Former Tory minister lost wrongful dismissal lawsuit, must pay defendants' costsCBC News Feb 25, 2013An Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered former Conservative MP and minister Helena Guergis to pay $118,560 of the legal costs incurred by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and others in defending the...
By ELIZABETH RENZETTI Globe and Mail Feb. 22 2013Freedom to Read Week begins on Feb. 24, bringing with it the perfect opportunity to kick the tires of democracy and make sure the old jalopy’s still running as she should.What’s that you say? The bumper fell off when you touched it? The engine won’t tu...
Wind Energy and the Planning Actby DIANNE SAXE on FEBRUARY 22, 2013 The new Premier has lost no time filling her promise to give municipalities back control over renewable energy projects. Bill 2, the very first new proposed law in the Wynne mandate, eliminates the exemption from Planning Act control...
By Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press Feb. 20, 2013 OTTAWA -- When the Harper government included a radical overhaul of the Navigable Waters Protection Act in the last omnibus bill, outsiders scratched their heads and wondered out loud where that idea had come from.Documents obtained through the ...
AWARE Simcoe February 23 2013In A Fair Country, John Ralston Saul examined the centrality of aboriginal thinking to the Canadian identity. A groundbreaking book that rejected Canadian elites' reliance on Europe and the United States for political inspiration. On Tuesday...
Political leaders must end sprawl, create higher-density communities surrounded by greenbelts of protected farmlandBy David Suzuki and Faisal Moola Toronto Star Feb 21 2013 Despite its huge area, Canada has relatively little dependable farmland. Good soil and a friendly climate are hard to find. So i...
By Carl Cosack February 22 2013 First: Display your Food and Water First signs in spring.The FOOD AND WATER FIRST campaign is in full swing and needs your help. We are close to being ready to ask every organization and business that earns its living from agricultural production to print the same FOO...
Meaford Express by Chris Fell Febraru 23 2013 Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Hazel Lynn has reviewed the available literature and concluded that industrial wind turbines are affecting people.Dr. Lynn presented her long-anticipated review of available literature about wind turbines and how t...
From NGFA February 22 2012An Interim Control Bylaw (ICB) to restrict development in wetland and significant woodland areas of the North Gwillimbury Forest, including the Maple Lake Estates (MLE) property, can be f ully justified on legal grounds, according to our lawyer, Leo Longo....
Deadline for comment extended to February 25Email from Ontario Nature February 14 2013 Recently, we told you about the government’s proposals to water down its own Endangered Species Act (ESA).We have since found out that the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has added more details about these prop...
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