OSSGA News

The producers of the stone, sand and gravel used to build Ontario recognize that our industry members must be good neighbours in the communities where we operate, and good stewards of the natural environment. We also recognize that aggregate extraction is a necessary and responsible interim land use. While there are significant economic spin-offs from Ontario’s gravel pits and quarries, the end result of an aggregate operation is never just a hole in the ground. Included in every license for aggregate extraction is a rehabilitation plan detailing exactly how the land will be returned to a use that suits the regional landscape and the local community.

We are excited to announce that OSSGA’s own Julie Harrington is among only 47 people worldwide in 2014 to have achieved the CMM designation by Meeting Professionals International (MPI). CMM is a Certification in Meeting Management and is the highest level of professional designation possible for senior level meeting professionals. We are proud to have her on the OSSGA team and we offer her our most sincere congratulations.

If you would like to purchase copies of the award-winning OSSGA membership directory, you can do so by filling out a publications order form online.

Cruickshank has been named one of Canada’s Safest Employers by Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine, winning gold in the Building and Construction category.

The Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA) welcomed the Report on the Review of the Aggregate Resources Act that was tabled in the Ontario Legislature yesterday afternoon after a lengthy review process by the legislature’s Standing Committee on General Government

Threshold for Pits and Quarries raised to 3.5 million tonnes per year

The report of the Standing Committee on General Government on the review of the Aggregate Resources Act was tabled in the Ontario Legislature this afternoon.

Bill 56, the private member’s bill proposed by Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones, is another step closer to reality following Second Reading in the Ontario Legislature yesterday with support from all three political parties.

Is your job addictive? Does the adrenaline rush of crushing big rocks into little rocks keep you up at night? Is getting a paycheque for what you do just an added bonus?

Find out why the presence of surface blemishes, such as aggregate pop-outs, is not necessarily an indication of a weak or low-durability pavement surface.