11:15am ET | Dr. Zach, GFB House Doctor, Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University

12:15pm ET | Dr. Zach, GFB House Doctor, Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University

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GUEST – Greg Schmalz, STOP spokesperson – STOP (Saugeen Turbine Operation Policy)

TOPIC – CAW wind turbine VS members of STOP.

INFO – “It was inevitable. As soon as the blades on the Canadian Auto Workers’ turbine were in motion, so too would be the complaints from those who live nearby.

The turbine has been a contentious issue with many who live in Saugeen Shores, especially members of STOP (Saugeen Turbine Operation Policy) who from day one, have made their opposition clear. On March 26, nearly one year since the turbine was erected on the field at the CAW Family Education Centre in Port Elgin, the turbine was operation.

The situation is now all too real for those who live within 550 meters of the turbine, said STOP spokesperson Greg Schmalz Wednesday.

Easter weekend, was the first weekend the turbine had been fully operating since being switched on which, according to Schmalz, resulted in 11 complaints.

“It’s been over a year now, probably close to 16 or 17 months and this is the first four or five days that people have got to experience what it is going to be like,” he said. “The concept that they are going to become more used to it, will only be if there is no harm done by the machine. But people will never be used to not being able to enjoy sitting outside of their home, nor will they able to enjoy the noise inside their home that disturbs their family.”

The complaints, he said, varied from noise to the outside of resident’s homes to sleep disruption. But it was one particular complaint, which was filed with Saugeen Shores Police Services, that has resonated with Schamlz and members of STOP. According to Schmalz, the family, who reside on Shipley Avenue filed the noise complaint because their two children who were affected to the point they could not sleep.”

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GUEST- Dr. Zach, GFB House Doctor, Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University

TOPIC- TBA