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Goulbourn wetlands boundary changes

New updated content: 2018-02-26 18:01:19 We wrote to the Chairman of the Environment and Climate Protection Committee explaining what has been happening and requesting that he look into enacting an interim control bylaw to prevent further wetland loss. Response from staff indicate that this mechanism is not applicable in this case and that enforcement of wetland protection rests with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority. The only real option seems to be

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Paul Johanis February 26, 2018 November 26, 2024

Chalk River radioactive waste disposal facility

At our May 2017 monthly meeting, Ole Hendrickson, on behalf of Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area, presented slides on Radioactive Wastes at Chalk River Laboratories. The deadline for comments was originally set for August 3, but the French version of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was not available until later, so the deadline is now August 16.  Here is the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission‘s press release of

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DevAdmin August 7, 2017 October 7, 2024

Goulbourn Wetlands Complex

At the instigation of environmentalists, in 2003 the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources evaluated the Goulbourn wetlands and found them to qualify as a Provincially Significant Wetland. The City was ordered to modify its Official Plan to reflect this status. Some landowners decided to erase all vegetation, in an effort to frustrate this designation. The City initiated an Official Plan Amendment but in July 2006, as a result of lobbying

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iWEBAPP July 11, 2017 October 7, 2024

Judge orders restoration of wetland

April 19, 2017 Ken McRae reports: I was informed today that the MVCA had appealed the decision of a local Justice of the Peace to not order landowner Mion and his numbered company to rehabilitate the part of the Goulbourn Wetlands Complex on his property which he had destroyed. The MVCA won the appeal. I’ve attached a copy of the court decision in which Mion and his numbered company are

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DevAdmin April 21, 2017 October 7, 2024

Rideau Forest Phase 7 (2006-07)

On November 23, city planner Cathlyn Kaufman wrote to the Alliance: (posted on November 30) Good Afternoon Here is the Head’s Up Notice for a rezoning for the subdivision known as Rideau Forest Phase 7: Head’s Up Notice.doc   Location Map.pdf.  The complete circulation will follow next week. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards Cathlyn Cathlyn Kaufman, MCIP, RPP Planner City of Ottawa –

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iWEBAPP April 12, 2017 October 7, 2024