Municipalities Newsletter

Green groups call on Tories to kill latest housing bill

Bill 185 would allow for more sprawl into precious farmland, groups say

May 30, 2024 10:31 AM Read more >

Small municipality vows legal action over hospital's in-patient bed closure

The mayor of West Grey is getting a Bay Street law firm involved in his community's fight to save its hospital services

May 30, 2024 10:31 AM Read more >

OPP, Midland council frustrated with 'problem folks' in downtown core

‘We actually do know who's up here,’ Southern Georgian Bay OPP inspector says on violent offenders with warrants during update on increased enforcement downtown

May 30, 2024 10:31 AM Read more >

Opinion: Five years after declaring climate emergency, what has council done?

Naomi Grant, chair of the Coalition for a Livable Sudbury, applauds city council for declaring a climate emergency but wonders why nothing substantial has been done on that file in the past five years

May 30, 2024 10:31 AM Read more >

King holding onto hope for hospital on Newmarket Greenbelt border

Council discusses the possibility that the province's yet-to-be-passed Bill 185 could re-open the door to a new Southlake site on its Greenbelt lands

May 30, 2024 10:31 AM Read more >

Aurora to build 190 km of new bike lanes, sidewalks, trails

Aurora council has outlined its long-term vision for the town's trail system, approving a new plan that could see more than $56 million spent over the next 20 years

May 30, 2024 10:30 AM Read more >

Centre Wellington says no to legal pot stores ... again

Centre Wellington and Mapleton are the only Wellington County municipalities that have not opted-in to retail cannabis

May 30, 2024 10:30 AM Read more >

Sault mayor highlights city's progress in latest six-month report

'We can be proud of our community while acknowledging our challenges': Mayor points to the saving of the Sault's YMCA as example of community's resilience

May 23, 2024 10:31 AM Read more >

Province plans to extend eligibility for King's Commission designation to First Nations, municipal police officers

The honorary designation has historically been available only to Ontario Provincial Police officers

May 23, 2024 10:31 AM Read more >

Province issues ‘enhanced’ zoning order to speed up Ontario Place redevelopment

Ontario also recently put out tender to design and build new science centre

May 23, 2024 10:30 AM Read more >