A petition in southeast Calgary is gaining steam, pushing for a permanent closure of the ECCO recycling facility, the site of a landfill fire for the past two weeks.
Fire crews continue the suppression operations at the site, which borders Shepard Industrial and the communities of Quarry Park and Douglas Glen in Calgary’s southeast.
Quarry Park resident Aymie Rondeau, who has...
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