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  • gta-post-1-november-11-2020
    EXPEDITING APPROVALS
    November 11, 2020, Comments Off

    A recent request for a minister’s zoning order for a proposed hardware store development in Clarington could create a precedent in the town for other local landowners to become more ...

  • gta-post-2-november-4-2020
    INCREASING ACTIVE OPTIONS
    November 4, 2020, Comments Off

    Residents of the Town of Halton Hills are increasingly taking up cycling, walking, and other active transportation modes as their primary modes of transportation, and the town hopes that by ...

  • gta-post-1-november-4-2020
    GUIDING GROWTH
    November 4, 2020, Comments Off

    The Town of Newmarket is looking to control the size and scale of new development within its established neighbourhoods and to direct growth to its major corridors. At its meeting ...

  • to-post-2-october-30
    MAINTAINING VILLAGE CHARACTER
    October 30, 2020, Comments Off

    A mixed-use development proposed for the existing site of a popular Gay Village venue has sparked concern among residents of the Church-Wellesley Village about the potential loss of an iconic ...

  • to-post-1-october-30
    LEARNING THE CURVES
    October 30, 2020, Comments Off

    An agreement between the City of Toronto and Local Motors by LM Industries will introduce a self-driving shuttle trial connecting Scarborough’s West Rouge neighbourhood with Rouge Hill GO station in ...

  • gta-post-2-october-28-2020
    SYMPATHETIC CONSTRUCTION
    October 28, 2020, Comments Off

    The Town of Milton has adopted new planning policies to ensure that new development within established neighbourhoods respects the existing built form context. At its meeting October 19, Milton council ...

  • gta-post-1-october-28-2020
    DISCORD IN DURHAM
    October 28, 2020, Comments Off

    The Town of Ajax is formally objecting to the proposed use of a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) requested by the City of Pickering earlier this year to accelerate and expand ...

  • to-post-2-october-23-2020
    A LEGACY OF PUBLIC SERVICE
    October 23, 2020, Comments Off

    Prolific municipal lawyer and public service luminary Alan Heisey has advised Toronto city council that he will be stepping down from the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Board effective November 1. ...

  • to-post-1-october-23-2020
    DON VALLEY DEVELOPMENT
    October 23, 2020, Comments Off

    If approved, a recent development proposal would add significant intensity to a future transit node while providing pedestrian connections to the planned LRT, offering residents access to significant green space ...

  • gta-post-1-october-21-2020
    ATTRACTING INVESTMENT
    October 21, 2020, Comments Off

    Durham Region is launching an initiative to pre-service employment lands in a bid to attract investment, create jobs, and accelerate economic growth. Four water supply and sanitary sewerage projects in ...