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Northstar TCE, Cambridge, Ontario (and a planned school)

May 28th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.
-------- Original Message -------- Northstar TCE, Cambridge, Ontario (and a planned school) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:18:24 -0700 From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> Reply-To: lsiegel@cpeo.org Organization: Center for Public Environmental Oversight To: Brownfields Internet Forum <brownfields@lists.cpeo.org> I keep running into sites like this, where schools are being built on or near shallow plumes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ... Full Story

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Positive signs in factory cleanup..Water pumps out clean at Northstar plant

May 28th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: 2010 Municipal Candidates, About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.
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Our heartfelt sympathy and deepest Condolences for the family of France-Anne Sweeny

May 27th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Obituaries
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Solicitors for Northstar- Debbie Vitez

May 24th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.
VIA EMAIL, OCTOBER 13,2006 ( note the date)  I have another one dated July 2007... File No.:100304.1025         *** This is one of two letters I received from Northstars Lawyers suggesting I stop discussing the health issues in the neighbourhood. If there is no connection to exposure why are they so worried ? They suggest... I ... Full Story

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Northstar neighbours get settlement

May 24th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.
May 23, 2009 Luisa D'Amato CAMBRIDGE Northstar Aerospace, which is cleaning up industrial pollution from its property, has reached a tentative, $5-million settlement with neighbouring homeowners. The settlement responds to a class-action lawsuit involving 400 homes around the property on Bishop Street in Preston. Many of those homes were contaminated with trichloroethylene, an industrial solvent ... Full Story

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Settlement reached in Northstar TCE class action

May 24th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.
    Fri. May 22, 2009; Posted: 03:35 PM   (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX)   CAMBRIDGE, ON, May 22, 2009    http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2342181/   A settlement was reached today in a class action brought on behalf of Cambridge residents against Northstar Aerospace, Inc. and Northstar Aerospace (Canada) Inc. in respect of alleged contamination of Trichloroethylene ("TCE") in the ... Full Story

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE..Northstar Companies Enter into Settlement Agreement in Cambridge Litigation Claim

May 22nd, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LISTED: TSX SYMBOL: NAS Northstar Companies Enter into Settlement Agreement in Cambridge Litigation Claim Toronto, Ontario, May 22, 2009 -- Northstar Aerospace, Inc. ("Northstar") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Northstar Aerospace (Canada) Inc. ("Northstar Canada" and collectively, the "Company"), announced today that they have entered into a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs ... Full Story

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Tentative deal reached at Northstar $5 million settlement for residents in chemical contamination case, says lawyer

May 21st, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.
  Local residents affected by chemical contamination in the Bishop Street community have reached a tentative $5-million settlement with Northstar Aerospace, according to a local lawyer. The settlement came out of a consolidation of four class-action lawsuits that were launched in 2006, said Robert Konduros, a lawyer with Hillborn and Konduros ... Full Story

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Two Tier Pay Structure?

May 19th, 2009 | By Bev McDowell | Category: Community, Posts by Bev McDowell
Should new employees, doing the same work as existing employees, receive less money and benefits? This is one of the issues that has resulted in a strike by 198 employees at Gerdau Ameristeel in Cambridge. A lot of people are out of work and would gladly accept one of these jobs ... Full Story

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How to Prevent Hyperthermia in Your Pet

May 13th, 2009 | By Hespeler Animal Hospital | Category: Community, Environment & Health, Opinion
Bruce came into the clinic carrying Tara, his lovely golden retriever. I was working there as a new graduate, the summer of 1986. It was a very hot day, close to lunch hour. Tara's body was limp and her head lolled about as he walked into the waiting room. "Please help me," ... Full Story

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