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December
11, 2003
FRIENDS OF RED HILL INDUCTED INTO LAKE ONTARIO HALL OF FAME
Friends
of Red Hill Valley, Environment Hamilton honoured for their
efforts to protect Red Hill Creek
Lake
Ontario Waterkeeper celebrated its 2-year anniversary
on December 10, 2003, with the launch of the Lake Ontario
Hall of Fame.
Toronto
Mayor David Miller helped unveil the Hall of Fame Wednesday
evening at Bambu by the Lake. The Hall of Fame honours environmentalists
who have shown leadership in communities around the lake.
Toronto
Mayor David Miller shown here on the right, in front
of the Friends of Red Hill and Environment Hamilton
displays.
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Among
the Hall of Fame’s inaugural inductees are Community
AIR – honoured for their efforts to stop the construction
of a bridge to the Toronto City Centre Airport – and
Friends of the Red Hill Valley and Environment
Hamilton – honoured for their ongoing efforts to
protect the Red Hill Creek from being paved to make way
for an expressway.
“The
Hall of Fame honours individuals and communities who have
shown commitment to making their neighbourhoods better places
to live,” says Waterkeeper President Mark Mattson.
“Mayor
Miller’s dedication to restoring our waterfront resonates
with communities around Lake Ontario. We are honoured by
his support,” Mattson says.
The
ceremony took place at Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's holiday
bash on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at Bambu by the Lake.
Groups
honoured:
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Janet and Doug Fletcher (Kingston, Belle Park landfill
private prosecution),
- Port
Hope Nuclear Environmental Watchdogs & the Community
Health Concerns Committee (radioactive waste legacy),
- Oshawa
Marina Users Committee (Oshawa landfill and Harbour Commission
battle),
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Community AIR (fixed link),
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High Park Neighbourhood Working Group (Wendigo Creek contamination),
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and Friends of the Red Hill Valley &
Environment Hamilton (Red Hill Creek Expressway).
Lake
Ontario Waterkeeper President Mark Mattson (left)
welcomes Environment Hamilton(represented by Lynda
Lukasik) and Friends of Red Hill Valley (represented
by Don McLean) into the Lake Ontario Hall of Fame.
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Lake
Ontario Waterkeeper, a local chapter of Robert F. Kennedy
Jr’s Waterkeeper Alliance, is an environmental justice
organization that fights for clean water and strong communities
across Lake Ontario.
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Lake
Ontario Waterkeeper celebrated its 2-year
anniversary on December 10, 2003, with the launch
of the Lake Ontario Hall of Fame.
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