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Ottawa council delays new green-building standard to wait for province

The City of Ottawa will wait to ensure builders make new developments more energy efficient, as councillors voted to press pause on implementing new municipal green-building standards.

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Protesters decry tree cutting on Tewin lands, which city has deemed permissible

Protesters decry tree cutting on Tewin lands, which city has deemed permissible
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Protesters decry tree cutting on Tewin lands, which city has deemed permissible

"There s lots of laws, lots of regulations . but somehow there s a little bit of a Swiss cheese thing."

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City bylaw should prevent tree massacres, advocate says

A longtime advocate for Ottawa's greenspaces says the city's new tree protection bylaw appears to have failed one of its first big tests, now that Tewin partners have been allowed to resume cutting on a swath of land in the rural southeast end.

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Tewin owners get city exemption to clear cut for farming

Tree cutting is expected to resume on a huge, partially clearcut parcel in rural south-east Ottawa, after city staff determined that the partners behind the future suburb of Tewin did not require a tree permit because they say they intend to farm the property.

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