit at the north end of 256th Street is reviving the
major worry of the Webster’s Corners Community Association – how to cope
with increasing amounts of industrial traffic, such as heavy dump
trucks rumbling down rural 256th Street and Dewdney Trunk Road.

Jan. 3, 2012 – PROVINCIAL officials are reminding motorists to stay off
the winter-road network after a 37-year-old man was killed earlier this
week when his truck hit a patch of ice and rolled.

