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John Calvin Christian School announces..
Neighbourhood “Everything” Sale
Including household items, gardening, perennials, compost, mulch, etc.
Saturday, May 19th
9:00 am - rain or shine
Upcoming Event - Old University Neighbourhood AGM
Date: Thursday, May 17th
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Harcourt Memorial United Church, Dean Avenue
I happened to be in the right place at the right time this year! I’ve always wanted to see the dam go down behind John McCrae School and I happened to be biking by this Monday at 2:00 pm as the dam was lowered. Very cool - very noisy! I came back around 6:00 pm and the pond was about 80% full. I estimate it takes a full 4-5 hours to completely fill, depending on water volume in the river.
According to the GRCA staff on site, the dam is not for flood control - it is solely for the purpose of providing recreational use of the river. Without the dam, the Speed - Eramosa portion of the river would not be navigable by canoe and they get a lot of pressure every year for the dam to be lowered to kick-off the canoeing season. Makes sense. But it would be nice if the dam could be raised for the OPIRG Speed River Clean-Up.
The Speed River Clean Up this year will be Saturday, June 9th. This is always a great family event!
The Draft By-Law to restrict the use of cosmetic pesticides has passed the committee stage and will come back to full Council at its May 23rd regular meeting. Still lots of time for citizen input or to sign up as delegation if you feel strongly one way or the other.
I get the feeling not a lot of people have read the draft by-law. The media keep calling it a ban. This is creating a lot of fear in the community that the whole city is going to turn into a sea of brown, dead lawns infested with grubs and weeds. This is just not the case. Property owners facing a loss or partial loss of their lawn will have the freedom to take action. But there is no doubt in my mind that vast numbers of homeowners are spraying for no reason. The by-law is designed to offer alternatives.
Read the draft by-law and then add your thoughts here.
