Robert Brown

A major pit “restoration” project is being proposed for a portion of the Oak Ridges Moraine in Uxbridge. The deadline for comments is 11:59 p.m. on September 28. SASE Aggregates Ltd. is seeking provincial approval to amend two aggregate licences north of Coppins Corners in Uxbridge. The applications propose changing the final grading of the areas to allow for approximately 5.265 million cubic metres of excess soil to be imported to the two sites, along with what appears to be a recycling...

Go to the poll Municipal councils make some of the most important decisions affecting Oak Ridges Moraine communities: where growth happens, how farmland and countryside are protected, whether wetlands and headwaters are defended, and who gets a voice in major planning decisions. But in 2022, most eligible voters stayed home Weighted voter turnout within ORM municipalities (Click to expand). Source: AMO’s 2022 Municipal Election – Municipal Data Across Ontario, municipal voter turnout fell to...

Image submitted as part of the residents’ participant statement, showing the "not a barn" referenced in the property history. Was it a drive shed, a barn, an airplane hangar, an apartment for occasional workers, or a luxury rental? And could that complicated history justify the creation of a second residential dwelling within the Oak Ridges Moraine’s Natural Core Area? This unusual line of questioning was at the centre of a recent Ontario Land Tribunal decision that delivered an important win...