Chatham-Kent fights proposed landfill

Chatham-Kent is organizing a public meeting on the Dresden dump.

The ford government recently reversed direction and now wants to exempt a Toronto company from going through an environmental assessment.

York 1 Environmental waste solutions intends to put in a landfill near the small town of Dresden.

On Monday May 5, the public is invited to attend a town hall meeting at the Ken Houston arena.

Mayor Darrin Caniff has publicly said the municipality has hired a lawyer to find any possible loophole to block the project.