It seems this old Canoeing Olympian can still make waves - even across the Atlantic  Come along to ride the waves ...  Henry David Thoreau   “In Wildness is the preservation of the World.” Albert Schweitzer "True peace and fulfillment can only be attained when we recognize the worth and interconnectedness of all beings." Toronto Saturday Star Reddit CBC Radio Canada French CBC Radio Canada Press The Guardian French-German TV Channel Arte – “28 minutes” Medium Canadian Constitution Foundation  –  Episode 46 MONDO Post (Italy) NIEUWSBLAD (Belgium) INsauga.ca Canadian Justice Interview by Christine Van Geyn LAWN RAGE – a Case for Change LAWN RAGE II – Someone’s Cutting Our Grass! To follow the progress (and setbacks  ) in my case currently filed with the Ontario Court of Appeal, see the public case documents at:  RUCK v MISSISSAUGA A GoFundMe  campaign to cover legal expenses has been set up at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fight-mississaugas-tall-grass-weeds-bylaw Thank you for y

As Mississaugans prepare to cast their ballots in tomorrow’s too-close-to-call Mayoral Election, here are some points to ponder: 1. In 2021, Councillor Dasko turned 180 degrees back on his 2018 pre-election promise to follow-through on a key element in the City of Mississauga’s Cycling Master Plan to install a CONNECTED, CONVENIENT, COMFORTABLE and SAFE Foot-Bike Bridge connecting SE Lakeview-Mississauga to Toronto’s spectacular Etobicoke Creek Trail – a project approved by a unanimous Council vote in 2018, financed and scheduled for construction in 2019. 2. While Councillor Dasko rightly criticized Doug Ford’s dictatorial “with the stroke of the pen” Ministerial Zoning Order (MZO) issued for developments planned and under construction in Lakeview-Mississauga, Stephen Dasko himself stopped the work-in-progress Orchard Heights Park Foot-Bike Bridge by a single email to Mississauga Parks Management Staff - a dictatorial move in all but name – which caters to a minority of Orchard Heights

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Global Warming and Biodiversity Decline are existential threats facing Humankind and all life on earth. The survival of current and future generations of Homo Sapiens hinges on people changing traditional ways of thinking and living. However, resistance to change is endemic at every level in international, national, provincial, regional and local organizations. LAWN RAGE II – Someone’s Cutting Our Grass! Is a chilling illustration of how outdated and illegal municipal by-laws discourage wildlife- and pollinator-friendly habitat creation to accommodate "Anonymous" Neighbours’ aesthetic sensibilities. If you agree with this premise, please SIGN & SHARE the Petition at: www.change.org/p/rescind-mississauga-tall-grass-weeds-by-law-125-2017 If you can, please DONATE to help defray legal costs at: www.gofundme.com/f/fight-tall-grass-and-weeds-bylaws Additional information with links to articles, websites and resources are available at: www.orchardheightscommunity.wolfruck

For all who participated in - or missed - Sunday's historic Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition ride from High Park westward to Tom Riley Park, relive the experience virtually in

Below are a couple of screen grabs that illustrate the extent to which the OHHA Facebook Group "Administrators" continue to censor information regarding the Orchard Heights Park Bridge project cancelled by Councillor Dasko in 2021 ... While Councillor Dasko's self-promoting posts and photo-ops are accorded the same unrestricted FB Page real estate as other pressing Orchard Heights issues like Speeding Cars and Trucks, Speed Bumps, Slow Street Pylons, Suspicious Persons and Vehicles, Coyote and Fox sightings, Lost Pets, Lost & Found items, etc., information pertaining to the issue of a 5-years-and-counting deprivation (since Mississauga Council's OH Bridge approval in 2018) of CONNECTED, CONVENIENT, COMFORTABLE and SAFE foot/bike access to the Etobicoke Creek Trail network for commuters, kids, families, fitness buffs and the elderly who want to Walk, Run, Bike and Roll in a car-free natural environment is censored ... For more information, see: OHHA Facebook Group

68% of Ontarians Cycling Occasionally While 3.2 Million Ontarians (22%) Are Daily Cyclists HELLO, Mayor Crombie and Councillor Dasko ??? ... What's with the inordinate delays in fulfilling the much-hyped City of Mississauga’s Pedestrian, Cycling and Active Transportation Master Plans promising CONNECTED, CONVENIENT, COMFORTABLE and SAFE Walking, Biking and Rolling infrastructure for people of all ages and walks of life in our Lakeview-Mississauga community, like the 2010-planned, 2018-approved, designed and 2019 scheduled Bridge connecting Orchard Heights Park to the Etobicoke Creek Trail ??? ... (HAMILTON – May 1, 2023) – The Share the Road Cycling Coalition (The Coalition) Ontario’s cycling advocacy and policy organization today released province-wide polling data at the opening of the 15th annual Ontario Bike Summit. The data outlines that there is a high prevalence of cycling amongst Ontarians, that the majority of Ontarians want to cycle more often, and that increased inve