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Newsletter Past Issues 2005 • October • March 2004 • June • March 2003 • September • June • March 2002 • November • September • May • February 2001 • November • September • July • May • April • January 2000 • October/November • September • March 1999 • December • October • August • June • May • March • January 1998 • November • September • June • May • March • February • January 1997 • September 1996 • September 1995 • December • September 1994 • December

Newsletter Index The newsletter is mailed to our members at least four times a year. It includes notice of all our free guided walks in Red Hill Valley. The back issues listed below, provide a detailed account of our concerns about the proposed expressway and our efforts to protect and enhance the valley. Use the search link to find what you need. October 2005 Spirit of Red Hill Valley Lecture Spirit of Red Hill Valley Writing Awards The Red Hill Valley Archive March 2005 We Will Not Abandon the Valley A Record of Our Struggle CATCHing Up Hamilton Sues Canada - $75 million lawsuit against federal environmental staff Update: Rennie Street Landfill Excavation Upcoming Events June 2004 We Need Your Valley Testimony What Do We Do Now? Red Hill Activists Recognized It Breaks All the Rules Developers Again Avoid Paying for Expressways March 2004 It's Not Over! The Expressway and the Draft 2004 City of Hamilton Budget Budget Fudging to Get Re-Elected What is Wrong in Hamilton? Hamilton Over-loaded with Roads Councillors Refuse to Even Hear Highway 20 Option Donate to the Aboriginal Lawsuit What Could be Done about Hamilton's Budget Problem The Firing of the City Manager by Mayor DiIanni Biggest Developer Pleased about Start of Expressway DiIanni's Budget Plan — Taxes, Fees, Cuts and Demands Martin Chooses Expressway MPs Help Create a Valley Archive September 2003 Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize — the Elections! Hamilton Heading for Bankruptcy? Public Consultation — Hamilton Style The Rights of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in Red Hill Economic Arguments for the Expressway Don't Hold Water Missing Permits The Niagara Escarpment Commission Needs to Act Profile and Support Keep Growing Provincial Elections Affect the Valley City Forced to End Secrecy Threats, Rally, Pickets, Camping and Court Injunctions June 2003 Now It Is Up To Us You Have A Choice This Time Brian McHattie Running in Ward One Negative Credit Warning for Hamilton Where We Are At: Status of the Expressway Stop Work Order Letter to the NEC Hampton Opposes Expressway New Neighbourhood Group Fights to Stop Expressway Environmentalist of the Year March 2003 The Decisive Year City Assets Sacrificed for the Expressway Cost of Expressway Can't Be Re-couped Reality Check Mr. McGuinty, You Don't Understand! High School Conference: "On the Edge - Exploring Local Environmental Issues Special Teen Donates Prize Money City Tree Planting "Unaffordable" Letters, Letters, and More Letters $50 Million Post Expressway Bill November 2002 The State of the City's Finances: Property Taxes, Debt and What Hamilton Needs Massive Creek Re-Location Revealed Secret Flying Squirrel Report Finally Released Thank You Mac Serve Secrecy and Democracy Update Safety in Jeopardy on the Linc Sir Winston Churchill Volunteers Parkside Student Volunteers September 2002 Restore Democracy in Hamilton More Delays for Expressway Spectator says: "New Highway Should be Last Resort on Congestion" Ravaging Red Hill Your Chance to Become a Citizen Scientist May 2002 2002 Budget Shows Expressway Unaffordable Where is the City of Hamilton Going? Friends Members win Environmentalist of the Year Awards McMaster Letter Paying for the Expressway: The Budget Cuts City Spending Quarter Million to Fight those "Expressway Opponents" Construction Start Scheduled for Next Spring Natives Block Expressway Work Get Rich Quick, Sell Land to Broke City February 2002 City Ordered to Clean up Red Hill Creek The End of the Federal Assessment Ed Smee — A True Friend of Red Hill Valley Why the Water and Sewer Rates are Doubling Province Says City Must Complete Assessment Witness Valley Clear-cuts First Hand November 2001 Write Niagara Escarpment Commission Fish Death Trap Non-violent Direct Action Workshop Ministry Asked to Enforce Order on Hamilton Noted Environmentalist Coming to Hamilton We Need Your Help Tales and Tips from an Avid Red Hill "Sewer Watcher" Council Picks Expressway Over Hospitals Conservation Authority Unveils Five Year Plan Update - Remediation of the Rennie and Brampton Landfills September 2001 We Say, You Pay Three Years and Waiting Court Case in November Missing Approvals for Expressway The City's Plan to Fix the Creek July 2001 $4.5 Million Fear Friends Calls for City of Hamilton to Get its Budget Priorities Straight Valley Clean-up Success Stories! American Express Staff help with May 5 Cleanup Serve Canada (Youth Service Organization) Orchard Park Secondary Students May 2001 The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" — Red Hill Valley April 2001 Expressway Dropped from Capital Budget Favourable Response from City to Proposals for Co-operative Work in the Valley 407: The Highway People Love to Hate Smart Growth Summit Citizen Pressure Brings Greenhill Improvements Closer to Reality Watch for Some W.A.T.E.R. Flowing Your Way This Spring! Jubilee - A Celebration in the Valley January 2001 Friends Asks City to Cooperate on Red Hill Trail Improvements The Red Hill Court Case Who Has Mr. Cooke Been Working For? Fear of Alternatives The Rennie Dump, the Expressway and the Provincial Environmental Protection Act October/November 2000 Expressway Bill Rising The Rennie Dump and the Expressway Shoddy 1980's Assessment Bizarre Accusations Against Friends of Red Hill Urban Boundary Expansion Federal Election Hug a Tree and Survive Thanks September 2000 Increasingly Desperate Attempts to Stop Assessment Prospects for a New Council Hamilton-Wentworth's Growing Water and Sewer Crisis Fundraising Dinner Jubilee Focuses on the Environment Millions More for Lawyers and Lobbyists Friends Get Intervenor Status New Red Hill Book Urban Boundary Expansion - Another Dumb Move Friends' Website March 2000 Expropriation Blocked by Region's Secrecy Write a Letter Constructive Work in the Valley Panel Waiting for Region CHML Poll The Flood Threat to the Expressway Construction Threat Recedes Nationally Rare Flying Squirrels in Valley Missing Tape The Proposed Referendum on the Expressway Climate Change in Southern Ontario December 1999 Region Loses First Round in Court Case Expressway to be NAFTA Highway Council Threatens to Start Construction Region's Debt Rating Drops City Charged Over Leaking Valley Landfill Panel Guidelines Strengthened by Public Input Region's Court Costs Climbing October 1999 Huge Response to Panel Review Opportunity Robert Bateman and Friends' Members Make Donations for the Panel Review More Deception from the Regional Government More Good News from the Courts Expressway Threats to Fish Habitat Health Canada Criticizes Air Quality Study Report Debunks Myth of Political Interference The Restructuring Debate Submission to Panel by Chair of Friends August 1999 YOU need to Speak to the Panel Expressway Supporters Have Rough Summer The Region's Flimsy Court Challenge Region Squeezes Public Safety Again June 1999 Obtaining a Fair Environmental Assessment Chamber of Commerce "Poll" Environmental Assessment Schedule May 1999 Review of Events Related to Expresway The Federal Environmental Assessment Courts Strengthen Federal Assessment Rules Open Letter from McMaster University Faculty March 1999 Regional Budget Hits Crisis Point Remedial Action Plan Going Down the Pipe? Major Cutbacks for Libraries,SPCA, Conservation Authority and RBG Was Federal Assessment Tampered With? Support from Bruce Trail Association Member Meeting $3 Million for a Junkyard Broken Promises on Air Pollution Explanations January 1999 A Brighter New Year Than Before Bring Back the Buses — The Suffering Must End Now RAP Warns of Financial Costs of Expressway Groups Call for Federal Assessment to Include Need and Alternatives Your Membership Dollars Promote CAA Political Lobbying Efforts November 1998 Legal Steps to Block Tree Cutting Federal Assessment Disrupts Regional Construction Plans Trashing the HSR: Riders Sacrificed for Expressways A Simple Way to Reduce Property Taxes Excellent Book on Red Hill Valley More Admissions of Damages to Valley September 1998 Counting Traffic Regional Debt Ballooning Out of Control Progress on Federal Environmental Assessment Expressway Studies Released Trees Being Cut in January? Why We Live Up Trees Third Road Funding Scheme Blocked June 1998 Progress in Stopping the Expressway False Media Release Disgraces Region Regional Air Quality and the Red Hill Creek Expressway Regional Budget Re-opened: Expressway Back on Table May 1998 Region admits Expressway is a Financial Disaster Companion Reference Article #1 - The Region's 1998 Capital Budget Companion Reference Article #2 - Tax Increases March 1998 City Stumbles Over Sale of Valley Lands Friends Withdraw from Community Stakeholder Committee Five Clues to the Downtown Hamilton Disaster February 1998 Freeway to Higher Debt Updates Since the Last Newsletter January 1998 "Progress" - Regional Style Question One: Traffic Need Question Two: Alternatives? Question Three: More Transit? Question Four: Population Growth? Question Five: More Trucks? Question Six: Can We Afford It? Question Seven: Saving the Environment? Question Eight: Most Expensive Road? Question Nine: The Cost of Parkland? Question Ten: Property Values? Ray of Sunshine in a Sad, Gloomy Picture Preparing for the Final Battle for the Valley September 1997 Expressway to Highest Court in November Anti-Expressway Petition Winning Huge Support A Much Cheaper Alternative More Evidence of No Need for Road Current Regional Data Disproves the Economic Arguments More Trucks in Residential Areas Regional Transportation Study Shows There is No Need for More Escarpment Crossing Capacity in the Next 25 Years Air Quality Study Hits Expressway September 1996 Will there be an Environmental Assessment? Results of the Biological Inventory December 1995 Campaign Grows for Full E.A. BARC Calls for Full Assessment Region Plans "Public Consultation" on Road September 1995 Region Wants Exemption from Environmental Assessment Nothing Less than a Full Environmental Assessment is Required Even the Rule of Law is Sacrificed for the Expressway December 1994 Old Six-Lane Facing Another Environmental Assessment © Friends of Red Hill Valley 1991-2005