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New research suggests an Ottawa-area freshwater turtle is under threat of extinction within the next few years due to the mass urban growth near its habitat in Kanata’s South March Highlands.
Some critics say the city isn't doing enough to get replacement trees in the ground a year after a derecho windstorm destroyed thousands of trees across Ottawa, and after Mayor Mark Sutcliffe campaigned on a promise to plant a million in his term.
Ottawa's amalgamation has been a boon for developers and a bane for those who love natural green spaces like forests and wetlands.
"There's lots of laws, lots of regulations ... but somehow there's a little bit of a Swiss cheese thing."
A longtime advocate for Ottawa's greenspaces says the city's new tree protection bylaw appears to have failed one of its first big tests, now that Tewin partners have been allowed to resume cutting on a swath of land in the rural southeast end.