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Landowner Voices
The Ontario Landowners Association is pleased to announce our new online publication “Landowner Voices”. The first edition is scheduled to be published in September 2019. Some facts about the new Landowner Voices: Its free! It will feature articles and stories…
Conservation Authorities asked to wind down activities outside their mandate by Shirley Dolan
This week, we had terrific news coming from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Maybe you heard about it: MPP Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks sent a letter to all Conservation Authorities asking them to “wind…
OSPCA Act Appeal Hearing – October 1, 2019
We’re almost there! You may recall that we filed a Notice of Application starting a Charter Challenge of the OSPCA Act in October 2013. This resulted in a five and a half-year process that produced a favourable decision for us,…
Saugeen Antique Power and Steam Show by Bob Weirmeir
On August 24th and 25th Saugeen Antique Power Association held their 25th anniversary at Cedar Rail Campgrounds in Scone, Ont. A Robert Bell steam engine, on loan from Grey Roots museum was there in all its glory. After a two-hour…
OLA Press Release by Jeff Bogaerts, President
Please read and share the OLA’s press release on Minister Yurek’s letter to the Conservation Authorities. Download the Press Release.
Hazard Mapping in Ottawa by Shirley Dolan
On April 5, 2019, the Ontario government posted a proposal on their Environmental Registry website called “Focusing conservation authority development permits on the protection of people and property”. The title was encouraging, and some might have been persuaded that…
No, Virginia, World Wildlife Fund is No Saint by Kathleen Marquardt
Recently Tom DeWeese, President of American Policy Center, has been writing articles about the Green New Deal and the attack on ranchers, here, here, and here. His articles have garnered tremendous response. I am the one who responds to the emails sent to…
The internationally based plan behind Natural Heritage Plans by John Schwartzentruber
The room grew silent, rather like the air had just been sucked out of it. It was a very uncharacteristic type of quiet for a bunch of farmers who had been quite vocal about every other issue tackled at a…
Animal Activists – Not Your Friends by Marlene Black
I have a beef with animal activists. By animal activists I don’t mean animal lovers. Many of us fall into that category but these activists stand alone. They are not animal lovers and I don’t think they have a clue…