Green Building Standards

A draft of green development standards has been posted on speaking@king.ca.  This follows on a proposal made to Council several months ago; at that meeting Council endorsed the principle of developing the standards and provided comments on the draft presented.  As I...

COVID-19 Updates

On the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health and with the approval of the Ontario legislature, the Ontario government is extending the Declaration of Emergency under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act for a further 28 days until May 12. The...

Spring Cleaning

It seems to be in our DNA to spring clean…even when there is a pandemic.  Here is a summary of what will be done in King.  Happily some of our traditional programs to clean up will proceed, such as street sweeping and the annual spring flushing of our water...

Which Gvt. does what?

​Navigating the different levels of government is difficult in the best of times.  a guide to help Here is a guide to understand exactly which levels of government are responsible for different services during the COVID-19 pandemic.  I am very glad that our Staff put...

Celebrating without being together

We are all so focused on the pandemic; let us not forget to celebrate our important events, our rituals.  Because of the pandemic the way we celebrate will undoubtedly be different in most cases as we are unable to congregate with others.  This reality is particularly...

Important Updates from King and YR

King Recognizing the level of effort and complexity of organzing events of this magnitude, and in consideration of all the best advice from public health officials, the Township is taking to following action: postpone or cancel all public and private events at...