Don’t pave Ipperwash Beach paradise
I was disappointed and dismayed to read that the Kettle Point and Stony Point First Nations have removed barriers erected years ago to keep vehicles off the beach.
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Banning vehicles from all Lambton Shores beaches
Dollars to act and governments to listen was a constant theme at the Centre Ipperwash Association (CICA) hosted meeting in Port Franks Saturday afternoon.
Banning vehicles from all Lambton Shores beaches one option for Ipperwash issue By Lynda Hillman-Rapley, Lakeshore Advance Pat Davis was in the gallery representing Lambton Kent Middlesex MP Bev Shipley. There was no one there from the Ministry of Natural …
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Beach road endangers children
The barricades to prevent vehicle traffic being taken down between the Kettle Point and Stoney Point First Nations is opening our beach to erosion and pollution, taking away the freedom of it’s local citizens to enjoy one of Canada’s finest beaches.
Public Meeting
A public meeting is being held on Saturday December 20, 2014 at the Port Franks Community Centre to discuss and share information about the recent activities at Ipperwash Beach. See our calendar for more details about this meeting.
Events Calendar added
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Setting the historic record straight
It is somewhat of surprising that after all the years since the Ipperwash Inquiry, people; locals and non don’t know the difference between the three pieces of property from Stoney Point to Kettle Point. People are not aware that the …
A line in the sand
A resident walks along Ipperwash Beach on the shore of Lake Huron. Band members from the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation removed a barricade from Ipperwash Beach last week to allow cars to use the beach as a road to connect Kettle Point to Stony Point native communities, a move that has some residents up in arms. (CRAIG GLOVER, The London Free Press)
Friends become foes as Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point turn Ipperwash beach into a shortcut between their communities
Tensions rise
Charlotte Showne Olivia Cloud, and Catheryn Mandocka, left to right, who participated in ceremonies walk on Ipperwash beach after the signing the transfer agreement for Ipperwash Provincial Park to be transferred to the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, on May 28, 2009, at Ipperwash, near Forest, Ont. (DAVE CHIDLEY/The Canadian Press)
Tensions rise over First Nation’s use of beach near scene of Ipperwash crisis Cooler heads should prevail and upper levels of government must step in after a First Nation in southwestern Ontario tore down barriers and began driving along a …
Residents being threatened at Ipperwash beach, says council member
LINDA HILLMAN-RAPLEY | LAKESHORE ADVANCE Lambton Shores mayor Bill Weber is disappointed that Kettle and Stony Point chief Tom Bressette did not come to the municipality before taking down the barricades from West Ipperwash to the Ipperwash Provincial Park. Residents …
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