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Publication Date: June 2, 2023
Tags: Aviation/Airports
Buttonville Airport announces, once again, that it will close.City News: Toronto
Publication Date: May 29, 2023
Tags: Aviation/Airports
On May 17, Durham Regional Council approves the new Regional Official Plan, which requests a firm commitment by Ottawa to "the new future airport in Pickering."Durham Post
Publication Date: May 17, 2023
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Environment
Land Over Landings receives Pickering's 2023 Environment award but declines to attend the award ceremony after mayor refuses to apologize for misleading claims about LOL and the Pickering Federal Lands and does not correct the public record.Durham Radio News
Publication Date: May 5, 2023
Tags: Aviation/Airports
Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation support the vote to rescind airport support.durhamregion.com
Publication Date: April 28, 2023
Tags: Aviation/Airports
GO Transit every hour from Pickering to Pearson, and for just ten bucks. Excellent! No need for the pesky extra airport in Pickering after all !!! durhamregion.com
Publication Date: February 28, 2023
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change
The Royal Society in the UK concludes that zero-greenhouse-gas-emissions flying will be a challenge and difficult to achieve.BBC News
Publication Date: March 29, 2022
Tags: Aviation/Airports
Air traffic numbers are so low that Toronto Pearson airport is able to close its second-busiest runway for 7 months for maintenance.CTV News
Publication Date: July 21, 2021
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change
Ottawa unveils plans for high-frequency rail, with the northern Toronto-Ottawa route crossing the Federal Lands, although no Pickering stop is anticipated. Our Chair comments on the potential impact of the plans.durhamregion.com
Publication Date: July 7, 2021
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Environment, RNUP
Ontario Nature recognizes the efforts of Land Over Landings with a coveted conservation award for helping to protect land formerly dedicated to a future airport.durhamregion.com
Publication Date: June 1, 2020
Tags: Aviation/Airports
Not, strictly speaking, a Focus on the Lands article, but we’ve included it here because it contains the following quote from Transport Minister Marc Garneau: "There’s no question, the airline industry, and I include the airports and NAV Can, which is our air traffic controller, have been disproportionately hit by this pandemic. In some cases their future is in jeopardy." This is why urging the building of a Pickering airport now – assuming the federal government ever approved such a thing – is “plane stupid.”Western Aviation News
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