Tag: Ontario
Fire Chief Balfour Shares Hwy 115 Safety Concerns with MTO
After a difficult winter of repeated highway traffic accidents on Highway 115, particularly in the vicinity of the Tapley ¼ Line ramps, Cavan Monaghan Fire Chief Bill Balfour sent an extensive list of concerns…
Ontario Conservation Authorities Developing Floodplain Maps
This has been a season for floods, which bring misery to affected property owners and financial pressure to insurance companies. While we feel for the homeowners, insurance providers are feeling the pain, too, which…
Province Announces $71-million Investment to Improve Rural Broadband and Cellular Access
Two weeks ago, the province committed $71 million to the proposed Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) which was founded to improve mobile broadband and establish reliable cellular coverage across eastern Ontario. The announced support…
Open For Business? Not So Fast!
The mantra of modern day community planning is Live, Work and Play. Loosely translated, community development should include a balance of residential, recreational and employment land uses, a goal which is reflected in the…
211 – Ontario’s Helpline for Community and Social Services
The objective of this project is admirable: to help Ontario residents navigate the complex network of health and human services 24/7, acting as a gateway to community, social, mental healthm and related government services. …
Comment – What will Ontario look like a year from now?
Whoever takes the helm will certainly inherit a more polarized constituency. Let’s hope the rhetoric that paints business as the enemy is dismissed. Instead of assuming business owners are greedy and driven only by…
Millbrook Entrepreneur Launches Online Camping Website- Pitched
Growing up in England, Olaf Dunn was an avid camper and outdoor enthusiast. His family spent vacations touring all around Europe with a camper staying in a variety of locations including rural and remote…
Project Tackles Cellular Dead Zones across Eastern Ontario
Acknowledging that mobile broadband is critical to regional growth, the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus and Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) welcomed the Ontario Government’s commitment of $71 million to improve cell service across the…
Proposed Changes to OMB Format will Empower Local Decision-making
In the coming weeks, legislation will be introduced to create the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, which will, if passed, replace the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). After a six-month consultation process, changes unveiled by Municipal…