House im looking at buying just had the town plant a tree out front. Im wondering if I can dig it up and give it back and plant a cherry or peach tree instead? Id pay a fee or whatever.
For the first time ever I emailed somebody from the town about a concern I had, and I gotta say the response i got was great. Last week I emailed Bob kwapis ward councilor and asked for an update on last year's contamination found in fairy lake, I was waiting for an update from the paper but never saw one. 30 min later he responded that he passed my email to the proper authority, then an hour after that I got an email from Isabella from the town.
Through continued investigation we believe we have located the source of this spill, a considerable distance upstream from the outfall located on Cane Pkwy. While investigating all the upstream catch basins in February 2026, we discovered what appeared to be motor oil in the catch basin located at 71 Beswick Cres. and evidence indicated it had been dumped through the lid multiple times. We took immediate steps to clean the CB and the storm sewer from Beswick to the outfall on Cane Pkwy by flushing the sewer with high pressure water and capturing the effluent at the outfall.
We also immediately canvassed the area near 71 Beswick, going door to door to inform the local residents of the ongoing spill and advise the residents that illegal dumping is harmful to the environment and carries severe penalties upon conviction. We also encouraged all residents to report any activities that they witness related to illegal dumping to us or the Spills Action Center (MECP) asap.
Without definite evidence pointing to a specific resident, our Supervisor spoke with several residents on Beswick Drive, explaining the severity of oil spills in the natural environment, educating them that the catch basin discharges to the natural environment without any treatment, and informed them we have completed extensive cleanup efforts in the area and we will continue to monitor the area going forward. Additionally, we engaged the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) enforcement branch and asked them for assistance.
As we were unable to provide the MECP with definitive source of the spill, the MECP recently issued the attached letter to several residents on Beswick Dr., informing them of the impact of illegal dumping.
Currently we are monitoring the site on a weekly basis, and we have not found any new evidence that the spill is continuing. It should be noted, that after a rainfall event, a small trace of an oily substance may appear, this is normal as some residual product will still be present in the sewer. For this reason, we will continue to have “containment booms” near the outfall and clean up and monitoring will continue as needed.”
I recently played this game where you learn all the countries and where they are. Im wondering if theres a game where I can learn countries and capitals and bonus the biggest river too.
Thanks
Here's a link to the game
https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/how-many-countries-can-you-name
As you can see it's super simple. I dont need anything fancy... thanks again.
I was held back twice in grade 3 and 4, I was a dumb kid but I turned it around later in school and was a good student. Now they dont hold kids back anymore, apparently its not good for them. Just curious what you guys do with these kids.
Hello everyone. I like trains and travel constantly from Ottawa to Toronto, I would love to use this new train and would often. But im having a hard time understanding the reason why we are building it now.
I hear things like, emissions, economy, connectivity etc..
but from an economic perspective this seems not optimal especially with our deficits. 90b for something that alto thinks will bring in 100b over 40 years, that won't come close to covering costs. And I onow public transit always runs at a loss, I get that. But if this money was spent on money making projects that the crown could hold like rail and port infrastructure, that would boost our economy much higher $ for $.
Emissions, if i calculate emmisions savings by cost if project then it comes out to 1800$ per ton. Green energy projects across the country would be much cheaper to reduce emissions or better local transit.
Connectivity, I think it wins here but is it optimal, would better local public transit infrastructure spread throughout the country would help more people.
I just dont see the reason why this is important especially now during these trying times. It seems like alto isn't optimal and tackling the issues it hopes to fix. I get that us sexy and a big national (regional) project that will benefit generations but im not sure its better than alternatives. We dont have infinite money, should it not be spent more wisely?
What are some solid new rock bands from the city? I was going through some old CDs!! Today and noticed how many I had from early 2000s toronto rock bands, seems like we had a great run there. I dont listen to the radio anymore and im not up to date on who's new and hot right now.
Thanks