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Chemtura’s Elmira cleanup will continue

Mar 20th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Announcements, Community, Environment & Health
March 20, 2009 Matt Walcoff RECORD STAFF ELMIRA Chemtura Corp.'s move to file for bankruptcy protection in the United States will have no impact whatsoever on employees or neighbours of its Elmira plant, a company spokesperson said yesterday. The chemical company's Canadian operations were not included in Wednesday's Chapter 11 filing, and the purpose of ... Full Story

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Ottawa to test drinking water across nation for cancer risks

Mar 18th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Announcements, Cambridge's Dirty Drinking Water, Environment & Health
This is excellent news and not a minute too soon..( thank you Bev McDowell for bringing this to my attention) March 18, 2009 THE CANADIAN PRESS  OTTAWA – The federal government is ordering tests of Canada's drinking water over concerns it may contain contaminants thought to raise the risk of cancer and other ... Full Story

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This is our Story Cambridge

Mar 15th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.
Did chemical exposure cause cancers for McCullom Lake residents? The chemicals listed in the McCullom Lake brain cancer lawsuits sound more like tongue twisters or the stuff of science fiction than health hazards. However, the existence of vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, and trichloroethylene in groundwater flowing from two Ringwood manufacturers is ... Full Story

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EPA’s Interim Guidance on Vapor Intrusion and TCE

Mar 14th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE., Community, Environment & Health
Cambridge I know you're tired of hearing about TCE... I promise you, I wish I had never heard those 3 letters... They do exist and they did destroy our life as we knew it, and possibly yours (?) I keep plugging here because I know this blog is read by elected officials, ... Full Story

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Cambridge’s CAO says his departure is ‘amicable’

Mar 14th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: City Issues, Community
March 11, 2009 Kevin Swayze RECORD STAFF CAMBRIDGE  After two decades as the city's top bureaucrat, Don Smith says it's time to go. He will leave his job as chief administrative officer on March 15. "CAOs these days -- so I've been told by colleagues -- usually last about five years in the job," ... Full Story

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Mr Smith Goes

Mar 11th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Announcements, City Issues, Community
Cambridge’s CAO says his departure is ‘amicable’ Record staff Full Story

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Land swap will allow new homes to be built

Mar 6th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: 2010 Municipal Candidates, Community, Environment & Health
Record Staff Full Story

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Duplication of Services?

Mar 6th, 2009 | By Bev McDowell | Category: Community, Politics, Posts by Bev McDowell
Do we have a "failure to communicate" at city hall? Council has approved the hiring of a second communication person with a yearly salary of $99,000 plus benefits? I am still wondering why this level of bureaucracy was created last year. Is there too much empty space in our new ... Full Story

Posted in Community, Politics, Posts by Bev McDowell | 12 comments


Dr. Michael E. Lawrie, CMH President of the Medical Staff

Mar 5th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: City Issues, Community, Environment & Health
It’s CMH’s turn for capital expansion Letters ( Cambridge Times) Mar 05, 2009   After almost 32 years of serving patients at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, I have finally come to the point that I must speak out.It is becoming more difficult to provide the level of care for which my training and updating ... Full Story

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Council fights to save hospital

Mar 5th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community, Environment & Health
By Ray Martin, Times Staff News Mar 05, 2009 Cambridge council came out swinging Monday night to protect Cambridge Memorial Hospital.After hearing a presentation from the Growing Communities Healthcare Alliance, council passed a resolution calling on Queen’s Park to cough up more cash for hospitals in high growth areas like Cambridge and ... Full Story

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