March 30, 2006 RSS feed / Regional News

Court rules ELGV highway designation invalid

An ad hoc group of a dozen property owners has won an argument that the Township of East Luther Grand Valley acted to avoid the Line Fences Act when it designated an abandoned rail line as a "highway." More...

Abandoned wells part of pollution problem

Some 100,000 abandoned wells in Ontario are contributing to the contamination of aquifers, a senior environmental adviser of remediation and reclamation services at Imperial Oil told a More...

Provincial money slated for area roads and bridges

The provincial budget presented by Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, last Thursday will see nearly $3.2 million going to Dufferin County and its local municipalities toward improving public transit, municipal roads and bridges. More...

Ombudsman says MPAC in credibility crisis

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is experiencing a crisis of credibility and must take real and concrete steps to improve public confidence in the assessment system, says Ombudsman Andre Marin. More...