A Walk in the Woods – with a Twist of Lyme (read this before venturing outdoors this spring) By Ewa Milewska Early in June 2005 one of the very first really warm spring days arrived in Tiny Township. I could finally wear just sandals on bare feet, shorts and a [more]
Dump Site Musings By Christine Dow I have been thinking about an article by Martin Mittelstaedt that appeared in the Globe and Mail on Saturday, December 16th, 2006 entitled “Earth’s cleanest water creates thorny issue.” The sub-title, “In Tiny Township a precious resource faces threat from proposed garbage dump” generated [more]
Report on Council MUNICIPAL ELECTION: Of Tiny’s 19,491 electors, only 28.2% of non-residents and 42.5% of residents cast valid votes, 34% overall. 1,218 ballots were spoiled, primarily because voters failed to include a Voter Declaration Form. Fortunately the outcome of the election was not affected. Here are the official results: Mayor [more]
OMB Hearing into Trailer Park Proposal Takes Surprising Turn On 1 May, the trailer park proposed for the brow of the Nipissing Ridge south of Concession Road 3, ran into unanticipated difficulties. The development proposal was before the Ontario Municipal Board because the proponent, Dr. Donald Stubbs, had appealed the [more]
Good News from the 2006 Full Shore Water Sampling Program! The analysis results for the 1,492 samples taken during the nine weeks of the summer of 2006 along the entire shore of Tiny Township and Farlain Lake suggest that water quality is better than it was in 2001, the year [more]
Off the Grid – Is Now the Time? By Jack Ellis Off-Grid by Choice During the last big storm, Roger Priddle on Cawaja Beach got a call from a friend. “The power is out all over the area!” the friend exclaimed. At first, Roger assumed his friend was just joking [more]
Bill 198 – Will It Drive Georgian Bay Water Levels Even Lower? By Judith Grant Recently, the Ontario government introduced Bill 198, the basis for the legislation needed to support the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Sustainable Water Resources Agreement among Ontario, Quebec and the eight American Great Lakes states. Bill 198 [more]
The President’s Message By Judith Grant Welcome back to beautiful Tiny Township and another pleasant summer at the cottage. We have some temptations that might entice you away from the shore. Take a look at the calendar of Events or read the article about Wyebridge and go exploring. As you’ll [more]
REPORT ON COUNCIL April 30, 2007 Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:00 am – 3:37 p.m. Regular Evening Meeting: 7 p.m. – 7:27 p.m. All Members of Council present. CONFIDENTIAL / CLOSED SESSION: 2:50 p.m. – 3:37 p.m. MEMBERS NEEDED FOR NEW TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY RECREATION COMMITTEE: The Township is advertising seven citizen positions [more]
The Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations