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A Tribute to the Honourable Peter H. Howden

  • April 18, 2012
  • Sharmarkay Hersi

On Thursday, June 16, 2011, 50 members of the Municipal Law Bar gathered at The Albany Club to pay tribute to The Honourable Peter H. Howden, last year’s winner of the Ontario Bar Association Municipal Law Section’s Award for Excellence in Municipal Law.

When is an "Employment Area" not an "employment area"?

  • February 01, 2010
  • Mark R. Flowers

The title above is not a rhetorical question. Rather, this is a question that recently faced the Ontario Municipal Board in Dorsay Investments Limited and 1666500 Ontario Inc. v. City of Toronto (OMB Case No. PL070048), a case involving a proposed redesignation of lands designated for employment uses to allow a mixed-use development containing a substantial residential component.

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