Tag: Courts
Northern Bruce Peninsula to formalize sale process for shore road allowances following resolution of SON claims
The municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula is moving to adopt formal policies for selling shore road and unopened road allowances now that the courts have said Saugeen Ojibway Nation no longer has a legal claim to ownership of the waters surrounding the Bruce Peninsula. According to a staff report presented at a council meeting on […]
Dems eye cash bail, âsecond lookâ criminal justice reforms in Michigan lame-duck
Big changes to how courts handle bail and a possible âsecond lookâ at prisoner sentences are among the major criminal justice reforms pending in the Michigan Legislature….
Can environmental law move beyond bedrock 1970’s legislation, while adapting to current and future challenges?
A 2022 report titled Promises Half Kept at the Half Century Mark, by the Environmental Integrity Project, released on the Clean Water Act’s 50th anniversary said the law is “falling short of its original goals.”
Michigan, for example, has the 4th largest number of impaired lakes, reservoirs and streams assessed for water contact recreation in the U.S.
Accuride, on Firestone Boulevard,which makes steel wheels for trucks, will shut down at the end of January cutting more than 200 jobs, said Luis Domingues, national representative for Unifor, the unio
It is the end of an industrial era in London as one of the cityâs most storied industries prepares to close its doors.