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Retaining our urban forest, for a little while anyway

The mayor, who has in the past professed to be environmentally conscientious, was one of the very few who voted to clear-cut a 42-acre section of land in the west end, Monday. That recommendation was defeated, but it deserves comment.

How wiping out a large area of our already-stressed urban forest, destroying an environment used by urban...



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Wal Mart looks to expand

A month after council was told by a consultant doing a community economic overview that Collingwood had too much retail space for its size, Wal Mart is pitching to expand.

In fact, the analysis said the region already has four...



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I hate to say "I told you so," but...

Remember back in 2007 when the consultant who prepared our commercial review told us this area (our town, our neighbours and our visitors) could easily support another 500-600,000 sq. feet of commercial sprawl development on the west edge of town? And the majority of council nodded their heads in agreement like dashboard bobbin heads?

I...



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