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City Council quietly removes shoreline protection

September 19, 2009 – 11:52 pm

Most of us have assumed that the heritage buildings along Burlington’s waterfront on the south side of Old Lakeshore Road are protected from destruction and development, because of shoreline setbacks, inside of which no development can take place. But we’re wrong – city council quietly removed the shoreline protection. Even worse, the owner of the empty lot beside Emma’s Back Porch – Tim Hortons (TDL) – is appealing just about all the limits on development in this area.


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Halton’s grow-op a work in progress

May 31, 2009 – 10:01 pm

(originally published in the Toronto Sun) How do you curb sprawl when your population is growing like wildfire? That’s the question before residents, politicians and planners in the Golden Horseshoe. The short answer is to put more people in less space, and build on already developed areas rather than on greenfields. That was the intent [...]

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Whistler shows growth isn’t a downhill slope

January 11, 2009 – 10:44 pm

(originally published in the Toronto Sun) When you think Whistler, you think skiing. But the British Columbia town is also positioning itself as a leader in managing growth. Once a community of 500 people scattered along Whistler valley, the population of year-round dwellers is now 14,200, with at least that many more as seasonal residents [...]

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