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HEADS UP !!! Orchard Heights Natural Gardeners

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Repost from CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-monarch-garden-chopped-1.6531311 London She's been growing a garden for monarch butterflies for 2 decades. So why did the city mow it down? Social Sharing Facebook Twitter Email Reddit LinkedIn Susan McKee given $125 bylaw ticket around the time international scientists listed monarchs as endangered Michelle Both   ·  CBC News  ·  Posted: Jul 26, 2022 4:28 AM ET | Last Updated: July 26 Susan McKee says she's been gardening in her yard since moving to her Briscoe Street West home in London, Ont., 20 years ago. (Michelle Both/CBC) Susan McKee returned from her summer vacation earlier this month only to discover that her naturalized pollinator garden — once filled with endangered monarch butterflies and bees — was gone.  "It's all chopped down. Everything's just chopped to the ground," said McKee, who has lived in her Briscoe Street West home in London, Ont., for nearly 20 years.  McKee said neighb
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OHHA FB Group - OH Park Bridge - Post "pending"

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Original Post "Pending OHHA FB admin approval" as at 9:45PM 07.20.2022 As with the Credit River Bridge, it would have been helpful for the OHHA also, to host community meetings (real or virtual) with members of the City of Mississauga Cycling Committee, together with the technical staff responsible for producing the approved 2018 Cycling Master Plan in attendance, to present the OH Park Bridge funded and slated for construction in November 2019, and to address any concerns OH residents may have in relation to the project, PRIOR to conducting the 2021 “Survey” in which 19% of respondents were “unaware” of the bridge and 11% were “unsure” whether or not they “support” the project. Orchard Heights Park - Bridge Survey 2021 https://orchardheights.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Orchard-Heights-Park-Bridge-Survey-Report.pdf Orchard Heights Park - Foot/Bike Bridge - OHHA Survey Issues https://orchardheightscommunity.wolfruck.com/viewtopic.php?t=13 PETITION: Build the approved & f
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Petition: Build the Orchard Heights Park Bridge

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Click to sign and share the petition WOLF RUCK  started this petition to  Bonnie Crombie (City of Mississauga Mayor)  and  2 others Without the long-delayed OH Park Foot/Bike Bridge connection to the Etobicoke Creek Trail, Dixie Road is currently the only direct option for OH residents to walk/run/bike/roll to Lakeshore Road to access Browns Line business & shopping/Trillium Health & Sherway Plaza/Long Branch GO Station/Long Branch TTC/Marie Curtis Park/Eastbound Waterfront Trail to Toronto/Westbound Waterfront Trail to Port Credit, etc. ... An imminent nightmare lies in store for Mississauga residents without access to the promised "Convenient, Connected, Comfortable and Safe" Active Transportation network, due to the inevitable increased traffic volume on Dixie Road travelling to and from thousands of new business and residential units in the high density developments under way at Plan Dixie/Cormack Crescent/Dixie-Lakeshore/Lakeview Village, etc. Click to sign and s
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This Old Canoeing Olympian Can Still Make Waves!

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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
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DEAD END - NO EXIT - Orchard Heights Park

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Ongoing actions by  Orchard Heights NIMBYs  to block the 2018 approved and 2019 scheduled Orchard Heights Park Foot/Bike Bridge from being built include censoring related information posted to the OHHA Facebook Group pages and vandalizing information flyers posted in local public places like Ron Searle Park and Orchard Heights Park. DEAD END - NO EXIT Orchard Heights Park DEAD END - NO EXIT - OH PARK Bridge Flyer Vandalized by ??? Meanwhile, instead of featuring a shared pathway and bridge for Lakeview-Mississauga Walkers, Runners, Bikers and Rollers to access the beautiful Etobicoke Creek Trail connecting to Marie Curtis Park, Lake Ontario and the Waterfront Trail as part of  the CONNECTED, CONVENIENT, COMFORTABLE and SAFE pedestrian/cyclist infrastructure approved in the City of Mississauga's Active Transportation Master Plan, " DEAD END - NO EXIT" Orchard Heights Park continues to be the "private" domain of anonymous Dog Walkers, Car Parkers, Picnickers, Tail
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LAWN RAGE - a Case for Change

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In 1996, the Ontario Court of Justice ruled municipal Tall Grass and Weeds By-Laws to be void, invalid, unenforceable and in contravention of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which guarantees Freedom of Expression [Ref. Bell v. Toronto (City)]. Yet, the City of Mississauga Council "deems tall grass and weeds to be a public nuisance" and continues to enforce its Nuisance Weeds and Tall Grass Control By-Law 125-2017 on homeowner private property based solely on "Anonymous Neighbour Complaints". As Canada's 29th "Bee City”, Mississauga’s stated commitment “to support pollinators and their habitats” and advising homeowners that, "By planting pollinator friendly plants in your garden you can help enhance habitat for insects that pollinate wildflowers and food crops", is self-contradictory virtue signaling when the City's Enforcement Division cites homeowners under By-Law 125-2017 for the wildlife-friendly tall grass and weeds growing on
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