ON Economic Fundamentals 2008-12

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1208KWCG
Groups reach tentative deal on former Lafarge lands

GUELPH

A tentative deal has been reached between the Howitt Park Neighbourhood Group and Silvercreek (Guelph) Developments Ltd., which has a plan to develop the former Lafarge lands on Silvercreek Parkway.

After several days of mediation through the Ontario Municipal Board, the two sides have inked a plan that will go to the neighbourhood group`s membership likely Jan. 11 or 12.

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/421224

 

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1208MSGA
No plans to retire: Hazel

For the second time in two months, 87-year-old Mayor Hazel McCallion has reiterated that she will be seeking re-election in 2010 — as long as her health holds out.
When asked about running again in a year-end interview with The Toronto Star, McCallion replied, " I`ve always said that if my health remains the way it is, which is pretty good, I will offer myself to the people of Mississauga."
In an Oct. 28 interview with The News, McCallion was asked the same question. her reply?

http://mississauga.com/article/22536

 

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1208ONTR
Ontario energy standards set to kick in

New energy-efficiency standards are set to kick in for new homes in Ontario.

Effective Jan. 1, the province`s building code will require near full-height insulation on foundation walls in all new-home construction.

The province estimates that such homes will be typically about 28 per cent more energy efficient than a decade ago.

http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/560110

 

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1208LNDN
Waterfront residents taking tax hit

In the face of plunging property values, lake-area property owners are calling for Ontario to throw out the latest provincewide property assessments. The drop in real estate makes an already unfair tax system even worse, said Bill Rowat of Bayfield, a director of the Waterfront Ratepayers After Fair Taxation group and the Coalition After Property Tax Reform.

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/200...886446-sun.html

 

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1208BTFD
Draft scrap yard bylaw now done

A proposed licensing bylaw for scrap and salvage yards is ready for public comment "This bylaw is going very well and, at the end of the day, we`ll have something that protects neighbourhoods and improves the standards of these yards," Coun. Richard Carpenter said in an interview on Tuesday.

"Now is the time for us to clean up dirty industrial properties and brown-field sites and give some direction to salvage yards."

http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDi....aspx?e=1367937

 

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1208OTWA
Claridge sidelines city with OMB end run

The Ottawa developer behind the city`s Portrait Gallery of Canada bid has won the right to press ahead with plans for two 27-storey towers at Metcalfe and Lisgar streets despite the cancellation of the gallery project, a result that has infuriated some councillors.

"That`s a sad state of affairs," said Councillor Peter Hume, who chairs the planning committee and spearheaded the effort to make a deal with Claridge Homes.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/todays-p...9124/story.html

 

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