STOP!

Many of us around the village of Wakefield were sad and shocked to hear that the Wakefield steam train people were allowed to spray herbicides along the tracks to control weeds. Why? Because LaPeche doesn't have by-laws like Chelsea that prohibit the use of herbicides, pesticides etc. in their municipality. As if this wasn't enough of an insult to families and kids, dogs etc. who walk along the tracks in the village, but there were no warnings that the railway corridor had been herbicied. No doubt that these herbicide chemicals would find their way into the Gatineau river considering the tracks are within a few feet of the river.

As if this wasn't enough insult to nature, a month or so ago, the same train people came through with a huge lawn mower to cut down trees (flowers) bordering the tracks, this buzz cut removed most vegetation along the river banks which of course is crucial to holding the banks against erosion. Yes, the village now has an unobstructed view of the river, but at what cost?

An old and unused closet of corroded batteries was cut down by this buzz cutter, and the batteries are now laying on the ground leaking their chemicals into the water and river. Where is the outrage? Where is the logic? STOP the madness!