from New Tecumseth Free Press A Markham based developer is proposing to build 157 residential units along Patterson Street in Beeton between the 9th Line and Wright Street. The Flato Group – which is paying Markham $1 million for naming rights to that municipality’s theatre – has a...
By Ian Burns Midland Mirror MIDLAND – The next municipal election is nearly two years away, but Midland council is beginning to look at possibilities for the future – including ranked ballots and the end of the ward system. Councillors considered a staff report on elections at Monday’s general ...
The Bobolink -Jennifer Howard photo Exploring Conservation on Farms from Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Agricultural fields provide homes for grassland birds like the Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark. This workshop for farmers will look at best practices for managing hay and pastures that ...
By Matt Setzkorn Hamilton Spectator Now is the time to protect at-risk farmland in Ontario for good. Collectively, we in the agricultural sector call on the province to freeze all urban expansion and introduce firm, permanent municipal growth boundaries in the Greater Golden Horseshoe to prevent the ...
Municipalities don’t recover the full cost of stormwater management, according to report from Diane Saxe CBC News Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner wants homeowners to pay an additional fee to deal with flooding. Dianne Saxe, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, calls on every mu...
By Heidi Riedner Georgina Advocate An appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) filed Thursday morning is the latest attempt by an environmental group to save significant wetlands from development in Georgina. The North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance has always contended the town’s official plan is “f...
Big land developers hire high-priced lawyers to pave the way for the paving of more farmland — and more monster homes By MARTIN REGG COHN Toronto Star If at first you fail, reform, reform again. For the third time since taking power, the Liberals are trying to rein in an all-powerful force that has r...
From left, Linda Feldpusch, Dave Feldpusch, Renate Koenig, Mario Nobrega, and Klaus Koenig are part of a group of residents in Wasaga east end lobbying to preserve a section of wetland from development. -Wasaga Sun photo By Ian Adams Wasaga Sun A group of east-end residents hope their pleas to preser...
News release form Friends of Simcoe Forests Since earning FSC Forest Management certification in 2010, Simcoe County has been audited annually by the Rainforest Alliance to ensure it continues to meet certification standards. The County’s failure to disclose the selection of the Freele Forest for a n...
Aging municipal infrastructure and poor funding models are putting communities and environment at risk News release from ECO Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Dianne Saxe, warned today that most Ontario municipalities do not have adequate funding models to properly manage stormwater. “Stormwater ...
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