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Background As many may recall, during the last term of Council, the City began a process to develop a new Solid Waste Master Plan. The plan is designed to guide how we manage solid waste over the next 30 years. A key component of the plan is to address the fact that...

A permit is required in order to light a fire on private property; this includes having a backyard fire or using a large fire pit. Population density and average lot size criteria were considered in the determination of the areas in which open air fires are permitted....

The City owns over 330,000 street and park trees and works hard to keep them healthy. The City will only prune trees on City property, such as the City owned portion of the roadway, in front and at the side of residential lots and City parks. How you can help: Water...

Beginning this week, a Forestry Services’ contractor will be completing tree planting within Windsor Park at 3560 Wyman Place. Workers will be planting approximately 800 trees within the woodlot on the west side of the park, an area that was heavily impacted by the...

Better South Keys Centre will be hosting an upcoming event that they have asked us to share with the community! Take part in a cleanup of Sawmill Creek at South Keys Centre! The clean-up will take place on Saturday April 29 from 9AM-12PM to clean up garbage in the...

Roads and sidewalks The Significant Weather Event (SWE) declared yesterday afternoon remains in effect. The City’s crews have been out nonstop treating sidewalks, roads and the winter cycling network. Where necessary, ice on sidewalks has been scraped down and...