The Town of Caledon has planned a series of debris drop-off days at various locations to help residents clean up from the 2013 Ice Storm. Round up your debris! Trees and branches can be dropped off at the locations listed below, no matter the size. To increase accessibility, residents can drop-off debris at the listed […]
“U.S. farmers are dousing their fields with a wider array of herbicides, helping some turn a corner in the war on super weeds but adding new costs and environmental concerns. Farmers for a decade have fought weeds that developed resistance to the nation’s dominant weed killer, glyphosate, which is widely sold by Monsanto Co. MON […]
“TORONTO – Ontario will embark on a $29-billion transportation plan funded through redirected gas taxes and new “green” bonds, Premier Kathleen Wynne says. The goal is to spend about $15 billion in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and up to $14 billion in the rest of the province. “Twenty-nine billion dollars over the next […]
“The Cities of Mississauga and Brampton have completed preliminary design and environmental assessment work for the Hurontario-Main Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project. It will run from Port Credit into Brampton, and the work completed so far will initiate the Ontario Ministry of Environment Transportation Project Assessment Process (TPAP). As a priority Next Wave project of […]
“Greater Toronto Area (GTA) commute times average 82 minutes and are the longest of Canada’s big cities. With the provincial budget looming on the horizon, citizens are looking for active steps to improve the transportation network. Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance Vice-President of Initiatives Linda Weichel appeared before Peel Regional council recently to encourage bold leadership […]
Property Surveys seem to be shrinking in importance or priority due primarily to the growing prominence of land titles insurance. Has this age old legal document lost it’s significance or importance? We would argue that it’s demise is grossly exaggerated. Firstly, LAND SURVEYS ARE LEGALLY BINDING, it can used as a documented source […]
Dear Friends, Driving north on Highway 410 at night can be at bit like looking for Waldo when you hit the Valleywood / Highway 10 merge. There is a conspicuous absence of light standards through that last 2 km of undulating roadway. Why these mandated light poles have not been installed by the M.T.O. in […]
It seems like there have been many snowy owl sightings this long, cold winter. Some more welcome than others. Check out this interesting article from the CBC about this beautiful bird stirring up trouble at Pearson Airport: Snowy owls flock south, plague airports. Our own staff have also heard of sightings at the local Brampton […]
The Ontario Government has provided a Notice of Commencement regarding the GTA West Transportation Corridor Route; the planning and environmental assessment study is in Stage 2. The focus seems to be on the design and development of the route. For full details on this second phase of the project please visit their website by clicking […]
“The magic of the monarch migration from Canada through the U.S. and on to Mexico (and then back north over multiple generations) continues to be in existential jeopardy. Destruction of monarch habitats in Mexico initiated the threat to the iconic butterfly. But it’s no longer a crisis that gringos can blame solely on the illegal […]