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OLA Meeting in Cobourg a Success

We didn’t know what to expect on Saturday at our first Spring Directors’ Meeting in three years. Our last meeting was in 2019, also at the Cobourg Legion. On Saturday, our guests arrived at a brand-new building with ground floor…

Property Deeds Update with Len Harris

Those of you who attended some of our OLA meetings a few years ago, including our 2014 International Property Rights Conference will remember Len Harris, former Senator from Queensland, Australia. Len was a popular guest speaker. Recently, Len has been…

The Peasants’ Revolt by Roger Graves

Of all the things that monarchs in the Middle Ages used to fear, the one that truly gave them nightmares was a peasants’ revolt. Invasion by a foreign enemy? No problem, we’ll meet them on the beaches with our army…

Living with COVID-19 by Shirley Dolan

We are entering our third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Ontario, we are in our fourth lockdown presumably so that we do not overwhelm our hospitals. The lockdown applies to vaxxed and unvaxxed alike so one wonders about the…

A Win for Property Rights

Arkadi Bouchelev, Toronto Barrister & Solicitor, writes: “I thought that you might find the recent decision of the Divisional Court in Rudyk v. Halton Region Conservation Authority to be of interest. The Court quashed a conservation authority’s decision to cancel…