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Focus On The Lands, 2009-2010

Number of Articles: 19

Teachers stunned by waste and size of “airport lands”

Publication Date: November 26, 2010

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A busload of high school teachers spent a day with Land Over Landings, hearing first-hand from People or Planes members the stories of the expropriation in 1972, and touring the federally-owned lands.Land Over Landings post

How will Buttonville airport closing affect Pickering, Oshawa?

Publication Date: October 31, 2010

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The planned closing of Markham’s Buttonville airport shouldn’t affect any decision related to building Pickering airport. These are two different animals.durhamregion.com

New “town”’ to replace Buttonville Airport

Publication Date: October 27, 2010

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Sifton family eyes Pickering lands for new airport to replace Buttonville Airport, which has been sold to developers.Toronto Star

Flames and bulldozers flatten Pickering homes

Publication Date: August 30, 2010

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Transport Canada plans to demolish 42 structures on the Federal Lands, including seven potential heritage structures. But one former home suspiciously burned down before it could be bulldozed.durhamregion.com

Ottawa breaks laws, demolition moratorium in Pickering

Publication Date: August 23, 2010

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(news release) As Transport Canada prepares to demolish dozens of houses on the “airport lands,” Ajax-Pickering MP Mark Holland blasts the federal government, accusing it of answering year-old requests for information “with bulldozers.”Office of Mark Holland, MP

Time for a deadline

Publication Date: July 22, 2010

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(editorial) Conrad Boyce calls on the federal government to set a deadline to determine the future of the federal lands of North Pickering. He suggests March 31, 2012.Uxbridge Cosmos

Pickering voice needed on airport board: council

Publication Date: May 19, 2010

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Durham’s member on the board of directors of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority should be a Pickering resident, council has agreed. durhamregion.com

Pickering airport analysis in hands of Transport Canada

Publication Date: May 19, 2010

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The Greater Toronto Airports Authority has finished its analysis on whether a Pickering airport is needed. The report is now in the hands of Transport Canada. Regional chair Roger Anderson vows that “when Pickering is built” he will “market the hell out of it.” durhamregion.com

Land Over Landings featured in major Chinese daily

Publication Date: May 7, 2010

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Sing Tao Daily, a member of the Toronto Star group, is Chinese Canadians’ most-read newspaper, and the Markham area is a popular destination for many new Chinese Canadians. No wonder the prospect of an airport in their back yard has them concerned. Sing Tao Daily

Council deletes Pickering airport question from election ballot

Publication Date: April 21, 2010

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Following an appeal and delegations by Land Over Landings, Pickering Council decides to remove from the October ballot a controversial and convoluted question about a proposed airport in North Pickering. durhamregion.com

Pickering airport plans still grounded

Publication Date: March 4, 2010

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Bringing Uxbridge readers up to speed, with a brief history of the fight to stop an airport to their south, in Pickering, and where the battle stands today, 38 years after it began. Uxbridge Cosmos

Council debates Pickering airport question

Publication Date: February 25, 2010

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Pickering voters will be faced with a referendum this October, if no one appeals Council’s decision. In an awkwardly-phrased question, voters will be asked to vote NO if they support Pickering Council’s long-standing position against an airport, but YES if they do not want an airport.durhamregion.com

More people trying to make a difference

Publication Date: February 10, 2010

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In one of a series of articles featuring people making a difference in their communities, long-time anti-airport advocate Mary Delaney of Land Over Landings explains why saving the land has to be the number one priority in North Pickering. durhamregion.com

Taking a stand on Pickering home

Publication Date: December 7, 2009

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Land Over Landings was first on the scene when tenants of 30 years were evicted from the historic home where People or Planes’ “Last Stand” helped stop an airport. LOL is working to save the house from the same fate as so many boarded-up houses on the Federal Lands.durhamregion.com

Pickering residents question mayor

Publication Date: December 2, 2009

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Pickering mayor Dave Ryan reaffirms he supports an airport in North Pickering. He says he accepts the business case.” We have to ask: “What business case? What does the mayor know that no one else does?” durhamregion.com

Empty house revives Pickering airport fears

Publication Date: December 2, 2009

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The heritage farm house that was the site of the fabled “Last Stand” that helped stop an airport, has just been boarded up. In 1975 three People or Planes women illegally occupied the house, refusing to leave until the airport was shelved. thestar.com

Baird threatens to eject Opposition on Pickering Lands

Publication Date: December 2, 2009

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(news release)When confronted in the House of Commons and asked to comment on recent evictions on the Federal Lands, Transport Minister John Baird not only revealed his ignorance of the true situation but also used the opportunity to make a partisan joke. Office of Mark Holland, MP

Transport Canada “bulldozers by stealth: – Holland

Publication Date: December 1, 2009

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(news release) MP Mark Holland denounces the boarding-up of the Bentley-Carruthers house, the site of the “Last Stand” by People or Planes, calling the action “bulldozing by stealth.” Office of Mark Holland, MP

Owners might redevelop Buttonville airport lands

Publication Date: August 19, 2009

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An airport in Pickering is once again in the public eye as the GTAA cancels a $1.6 million funding agreement with Buttonville Airport and Buttonville’s owners are forced to consider closing down.yorkregion.com