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By Tom Black I hope you and yours are well and able to enjoy your family and friends as we start into 2014. For the OLA, 2013 was a very busy year and for the most part, we on the…

By Mallory McClinchey Like many Canadian families around the holidays, I was sitting around a table surrounded by members of my family. The conversation flowed along with the wine pouring into our glasses. It was 2010, and Mr. Ackerman, a…

By Elizabeth Marshall Throughout Canada people are unaware that our banking information is being sent to an entity called FINTRAC (“FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND REPORTS ANALYSIS CENTRE OF CANADA”). This entity was created in 2001, and FINTRAC’s mandate is to receive,…

I look out the front window of my home and across the road I see a herd of beef cattle. I look out off my back porch and I see corn and soybean fields. I look down at my feet…

This article is republished from the Landowner magazine. My war with the beavers started peaceably enough. “Shoo beavers, shoo,” I admonished as they built their first dam at the edge of our property. As the waters backed up behind their…

Remembrance Day this past month, was again a time to give thanks and a time to reflect on what it means to “serve our country”, to “fight for our country” and to “die for our country”. Those soldiers who witnessed…

Since the time when modern mankind decided to build permanent dwellings in close proximity to his neighbours, as in cities or towns, we have continually been devising rules by which we interact. Obviously we need some planning and structure or…

The Carleton Landowners Association (CLA) is planning a Property Rights Seminar to be held in conjunction with their Annual General Meeting. “We wanted to do something a bit different this year”, said Shirley Dolan, President of the CLA. “Our AGMs…

From Australia comes a story about a Senator who considers Crown Land Patents important documents that guarantee property rights. According to Wikipedia, Len Harris, a self-employed businessman and gold miner, was a Senator for Queensland from July 2, 1999 to…

This year, the Ontario Landowners held a series of Municipal Law Seminars designed to share our findings regarding private property and municipal responsibilities and limitations. The first in the series was organized by Donna Burns, President of the Renfrew &…