Ottawa says “NO” to rural Chickens by Joanne Martin
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…
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Not for the Faint of Heart by Charles Herriot
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…
Marlene’s Story
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…
The Hypocrisy of the By-Law World by Tom Black
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…
Carleton Landowners Association Property Rights Seminar
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…
Australian Story About Crown Land Patents
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…
Educating our Municipal Councils and Staff
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 &…
By-Gone Days by Marlene Black
My first taste of “rural discrimination” began in the school system. Not intentionally I’m sure. The teachers just weren’t used to journals by grade 1 rural farm boys showing guns and dead wolves. The real shocker was his journal picture…
OLA Moves Forward with Application to the Courts
The 2013 OLA annual general meeting, held in Tyrone Ontario was the scene of a major announcement. Kurtis Andrews, a lawyer with Green and Associates Law Offices in Ottawa and guest speaker at the meeting, told the crowd of about…
What will next year have in store for the citizens of this province, this country and the world in general?
Message from Tom Black, OLA President As we near the end of 2013, I wonder what next year will have in store for the citizens of this province, this country and the world in general? Weather extremes, political extremists, religious…