Tag: Municipalities
Former Blue Mountains mayor filing complaint about Grey County meeting
Former Blue Mountains mayor Alar Soever said he will file a formal closed-meeting complaint against Grey County for conducting a joint meeting with its nine municipal councils behind closed doors. He sent a letter Sept. 19 to the county outlining his concerns about a joint planning services meeting held Aug. 8 and waited to see […]
Grey forecasted to grow faster than the county predicted
While Grey County growth plans must consider impacts on schools by Ontario legislation, there’s no provincial requirement to consider impacts on health care. That should change, West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles told Grey County council at its regular meeting Thursday, and county staff agreed. “Publicly funded health care I think may be even more fundamental […]
Wisconsin towns are trying to limit CAFO growth. Big Dairy is fighting back. | Great Lakes Now
By John McCracken, Investigate Midwest
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Owen Sound to conduct Vision 2050 workshop
A project that is designed to help the City of Owen Sound address the rapid changes it faces, is holding a professional development workshop for community stakeholders. Future Owen Sound – Vision 2050 will build on the city’s most recent strategic plan refresh by responding to the dramatic challenges and opportunities the city has seen […]
Expert to share ‘easiest wins’ to improve accessibility on Oct. 17
An accessibility expert will share some inexpensive ideas to improve access for the disabled community at a meeting in Wiarton next week. “There’s all sorts of low-hanging fruit that make a big difference when added up that make a space easier for somebody to participate in whatever the activity is that’s happening in that space,” […]
City staff critique county’s centralized planning proposal, councillors want more information
Thanks but no thanks. Planning staff for the City of Owen Sound laid out several reasons in a 40-page report presented at Monday evening’s council meeting why the city should bow out of a centralized planning and shared-service model recently proposed by Grey County. Council members on the other hand agreed they need more information […]
As winter nears, coyotes get ‘more brazen’ – and cat owners more nervous
Neighbours in London’s west end report seeing coyotes out in the open and prowling residential backyards early in the morning and at night.Â
City eyes boosting fees over next three years at pools, arenas, golf courses
Londoners will have to dig deeper into their pocketbooks in the new year to use city facilities, especially when it comes to Centennial Hall, if city councillors approve a raft of proposed increases. A public meeting will be held Tuesday to discuss the planned increases to user fees at facilities the city maintains, the bulk […]
Across Southwestern Ontario, smaller communities creak under rapid growth
The province estimates Southwestern Ontario’s population will jump more than 40 per cent to 2.6 million people by 2051. London and Middlesex County are expected to lead the way, growing by 56.7 per cent to about 880,000 people over the next 25 years, with nearby Oxford County close behind at 51.9 per cent. But rapid […]
Bruce County’s draft official plans creates planning hurdles and red tape, lower-tier council says
The Town of South Bruce Peninsula is sounding the alarm and warning other lower-tier municipalities in Bruce County about what it calls an overly restrictive new draft of the county’s official plan. South Bruce Peninsula CAO Bill Jones said at a meeting earlier this month that planning hurdles introduced in the new draft plan would […]