Damian MacSeáin
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Nov 03, 2009 - 3:36 PM
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The people have spoken
What an honour it was to stand for hours with the crowd outside the courtroom last week, and listen through the public address system to the passion and honest eloquence of our fellow neighbours, (most of whom I’ve never met before), as each in turn described why they are proud to call the Villages of ...
Posted by Derek Buttivant
on November 5, 2010
OMB VS US
MEMO 360
MAY 2010
TERRY MILLER
THE OMB VERSUS US
Brampton Council is mad at the Ontario Municipal Board and we should be too. The OMB allowed Royalcliff Developments and Lake Path Holdings to almost double their high rise residential units on a site that was zoned 30 years ago. The land in question is a 9.9 block that fronts on Conestoga Drive ...
Posted by Derek Buttivant
on November 5, 2010
PAM DOUGLAS
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Jun 04, 2010 - 1:57 PM
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Thousands to protest in Heart Lake
Protest time. Thousands are expected to attend a two-hour rally in Heart Lake this Sunday.
Thousands are expected to attend a two-hour rally in Heart Lake this Sunday. Between 2 and 4 p.m., Heart Lake residents will let the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) know just how congested the area will become when a board-approved ...
Posted by Derek Buttivant
on June 4, 2010
Council unanimous: Will fight OMB decision
By PAM DOUGLAS
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May 04, 2010 - 11:04 AM
Brampton City Council was unanimous— the city will appeal the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) decision on a multi-highrise development in Heart Lake. In a vote Wednesday afternoon, councillors confirmed the city will ask for leave to appeal the decision to the Ontario Divisional Court. A judge will determine ...
Posted by Derek Buttivant
on May 12, 2010
By PAM DOUGLAS
More than 1,400 members have joined a Facebook site rallying Heart Lake residents to voice their outrage at the recent Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) approval of a multi-highrise development. Residents are passing around petitions and promoting an email blitz of Brampton MPPs, the provincial minister, and the OMB. They are questioning the democracy of a system in which an unelected ...
Posted by Derek Buttivant
on May 12, 2010
By PETER CRISCIONE
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May 06, 2010 - 3:17 PM
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Hands tied on OMB issue: MPPs
Development site.
Appeal motion coming
The City of Brampton plans to file a Notice of Motion in court by the end of this week asking for leave to appeal the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) approval of a multi-highrise development in Heart Lake. City lawyers will file the motion in the Divisional Court. ...
Posted by Derek Buttivant
on May 12, 2010
By PAM DOUGLAS
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Apr 16, 2010 - 1:16 PM
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OMB approves Heart Lake highrises
It's a go. The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) has approved the controversial construction of six highrise apartment buildings in Heart Lake.
BREAKING NEWS: The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) has approved the controversial construction of six highrise apartment buildings in Heart Lake. “It’s just a complete ...
Posted by Derek Buttivant
on April 23, 2010
Interesting article on Interest rates
Posted by Derek Buttivant
on April 20, 2010
Jeremy Torobin
Ottawa — Globe and Mail Update Published on Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2010 9:10AM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2010 11:44AM EDT
The Bank of Canada kept its benchmark lending rate at an historic low Tuesday, but removed a so-called conditional commitment to stay on hold through the middle of the year, signalling that it could raise interest rates as early as its next ...
Posted by Derek Buttivant
on April 20, 2010
Worst likely behind us / BMO/ Globe and Mail article /dated Feb 26th ,2009
Worst likely behind us: BMO VIRGINIA GALT
Globe and Mail Update
February 26, 2009 at 4:16 PM EST
The Canadian economy is still in decline, but the rate of slippage appears to be moderating and a recovery will likely take hold by the end of this year, Bank of Montreal economist Douglas Porter says in a report Thursday. ...
Posted by Derek Buttivant
on March 11, 2009