How an ancient skull fragment became a bureaucratic $70,000 expense

[83 5.0]

Good read about an addition in Goderich became a homeowners nightmare with archeological digs, etc.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-a-mysterious-skull-becomes-an-ontario-homeowners-headache/

[Scrape]

Well, that is an interesting law. I never knew.

[ZR]

Had no idea.

[mavrrrick]

Wow... I’d be pissed ... $70 g’s!!! Fawk dat!!


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[03svt]

Geez, thankfully nothing was found when digging down 12’ when my pool was dug!

Crazy.

[1quikgt]

Back in my construction days we started pulling out old boots and bones from a backyard we were excavating. We had to call the Toronto Police and stood around for the whole day and watched while they set up a crime scene basically. Coroner determined they were pig bones so we and the homeowner got lucky.

[Mellow Yellow]

A few years ago I received a letter from The Ministry of Natural resources "educating" me on the possible presence of "a sand skipper" fish in the waters adjacent to my property. I was to keep an eye out and report to the MNR if I saw one.

As you can imagine IF I saw one I would be restricted in the possible recreational uses of the waters adjoining my break wall.

Of course, I have never seen any of these fish.............of course, I didn't look............of course, since I am uneducated about this creature, I wouldn't know what I was looking at........I continue to use the waters as I did, making sure that no gas, oil or other pollutants get into the water from my water craft.

[RedSN]

Small town politics.

Fancy millionaire Bay Street Banker buys swanky top of cliff lakefront mansion...
Guessing he rubbed some city heritage committee member the wrong way at some point. Unfortunately, his widow is now paying for it.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.7451941,-81.7162069,3a,75y,342.28h,80.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAydwh8hG-RyaIxGri1aOJA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.74588,-81.7162833,3a,75y,217.18h,90.05t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipN_DSyw9FmkBStMdyT_aJA9QP ePw9mQQEWz8ycy!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleu sercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipN_DSyw9FmkBStMdyT_aJA9Q PePw9mQQEWz8ycy%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya165.77081-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?hl=en

[5.4MarkVIII]

Naw it was all provincial entities making greif for her.

Best part of the whole story is when she was finnaly done with it and thought she was able to move on. They told her she had to,bury the skull fragment and no one knew where it was.

Such an important discovery to warrant such attention that it got lost.

[mavrrrick]

A few years ago I received a letter from The Ministry of Natural resources "educating" me on the possible presence of "a sand skipper" fish in the waters adjacent to my property. I was to keep an eye out and report to the MNR if I saw one.

As you can imagine IF I saw one I would be restricted in the possible recreational uses of the waters adjoining my break wall.

Of course, I have never seen any of these fish.............of course, I didn't look............of course, since I am uneducated about this creature, I wouldn't know what I was looking at........I continue to use the waters as I did, making sure that no gas, oil or other pollutants get into the water from my water craft.

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[RedSN]

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[Mellow Yellow]

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Now you've done it! I wanted to stay uneducated.:stupid: