Oats and Notes to Stop Proposed Mine

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Residents near Tofield raise funds to fight proposed coal mine

Sonia Sunger, Updated: Sat Jun. 28 2008 17:34:47

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Dozens of residents who oppose a coal gasification project being proposed by Sherritt International and Epcor gathered at an outdoor festival south of Tofield on Saturday to raise awareness and money to fight the project.

“We’re saying no we don’t want this project,” said Bill Sears whose 1,000 acre farm is threatened by the project. “We don’t want to see our yards destroyed, our farms destroyed, our homes destroyed.”

The Sears family has farmed the same plot of land for generations and they say the thought of it turning into an open-pit coal mine is heart-wrenching.

Music Festival Mobilizes Support to Stop Coal Project

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Sun, June 29, 2008

Sounds of protest
By GLENN KAUTH, SUN MEDIA

An annual Tofield music festival has morphed into a polite show of protest against a controversial coal project.

Owen Forster, a volunteer with the Wild Oats and Notes Music Festival, said the event will celebrate rural living.

“It’s an opportunity for people to come out and see where their food comes from,” said Forster, whose farm is under threat from the coal gasification project proposed by Sherritt International Corp.