Neighbours must pay their fair share to prune boundary trees
A new case from the Ontario Superior Court has ruled that the costs associated with pruning and maintaining trees growing on property lines should be shared between owners of neighbouring properties, and municipalities must take this principle into account in issuing maintenance orders again…
View the post titled Neighbours must pay their fair share to prune boundary treesAlgonquin Park and the Crown Forest (Un)Sustainability Act
In 1994, Ontario adopted the grandly named Crown Forest Sustainability Act (CFSA). A long, bruising environmental assessment (the Timber Management EA) had shown that we were ravaging Crown forests with a short term focus on extracting the most timber now, damaging the future of the forests …
View the post titled Algonquin Park and the Crown Forest (Un)Sustainability ActRedefining conservation, or waste and duplication?
Redefining Conservation is the Ontario Environmental Commissioner’s annual report for 2009/ 2010. The report is full of good advice on the usual themes, including the chronic shortage of resources for environmental protection, the many ways that our land use planning fails to protect h…
View the post titled Redefining conservation, or waste and duplication?Why can't we protect trees?
Theoretically, some laws are supposed to protect trees, they aren't actually effective in practice.
View the post titled Why can't we protect trees?My neighbour cut down my tree: can I sue?
My neighbour came onto my property and cut down my tree. Can I sue?
View the post titled My neighbour cut down my tree: can I sue?Tree Trimming
Mature trees add beauty and character to any neighbourhood, while providing cool shade in the summer, wildlife habitat and clean air. But trees can also cause tension between neighbours, particularly where they grow across property lines. With the increasingly intense “freak storms” that cli…
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