Skip to content
Save Our Spring

Save Our Spring

Protecting the Ancaster Well
  • SIGN OUR PETITION
  • Welcome
  • Latest News
  • SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
  • TAKE OUR SURVEY!
    • SURVEY RESULTS!

Month: September 2017

Spring Valley Community Association VOTES NO to making an offer to purchase the Ancaster Well.

September 30, 2017 Info SaveOurSpring Leave a comment

Sadly the Spring Valley Community Association – voted not to make an offer to purchase the Ancaster Well, stay tuned…

Continue Reading →

2017 – 09-27 BY-LAW 18-068 –

September 27, 2017 Info SaveOurSpring

Continue Reading →

Maude Barlow: Keep water in the public realm – MUST WATCH

Info SaveOurSpring Leave a comment

Continue Reading →

Ancaster Well Transfer/Deed of Land – Oct 13 1998 – Full document with Protective Restrictions on use

September 26, 2017 Info SaveOurSpring Leave a comment

Continue Reading →

Things are really heating up in the Ancaster Well Debate – PAWS meeting response

Info SaveOurSpring 1 Comment

PAWS ask you to keep up the hard work to protect the covenants that protect the Ancaster Well.  to keep…

Continue Reading →

READ THE SURVEY RESULTS OF THE FIRST ONLINE SOS SURVEY

September 25, 2017 Info SaveOurSpring Leave a comment

CLICK HERE FOR SURVEY RESULTS! https://www.surveymonkey.net/results/SM-6Z66RTHL8/

Continue Reading →

SOS SURVEY – CAST YOUR VOTE – 3 PROPOSED SOLUTIONS!

September 24, 2017 Info SaveOurSpring Leave a comment

CLICK HERE FOR THE SURVEY LINK AND CAST YOUR VOTE!

Continue Reading →

Lloyd Ferguson – Compromise pitched to save Sulphur Springs NEWS Sep 22, 2017

Info SaveOurSpring Leave a comment

https://www.hamiltonnews.com/news-story/7572210-compromise-pitched-to-save-sulphur-springs/ Compromise pitched to save Sulphur Springs NEWS Sep 22, 2017 by Matthew Van Dongen Hamilton Spectator Public health officials…

Continue Reading →

2002 = Press Release – BOTTLED WATER IDEA NOT VIABLE – HCA DECIDES – WHO WERE THE PLAYERS?

September 21, 2017 Info SaveOurSpring Leave a comment

Continue Reading →

PAWS: Monday Sept 25th 7:30 pm Copetown Community Centre 

Info SaveOurSpring Leave a comment

Hi Water Warriors This is an URGENT call about Saving Our Spring and Protecting Our Water Source SOS / PAWS…

Continue Reading →

Post navigation

Page 1 of 2
1 2 Next →

Recent Posts

  • 2017 -07-13 Letter from SOS – HCA – Community Concerns
  • PUMPED DRY: The Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater-FULL VIDEO
  • 2019 – 01-16 – Community meeting Copetown.

Archives

  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • October 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • January 2017
  • June 2013
  • June 2012

Contact Us

  • Email
    info@saveourspring.ca
  • Address
    Sulphur Springs Road, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER

Facebook feed

1 week ago
Ontario bill would open up Greenbelt, activists warn

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-bill-would-open-up-greenbelt-activists-warn/

Critics say law would break Ford’s election promise to keep lands protected

LIKE
LOVE
HAHA
WOW
SAD
ANGRY
View on facebook
1 week ago
Bill 66: Greenbelt Implications | AMCTO

https://www.amcto.com/Blog/December-2018/Bill-66-Greenbelt-Implications

AMCTO represents excellence in local government management and leadership. AMCTO has provided education, accreditation, leadership, and management expertise for Ontario’s municipal professionals for over (75) years. With almost 2,200 members working in municipalities across Ontario, AMCTO is Ontar... ... See more

LIKE
LOVE
HAHA
WOW
SAD
ANGRY
View on facebook
2 weeks ago
Photos from Save Our Spring - Ancaster Ontario Canada's post

TRANSFER DEED OF LAND 1992

http://saveourspring.ca/1992-land-transfer-deed-corporation-town-of-ancaster-to-regional-municipality-of-hamilton-wentworth/

LIKE
LOVE
HAHA
WOW
SAD
ANGRY
View on facebook
2 weeks ago
Photos from Save Our Spring - Ancaster Ontario Canada's post

303384 1965 PUBLIC EASEMENT

http://saveourspring.ca/indenture-28th-day-of-january-1965-w-a-kennedy-and-joan-kennedy/

LIKE
LOVE
HAHA
WOW
SAD
ANGRY
View on facebook
2 weeks ago
Enlightened Consciousness

LIKE
LOVE
HAHA
WOW
SAD
ANGRY
View on facebook
2 weeks ago
Community of the Awake

LIKE
LOVE
HAHA
WOW
SAD
ANGRY
View on facebook
2 weeks ago
Save Our Spring - Ancaster Ontario Canada

2001 - MINUTES OF THE MEETING - Water Commercialization Discussion - HCA

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?
set=a.530687683995255&type=1&l=533c1b03fe

LIKE
LOVE
HAHA
WOW
SAD
ANGRY
View on facebook
2 weeks ago
Ancaster Factor

Protect our Natural Resources and Green Space Ancaster - our Greenbelt is NOT open for Business - OPPOSE BILL 66 https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/013-4293?fbclid=IwAR3aV0UELK9ToV3SpGzQaI_zSRwKfVhfieeuDCpYQ7ymIxAqIf-iE3aFl2I ... See more

LIKE
LOVE
HAHA
WOW
SAD
ANGRY
View on facebook
2 weeks ago
Save Our Spring – Protecting the Ancaster Well

So recapping again – a little history on SOS – Save our spring was formed in the Spring of 2017, after the April announcement in the Ancaster News that the Ancaster Well was having an Arsenic Scare. At the dining room table of Chris Krucker – Manorun Farms, he called together a small group of people, that he hand-selected to form a community group under the guise of protecting the water rights to the Ancaster Well.

I was asked to be one of those “executive” members, I received a call with an invitation to meet at his farm to discuss forming a committee to protect the Ancaster Well. I agreed but with reservations, and our first meeting there were 5 of us, and at the time I felt flattered that they valued my professional expertise, and I had strong feelings toward the well, so I promptly offered to build a website and logos and branding, made posters and signs, and got about trying to save a well.

I was excited and I did lots of research and I was ambitious, and I was looking for alternative solutions, however I quickly learnt that Chris believed he had the personal ear of Lloyd Ferguson and that we should work only with Lloyd towards a solution, he said, “We have a Councillor that is willing to work with us, so we should do what he says” and his idea was that we gather volunteers and take surveys at the well. I offered to handle the online work, but refused to participate in well surveys and we agreed to disagree, and I went on to speak with the Spring Valley group, against Chris’s direct wishes. By this time our initial group of 6 was now down to 3 – which we called ourselves the “executive” meaning we didn’t have to share info with everyone just us. Recapping the time line a lot happened in Sept. there was no longer a health order to shut the well, SOS is discussing with Lisa Burnside the possibility of Spring Valley purchasing the Well (sept 29th).

The following day after the Spring Valley meeting Lloyd held a meeting to announce the Fence and Swipe Card, knowing there was no Arsenic scare, and we were told this community endeavour was over. Chris Krucker jumped on board, agreed with the fence and that is when SOS split. I kept hold of the website and logo and Chris vowed to form a new group called The Valley Water Waters. He was going to watch the water – Valley Water Watchers is Chris Krucker. We have not spoken since.

But wait there is a third and very active group called PAWS – Protecting Alternative Water Sources – and they have been instrumental in truth seeking with the Ancaster Well. I mentioned above that Chris Krucker our self-appointed leader amongst the SOS team was against doing any real research, he and the leader of PAWS Erin Davis had a very different approach to finding a community solution and Chris could not see past his own very narrow view point, after some heated discussions, in public meetings and in private - Chris banned Erin from the SOS group. At the time I did not comply with his orders, he wanted SOS to dis-engage from Erin’s research and remove any mention of them from the SOS website. I have not done that to this day because we are a community where everyone has a voice. You can find out more about the PAWS group at saveourspring.ca along with all the back history of the well.

The PAWS group has not ceased to search for the truth, they continue to uncover documents that show that there was never an Arsenic scare at the Ancaster Well that would of required a shut down. Just signage.

So why would Lloyd Ferguson and Chris Krucker not continue working towards the alternate solutions that would honor the land deed and kept the well in public hands? Why the Fence? ... See more

Save Our Spring asks you! – If you Councillor would you make the same decision as Lloyd Ferguson to put a fence around a Artisan spring? The Ancaster Well is a Legacy of Farmer William Kennedy – who donated the land and deeded access to the Public Access, because he knew the wells were dug with ... ... See more

LIKE
LOVE
HAHA
WOW
SAD
ANGRY
View on facebook
2 weeks ago
Ferguson floats swipe-card fix for Ancaster well – Save Our Spring

so on Oct 5th we know that the Health Dept and the HCA are in discussion, all is cool no health scare - what Lloyd Ferguson now does is present to the public that a fence is some how necessary for the Arsenic regulations = this =TOTAL BULLSHIT. http://saveourspring.ca/ferguson-floats-swipe-card-fix-for-ancaster-well/ ... See more

Ferguson floats swipe-card fix for Ancaster well October 5, 2017 Info SaveOurSpring Leave a comment https://www.thespec.com/community-story/7590207-ferguson-floats-swipe-card-fix-for-ancaster-well/ Ferguson floats swipe-card fix for Ancaster well Restricted access, waiver get around arsenic rules, c... ... See more

LIKE
LOVE
HAHA
WOW
SAD
ANGRY
View on facebook
« ‹ 2 of 44 › »
Copyright © 2019 Save Our Spring