The City of Ottawa's plans to put some non-urgent patients in taxis has been blocked by Ontario's Ministry of Health, leaving paramedics with one less option to deal with backed-up emergency rooms
#Ontario wetlands still under threat as powers of conservation authorities keep getting weaker. Another great investigative article by @thenarwhal .
"Ontario weakens watershed protections (again) as natural resources minister gets new powers
New rules for conservation authorities reduce buffer zones between development and #wetlands and empower Doug Ford’s cabinet to issue permits without their say..
Ontario’s minister of natural resources will soon have the power to overrule — or bypass — #environmental oversight bodies to greenlight development..."
Sign the petition to keep the #Ontario Science at its current location.
“In short, they are expecting that 50% more people will visit a facility that is 45% of the size of the current Science Centre, with a significantly reduced staff managing it all.”
It will cost taxpayer $300-$400 million more.
And can you imagine 30 school busses with hundreds of #kids navigating heavy downtown traffic every single day?
(My personal thoughts: Yes, the current building needs extensive repair. Perhaps a solution would be to rebuild part of the building, but integrate important architectural features from the original? Put all the parking underground, and that leaves space to build both a community centre and housing on the rest of the property).
**Sign the letter to the premier at: PETITION: savesciencecentre.com
Even though the Staples deal was revealed to Ontarians just a few days ago, some stores are already renovated.
"This is what the ServiceOntario outlet looks like inside an #Oakville Staples. It’s located in between a display of printers and office chairs, and located at the back of the store meaning you have to pass all the merchandise. Taxpayers funded this."
A Paris, #Ontario cattle farmer is concerned about coexisting with a proposed 400-unit subdivision. The farmland, bordered on three sides by the Grand River, has been a family farm since 1852.
More farmland gone: this farmer will likely be forced to sell - especially once the new homeowners start complaining about "the bad smell"
@gemelliz The #FordGovernment is coming to an end. Already the rats are starting to jump ship. The true die-hards like #Lecce will hang on to the very last. They’d be nobodies without #FordNation. Just like he’s an entitled nobody without his cronies. His time has come.
More details are being uncovered about the #Ontario#Greenbelt land development problem.
"Over 11 days last fall, lawyers from Dentons law firm emailed the Ontario housing minister's most senior political staffer to request that protected land owned by three separate developers northeast of Toronto be opened up for development.
Dentons sent letters on behalf of Flato Developments, Orca Equity, and Wyview Group, which owned Greenbelt land in Markham, Ont., and Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ont.
I’m going to be honest, Bonnie Crombie throwing her hat into the ring convinced me to sign up to vote against her. Ontario does not need a Blue Liberal NIMBY today.
Crombie will likely be an improvement over Ford, but I don’t think will be enough to repair the damage done after 8 years of #FordNation. Should the OLP win and not say ONDP, or … FSM forbid - Ford more years.
A second prominent Toronto-area developer who owns land that was removed from southern Ontario's protected Greenbelt last year is going to court to avoid answering questions from the province's auditor general.
September 11 is the last day to join the Ontario Liberal Party to vote in the Ontario Liberal Leadership Election and decide who will lead them against Ford provincially. (ontarioliberal.ca)
I’m going to be honest, Bonnie Crombie throwing her hat into the ring convinced me to sign up to vote against her. Ontario does not need a Blue Liberal NIMBY today.