By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror NORTH SIMCOE – A local politician is floating the idea of Midland and Penetanguishene sharing a library CEO in light of the former’s chief librarian retiring. “Can one library CEO manage two branches? Are there financial and other advantages … we should take?” wrote Pe...
Casey Camp-Horinek of the Ponca Nation in Oklahoma presents a traditional cradleboard to the people of Paris during a march Dec. 12. The cradleboard represents future generations. -Indigenous Environmental Network photo By Sujata Dey Council of Canadians December 11, 2015 You’ve heard of off-Broadway...
Tamara Brown of CRAND By PEN Canada | December 4, 2015 Last month’s Free Expression Matters profiled Ontario’s new Public Participation Act, well known for protections against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). In the next few days, we were contacted by two groups who are not p...
By Brent Patterson Council of Canadians Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow is in Vienna, Austria today to speak against the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). A Facebook event page highlights (in German), “Lecture in English with German translati...
Community Organization hit with $110,000 Cost Award – One of the Largest Ever News release from CRAND NORTH DUMFRIES – Ontario Municipal Board (“OMB”) Vice-Chair Jyoti Zuidema has awarded one of the largest costs awards in the province’s history, against the citizens’ group the Concerned ...
AWARE Simcoe recommendations to promote transparency and public participation Text of submission to Simcoe County Governance Committee November 5, 2015 Meeting. AWARE Simcoe respectfully submits the following recommendations to the Simcoe County Governance Committee with the intention and hope of fur...
The full list of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new 31-member cabinet, in order of precedence, sworn in today at Rideau Hall in Ottawa: Justin Trudeau – Prime Minister, Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth. Ralph Goodale – Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. Lawrence MacAulay ...
Province Works to End Strategic Lawsuits That Stifle Free Speech Ontario government news release Today Ontario passed an act that protects freedom of speech on matters of public interest. The Protection of Public Participation Act, 2015 will allow the public to participate more freely in public discu...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online Individuals and advocacy groups across Ontario who have been silenced in the past by threats of legal action known as ‘Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP)’, will be buoyed by new legislation that virtually strikes them out, retroactive t...
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