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The City of Kingston’s Environment, Infrastructure and Transportation policies committee voted unanimously on Tuesday evening in support of the Green Standard…
Article content The Standard-Freeholder reported earlier this month the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA) had invested more than $90,000 in order to create the Akwesasne Healing Centre, a homeless shelter and healing centre located at the Care Centre. Despite being nearly ready to welcome its first visitors, the 11,000-square-foot shelter had to remain locked due to not receiving the proper permits from the City of Cornwall. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Akwesasne Healing Centre still waiting on Care Centre to close permits Back to video “Th...
Published Tuesday, July 20, 2021 6:31PM EDT A local politician in Barrie, Ont., says she'd like to see all new properties in the province better secured against tornadoes after a twister caused severe damage to homes in the city last week. Coun. Natalie Harris says having hurricane straps installed in all roofs would help prevent them from being ripped off buildings during severe weather. She says she plans to put forward a motion at a council meeting next month that would have the city propose improvements to the Ontario Building Code to better protect buildings against sev...
TORONTO, ONT. -- A local politician in Barrie, Ont., says she'd like to see all new properties in the province better secured against tornadoes after a twister caused severe damage to homes in the city last week. Coun. Natalie Harris says having hurricane straps installed in all roofs would help prevent them from being ripped off buildings during severe weather. She says she plans to put forward a motion at a council meeting next month that would have the city propose improvements to the Ontario Building Code to better protect buildings against severe winds. Harris says she also wants...
A tiny house built by youths as part of an employment-training program is without a home because it fails to meet municipal building inspection requirements.