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 have commented earlier I am very supportive of developing these standards.  At this time we do not have legislative authority to...

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 extension of the provincial declaration of emergency allows Ontario to continue to enforce current emergency orders, such as the...

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 mains in the villages.  Yard waste pick,which has already begun, will continue.  But our annual  promotion of a community and neighbour...

​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 together this guide; all levels are wanting to help but each level does have very specific responsibilities. .