A federal law developed as part of a treaty with the U.S. makes it illegal in Canada to harm migratory birds, their nests or their eggs. -CBC photo Toronto Region Conservation Authority will issue permit to begin construction of warehouse ‘under duress’ By Mike Crawley · CBC News A develo...
By Alan Millard Ramara Township Recently I participated in an LPAT virtual “Case Management Conference”. At the end the lawyers and the chairperson were blithely discussing whether the “hearing” [sic] in 2022 would take 4, 5, or 6 weeks. They thought 5 would be about right. He...
Councillor to apologize for comments integrity commissioner called ‘flippant and sarcastic’ By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald A New Tecumseth councillor, who was investigated by the town’s integrity commissioner for comments she made on social media about the timing of a special meeting, ...
Former Collingwood CAO John Brown ‘Something very significant had to happen to change very long, engrained faults in the system,’ said former CAO John Brown By: Erika Engel Collingwood Today The former town staff member who started asking questions that would eventually lead to the Collin...
By Robert Benzie Toronto Star An unrepentant Premier Doug Ford insists MZOs are A-OK. After his government rammed through another six ministerial zoning orders (MZO) to fast-track local development, Ford said he’s “proud to announce that we have MZOs, because it’s about the economy.” “Once we get thr...
Western University privacy expert Aleksander Essex Investigation of Ontario’s online voting for municipal elections finds numerous issues and irregularities By Jeff Renaud Western News Ontario is considered a world leader for online voting. Upward of one million people voted electronically in the 20...
The following is a letter from Paul Sanderson sent March 3 2021 to Oro-Medonte Township Council Clerk Aubichon, Please accept my Proposal letter below as formal correspondence to be received and posted to the public record, preferably on the next agenda to be read and adopted well prior to expending ...
Proposed new runway at Orillia regional airport ‘Our understanding of the regulations that govern aerodromes and airports is that this (clear cutting) should not have happened,’ says forester By: Nathan Taylor Orillia Matters Ramara’s mayor is hoping council will defer a decision to dec...
A ministerial zoning order issued by the Ford government would allow the Triple Group of Companies to build a distribution centre on the Lower Duffins Creek wetland in Pickering, Ont. Move would nullify clause in Ontario’s Planning Act limiting scope of ministerial zoning orders By Mike Crawley...
Planning Act change hidden in Broadband bill may be attempt to legitimize Lower Duffins Creek warehouse decision AWARE Simcoe update 2 Amazon will not build giant warehouse on wetland in Pickering AWARE SImcoe update 1: here’s a link to a Green Party of Ontario petition Statement from Environme...
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