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June 2003:

• Ontario government abandoned highway plans By RICHARD MACKIE From Saturday's Globe and Mail - June 28, 2003
• Burlington angst stops road Eric McGuinness - The Hamilton Spectator - June 28, 2003
• Nothing to joke about - Hamilton spectator - Letter to the Editor June 27, 2003
• Canny Jackson targets mid-pen Carmela Fragomeni - The Hamilton Spectator - Jun. 23, 2003
• Fight to save escarpment gets bigger Joan Little - The Hamilton Spectator June 23, 2003
• MacIsaac tackles Klees over mid-peninsula - Carmela Fragomeni - The Hamilton Spectator June 21, 2003
• Resident pleads with province not to pave escarpment 'paradise' The Burlington Post -- Letters to the Editor June 18, 2003
• Mid-pen highway: Is anyone really listening? Martin Sarabura The Hamilton Spectator Jun. 18, 2003
• Mid-pen war of words Carmela Fragomeni The Hamilton Spectator June 17, 2003
• Burlington ready to go to court over mid-peninsula Carmela Fragomeni - The Hamilton Spectator June 13.
• Burlington heads to court over escarpment highway - The Kitchener - Waterloo Record Fri 13 June 2003
• City, region taking legal action over proposed highway - Dennis Smith - The Burlington Post June 13, 2003
• Burlington gives province 48 hours to fix mid-pen plan - Carmela Fragomeni The Hamilton Spectator June 10, 2003
• CBC Radio talks Mid-Pen, June 9th - Radio Clip
• Project contradicts Smart Growth principles Dave Eckersley June 6, 2003 The Hamilton Spectator
• New Smart Growth money makes all the right moves; COPE Irene Gentle - The Flamborough Post June 6, 2003
• Hamilton's record is clear Hamilton Spectator Letters to the Editor June 6, 2003
• Another road isn't the answer RE: 'Mid-pen is about competitive access' (June 4). Hamilton Spectator Letters to the Editor, June 5,2003
• Not a matter of tradeoffs RE: 'Mid-pen is about competitive access June 4, 2003.Hamilton Spectator Letters to the Editor, June 5,2003
• Bill 25 will not be used for mid-pen highway Dennis Smith The Burlington Post June 4, 2003
• Critics slam Mid-pen legislation Say Bill 25 gives transportation minister too much power - Dan Nolan The Hamilton Spectator Jun. 3, 2003
• Public input is welcome Hamilton Spectator: Letters to the Editor Jun. 3, 2003
• Smart growth bill is dumb, critics say RICHARD BRENNAN – The Toronto Star QUEEN'S PARK BUREAU June 3, 2003
• Mid-pen highway subject of poster protest by COPE Dennis Smith The Burlington Post 06/01/03
• Environmental columnist Lynda Lukasik honoured The Hamilton Spectator June 3, 2003

May 2003:

• Niagara highway could be toll road The Review (Niagara Falls) -- Sat 31 May 2003 - By: Kalvin Reid
• Mid-pen concerns deserve a response The Hamilton Spectator -- Editorial Transportation: Highway's impact must be minimal May 30, 2003.
• Region joins Burlington in legal action over proposed mid-peninsula highway Jason Misner, Special To The Post 05/30/03 The Burlington Post
• Resident praises city's criticism of Bill 25 The Burlington Post -- Letters to the Editor 05/30/03
• Burlington, Halton in court over proposed highway Toronto Star – May 29 BY CARMELA FRAGOMENI -TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
• Bill 25 'a mid-peninsula planner's dream' By Irene Gentle 05/30/03 Flamborough Post
• Midpen heads to court - May. 29, 2003 - Carmela Fragomeni - The Hamilton Spectator
• COPE launches poster campaign By Irene Gentle The Flamborough Post 05/28/03
• Tories make mockery of Mid-Pen process - By Joan Little - The Hamilton Spec. May 26, 2003
• NEC backs Mid-peninsula environmental review May 23, 2003 Irene Gentle The Flamb.Post
• City council rebuffs Bill 25 Dennis Smith The Burlington Post 05/23/03
• Some scary implications- May 23. The Ham. Spec., letters to the Editor. RE: 'Smart' transit legislation
• A financial marriage -May 21, 2003 The Hamilton Spectator, letters to the Editor. Re: Flamborough taxes The Hamilton Spectator, letters to the Editor.
• Development will follow the highway - May 20, 2003 Anne Jones - The Hamilton Spectator
• Mid-peninsula Highway report to be unveiled May 20 - May 16, 2003 The Flamborough Post
• Press Release from Liberal Candidate Barbara Sullivan - May 14, 2003
• Editorial Cartoon - Bateman
  
• ETR benefits from land too Hamilton Spectator, Letters to the Editor, May 9, 03
• FULL ASSESSMENT NEEDED FOR PROPOSED HIGHWAY - PULSE NIAGARA, MAY 03 By Doug Draper

April 2003:

• Escarpment agency urges assessment for planned highway april 25, Carmela Fragomeni Hamilton Spectator
• Escarpment commission joins call for broader study of highway plan Friday April 25, 2003 By Kalvin Reid
• Cities diverge on mid-peninsula road Apr. 21, The Hamilton Spectator Dan Nolan
• No end to mid-pen highway questions Apr. 21, The Hamilton Spectator - Joan Little
• City endorses mid-peninsula The Flamborough Post - By Irene Gentle 04/16/03
• Mid-peninsula more bad than good: student - Letters to the Editor - Flamborough Post 04/02/03

March 2003:

• New transit authority to oversee Golden Horseshoe - By JENNIFER LEWINGTON, Toronto Globe and Mail - Mar. 29, 2003
• Rural resident wants answers -- Nassagaweya Country News March 18, 2003
  
• Government targets rail transit- By RICHARD MACKIE, The Globe and Mail - Mar. 28, 2003
• Feds pledge GO train cash - By Lori Fazari The Hamilton Spectator
• 'Trust me' doesn't cut it Cambridge Reporter - Tuesday March 25, 2003
• Mid-Peninsula Highway meeting included many thought-provoking suggestions: reader Letters to the Editor Milton Canadian Champion March 21 2003
• Mid-pen saga a road to exasperation By Joan Little -- The Hamilton Spectator Mar. 17, 03
• Made-for-TV Budget Plan gets Poor Reception - By RICHARD MACKIE Globe and Mail, Mar 15, 03
• Mid-peninsula highway review deadline extended Burlington Post, 03 / 14 / 03 Dennis Smith
• City in path of two proposed highway corridors The Guelph Tribune - Tue 11 Mar 2003 - Byline: Janet Baine
• Smart Growth meeting lays foundation Mar. 8, 2003- Duane Borden The Hamilton Spectator
• Lawsuit pits risks and roads By John Ritter, USA TODAY March 7, 2003
• Guelph could see two new superhighways, official says The Toronto Star, March 7, 2003
• Smart Growth proposals arrive at opportune time - Mar. 7, 2003. - The Hamilton Spectator Editorial by Gord McNulty
• Highways not the only answer to traffic congestion: reader Mar 5, 2003 Letters to the Editor Flamborough Post

February 2003:

• Ontario voters prepared to oust Tories, poll finds By RICHARD MACKIE - The Globe and Mail, Friday, Feb. 28, 2003
• Demand doesn't justify cost: COPE Dennis Smith - Special to the The Flamborough Post Feb. 28,2003.
• Could Smart Growth keep MPH away? Dennis Smith - The Burlington Post Feb. 28, 2003
• Bateman sketch aids highway opponents The Hamilton Spectator, Feb. 26, 03 By Paul Legall
• 407 operator's profits up sharply The Toronto Star, Feb. 24, 2003. FROM CANADIAN PRESS
• Too late for 'visioning' The Hamilton Spectator - Letters to the Editor Feb. 24, 2003
• Proposed mid-peninsula highway subject of public meeting Tuesday THE BURLINGTON POST 02/21/03
• Opinions wanted at mid-peninsula meeting Irene Gentle - The Flamborough Post 02/21/03
• Mid-peninsula highway subject of new protests - The Grimsby Lincoln News - Wednesday, February 19, 2003
• Urban sprawl would be a timely campaign issue The Hamilton Spectator, Feb. 19, 03 Ian Urquhart -- Torstar News Service
• Environmental reviews suspect Feb. 18, Jason Thorne- The Hamilton Spectator
• Reader says that proposed mid-peninsula highway threatens the province's wildlife Letters to the Editor - Milton Canadian Champion 02/18/03
• Letter on controlling spending truly hit home Hamilton Spectator - February 15, 2003 Robert (Bob) A. Beyette
• CONE questions purpose of environmental assessments at Queen's Park The Flamborough Post Feb 14, 2003
• McCarthy blasts proposal to connect MPH with Highway #6 at Millgrove Flamborough Review Feb. 14, 2003
• Highway debate a healthy exercise Dennis Smith - The Burlington Post Feb 14, 2003
• Residents call for highway alternatives Melanie Cummings, Special to the Flamborough Post 02/12/03
• Niagara push for highway disturbing The Hamilton Spectator - February 11, 2003
• Tory bafflegab on mid-pen highway Feb. 10, Joan Little The Hamilton Spectator
• Mid-peninsula transport corridor not best solution for Ontario Guelph Mercury - Saturday February 8, 2003
• Fourth route added to highway proposal -Group opposing project hands out surgical masks at public meeting - 02/07/03 Dennis Smith - The Burlington Post
• Mid-Peninsula highway 'this is craziness' Welland Tribune, page 1, Thursday Feb. 6, 2003
  
• Mid-peninsula highway 'a step backward' Niagara Falls Review, Feb. 6, 2003.
  
• Province must slow pace of mid-peninsula road plan - Hamilton Spectator - Editorial, Feb. 6, 2003
• Reduce speed of highway plan: council Dennis Smith - The Burlington Post Feb 5, 2003
• Answers needed on highway project: reader Letters to the Editor - Milton Canadian Champion Feb 4, 2003
• Fast food isn't prosperity RE: 'New highway is a road to prosperity' (Jan. 30). The Hamilton Spectator Feb. 1, 2003

January 2003:

• Ignoring all the arguments - RE: 'New highway is a road to prosperity' (Jan. 30). Hamilton Spectator
• Use rail in mid-peninsula - Hamilton Spectator - Clubs to discuss alternative to costly highway tomorrow
• Toll-free mid-peninsula highway would be good for business - Bill Willson - Jan. 23, 2003 - Burlington Post
• Tolls possible for proposed mid-peninsula highway - Dennis Smith, Special to The Milton Canadian Champion- Jan 10, 2003
• Listen to the citizens on highway- Letters to the Editor - Jan. , 2003 THE BURLINGTON POST
• Tolls possible for proposed MP highway Dennis Smith - Jan. 8, 2003 - THE BURLINGTON POST
• Mid-peninsula may be toll highway Jan 7,2003 - Carmela Fragomeni - Hamilton Spectator
• Let's have a rail corridor Jan. 6 2003 the Hamilton Spectator
• Another toll road? Jan. 6, 2003 (Hamilton Spectator) letter to the editor Susan McMaster
• Province can't duck role in exorbitant 407 toll rates - Hamilton Spectator Jan. 6, 2003 - Casey Korstanje

• For whom the toll rises 'One road for the rich and one for the poor' - Chinta Puxley Jan . 3, The Hamilton Spectator

  Articles - 2002:

• The verdict on the 407: It drives motorists crazy - National Post Dec. 27, 2002
• Say no to mid-pen - The Welland Tribune -Wed. 18 Dec., 2002
• Opponents of MPH challenge new options at Rockton meeting - Flamborough Review - Fri 06 Dec 2002 - Byline: Dianne Cornish
• It's time to demand transport options - The Hamilton Spectator
• Travel jazz: Take the train, eh? WILLIAM THORSELL
• McGuinty promises `greenbelt' for GTA Liberals pledge to beef up police `We are rolling out our platform early' - Toronto Star
• Not 'us against them': Port mayor listens to concerns about Mid-Pen highway
• Anti-highway group is growing - COPE has members at both ends of proposed mid-peninsula corridor
• MPH consultation process flawed - Flamborough Review on November 29, 2002.
• New alternatives no victory: CONE- Irene Gentle Flamborough Post - Nov 27, 2002
• Highway routes: 3 Mother Nature: 0 - Each of three highway options has impact on environment: COPE - Dennis Smith - Nov 27, 2002 - Burlington Post
• Proposed 12-lane 403 is too wild to consider - Gord McNulty - Nov. 27, The Hamilton Spectator
• Options broadened for mid-peninsula highway Milton Champion: 11/26/02
• Re: 12-lane 403 a possibility (Nov 23) - Hamilton Spectator Editorial Nov. 26, 2002
• 12-lane 403 a possibility - Nov. 23, 2002-Carmela Fragomeni - The Hamilton Spectator
• Town not sure highway answer to traffic woes - Milton Champion - Nov. 22, 2002
• Eves government broadens study area for Mid-Peninsula Transportation Corridor - Press Release HALTON REGION/HAMILTON, ON, Nov. 21 /CNW (off site link)
• Escarpment doesn't have tangible price tag - Dave Eckersley (COPE) The Hamilton Spectator
• The Threat of the Mid-Peninsula Highway: My Story (Editorial)
• Hamilton group not thrilled with mid-peninsula highway plan - Nov. 13, The Review (NF)
• Wellandport resident offers different perspective on new highway Nov. 2002, Robert Kuret - Wellandport
• Mid-peninsula highway talks hit a roadblock - Dennis Smith- Nov 8, 2002 - Burlington Post
• Mid-peninsula highway proposal target of criticism Oakville Beaver, Nov. 8, 2002

• Niagara superhighway will change our way of life - Nov. 8, 01:03 EDT David Mclaren, The Hamilton Spectator

• Execs pitch railways - Building a new rail infrastructure beats 'expensive' investment on roads

• We need to clean house - Escarpment commission October 31, 2002
  

• What a poor legacy - October 31, 2002

• Escarpment is 'on life support' - Joan Little - The Hamilton Spectator - October 29, 2002
• Improve old roadways, don't build new highway - The Hamilton Spectator - October 26, 2002

• Six Nations demands more say in highway - Oct. 18, 2002 Lisa Grace Marr - Ohsweken, Hamilton Spectator.

• Concerns raised about mid-peninsula corridor at meeting October 2002 Terry McNamee
• Highway would hurt environment: residents Oct 2002
• NDP study advised against Niagara route - Seven years later, least-favoured mid-peninsula highway option embraced by Harris's Tories, by Carol Phillips - Hamilton Spectator.

• Mayor wants new link to Hwy. 401 - Oct. 11, 2002 Jason Misner, Hamilton Spectator.

• A path through Ontario's heritage - Oct. 5, 2000 Mary Gordon, Toronto Star (Bruce Trail marks 35th anniversary )

• City could sue province over highway route -Hamilton Spectator, Carmela Fragomeni

• An International Perspective - Senator Jim Jeffords, Washington, D.C.

• We want roads, but not on escarpment - Joan Little,
  Oct. 7, 2002 - The Hamilton Spectator
  

• Robert Bateman joins fight against proposed highway - Irene Gentle, Special to the Post
  Oct 2, 2002 - Burlington Post- 2, 2002

• Bateman opposes proposed 'idiotic idea' - Irene Gentle,
  Oct 2, 2002 - The Famborough Post
• Five routes now considered for mid-peninsula highway - Sep. 30, 2002 - Dennis Smith - BURLINGTON POST
  

Press Releases:

• ROBERT BATEMAN TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE - September 28, 2002
  -Wildlife Artist Opposes Mid-Peninsula Highway That Threatens The Niagara Escarpment - view full press release

Recent News Coverage from...
Hamilton Spectator | Toronto Star | Flamborough Post |Burlington Post:

The Hamilton Spectator:

• Bateman sick over planned highway - Hamilton Spectator, Sep. 26, 2002. 01:02 AM-
  Celebrated artist Robert Bateman is lamenting the planned "desecration of (his) sacred place," the Niagara Escarpment, to make way for the mid-peninsula highway. [Full Story]
• Explore alternatives to this highway - Hamilton Spectator -2002-09-23 01:05:47 - By Joan Little
  In Burlington at least, the proposed mid-peninsula highway is the latest I-hate-government hot button. Residents feel under siege by Ontario's "foregone conclusion" type of highway planning.
• For whom does Caplan speak?
  2002-09-23 01:05:31 [Unknown]
  RE: 'NEC wants assessment of new highway' (Sept. 19).
• 'All-clear' sign premaure
  2002-09-21 01:14:38 [Unknown]
  RE: 'NEC wants assessment of new highway' (Sept. 19)
• Government is stuck in '50s thinking
  2002-09-21 01:13:37 [Unknown]
  RE: 'Hamiltonians invited to highway meeting' (Sept. 16).
• Another chance to gouge?
  2002-09-14 01:32:18 [Unknown]
  RE: 'Burlington to province: rework highway plans' (Sept. 11), 'MPP opposes mid-peninsula route,' and 'New highway should be last resort on congestion' (Sept. 12).
• Test a free 407 for a month
  2002-09-14 01:32:16 [Unknown]
  RE: 'Burlington to province: rework highway plans' (Sept. 11).
• New highway should be last resort on congestion
  2002-09-12 01:44:42 [Unknown]
  It's time to apply the brakes and return to the drawing board in studying the proposed mid-peninsula highway as it affects Hamilton and Burlington. That message resonated emphatically at the latest public meeting on the controversial project this week. Consultants retained by Burlington and Hamilton found the transportation ministry's work to date was full of as many holes as a Swiss cheese. That's not acceptable for a highway which would have enormous implications for the people of this area, if it proceed
• Let's fight to save Escarpment
  2002-09-10 00:51:00 [Entertainment]
  In recent times, Canadians have had more and more occasions to observe governments that have become arrogant and have compromised, ignored, or even imposed their agenda against the public will. A particularly odious example of this is the current Ontario government's violation of the spirit of due process in its decision to blast a highway through an ecologically sensitive portion of the Niagara Escarpment.
• Distrust dominates highway session - Jul. 29, 2002 - By Joan Little
• The Hamilton Spectator Editorial/opinion, Thursday, July 11, 2002, - Province should look at alternative routes; Mid-peninsula highway: Burlington fears justified (PDF)
• The Hamilton Spectator News, Thursday, July 18, 2002, p. A08 Highway session short on specifics: residents (PDF)

The Toronto Star:

• Burlington doesn't like new highway proposals - Sep. 12, The Toronto Star
  Provincial analysis deeply flawed, city says Kate Harries ONTARIO REPORTER

The Flamborough Post:

• The province is going ahead with plans for a new highway without giving due consideration to growth patterns in the area. - The Flamborough Post, Sept. 27, 2002 - By Irene Gentle o The Post.
• The Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) will be headed into the city for a meeting with council today. Starting at 9:30 a.m., the government will be on hand to answer questions and come up with its conclusions on the proposed Mid-peninsula highway. - The Flamborough Post, Sept. 25, 2002
• The Niagara Escarpment Commission board has rejected a staff report asking for a delay in launching an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the proposed mid-peninsula highway due to concerns that the current proposal is flawed. - The Flamborough Post, Sept 20, 2002

• Burlington Post:

• Robert Bateman joins fight against proposed highway - Irene Gentle, Special to the Post
  Oct 2, 2002

  Miscellaneous:

• The Spectator Sept 26.
  A Ministry of Transportation representative told Hamilton city council it will probably be about eight years before land acquisition can begin for the proposed Mid-Peninsula Highway from Fort Erie to Burlington.
  

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