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Waterloo Region, ON
Cambridge is replacing the playground at Forbes Park and wants your input on the design. The city is focusing on safety, accessibility, and fun for all ages. This is your chance to help shape a space where local kids and families will play for years...
Why This Matters: Live near Forbes Park? Have kids who play there? This playground renewal will shape where your family spends time outdoors. The design choices made now—what equipment gets installed, how accessible it is, what age groups it serves—will affect the neighbourhood for years.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
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Saskatoon, SK
A developer wants to build more housing units on a corner lot at 133 108th Street West in Saskatoon's Sutherland neighbourhood. Right now, the property only allows up to four units. The proposed rezoning would permit medium-density development like...
Why This Matters: Live near this corner of 108th Street and Egbert Avenue? This could change what gets built next door. More units could mean more neighbours, more cars, and a different feel for the block. If you're looking for housing in Sutherland, it could also mean more options.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
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Saskatoon, SK
A developer wants to rezone a property in Saskatoon's Varsity View neighbourhood from institutional to mixed-use. The goal? Combine it with two neighbouring properties to build medium-density housing or commercial space along the future bus rapid...
Why This Matters: Live in Varsity View or near College Drive? This could change what gets built next door. The rezoning would allow taller buildings with apartments, shops, or offices. It's part of Saskatoon's push to add housing along transit routes.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Transportation
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Iqaluit, NU
Iqaluit is creating new industrial lots in the West 40 area to address a shortage of land for local businesses. The city wants input on lot pricing, payment terms, and how to prevent land speculation. Traditional knowledge from local hunters and dog...
Why This Matters: Run a business in Iqaluit? There's not enough industrial land to go around. This subdivision could finally give local entrepreneurs room to grow. The city is also asking how to keep speculators from snapping up lots and sitting on them.
Community Planning
Economy & Jobs
Housing & Communities
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Waterloo Region, ON
The City of Waterloo is rebuilding Union Street East between King Street South and Moore Avenue South. The project replaces aging watermains, sewers, sidewalks, curbs, and asphalt. Water and sewer connections to properties will also be replaced up...
Why This Matters: Live on or near Union Street East? Your street will be under construction for two years. Expect detours, noise, and temporary service disruptions. The upside? New pipes mean fewer water main breaks and better drainage for years to come.
Community Planning
Housing & Communities
Transportation
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Waterloo Region, ON
The City of Waterloo has developed a plan called Get READI to make the city more inclusive. It focuses on reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, equitable access to resources, accessible buildings and programs, diverse staff and leadership, and...
Why This Matters: Live in Waterloo? This plan affects how you access city programs and services. If you've ever felt excluded from community activities or found city buildings hard to navigate, this is about making things better. The city wants to hear from you again soon on how it's going.
Policy & Studies
Housing & Communities
Justice & Rights
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (NT)
The Northwest Territories is creating its first-ever mineral resources legislation. This third engagement focuses on two key areas: establishing a Mineral Rights Review Board and transitioning existing mining claims to the new system. The GNWT wants...
Why This Matters: Work in mining or exploration in the NWT? These rules will govern how mineral rights are reviewed and disputed. If you hold existing mineral claims, this determines how they'll be converted to the new system. Northern communities will see how mining decisions get made going forward.
Regulations & Permits
Economy & Jobs
Natural Resources
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (NT)
The NWT government is developing regulations for its new Mineral Resources Act. This part focuses on benefit agreements and socio-economic policies for mining projects. They want your input on how mining companies should share benefits with...
Why This Matters: Live in the NWT? Mining is a major employer and economic driver. These rules will determine what benefits flow to your community from mining projects. Indigenous communities especially have a stake in how benefit agreements are structured.
Regulations & Permits
Economy & Jobs
Indigenous & Northern
Natural Resources
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Saskatoon, SK
Saskatoon is redesigning its entire bus network to work with the new Link rapid transit system. The city wants to know what matters most to you: fewer transfers, shorter wait times, or closer bus stops. Right now, routes focus on coverage—reaching...
Why This Matters: Take the bus in Saskatoon? This will change your daily commute. You might walk farther to a stop, but wait less for a bus. Off-peak riders could finally get reliable service outside rush hour. The trade-offs affect everyone differently—students, shift workers, seniors.
Community Planning
Transportation
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Municipal Affairs (AB)
Alberta is reviewing how it calculates property taxes for pipelines, power plants, railways, telecom towers, and industrial equipment. These properties rarely sell on the open market, so the government sets special rules to value them. The goal...
Why This Matters: Live in a small Alberta town? Your municipal services depend on property taxes from pipelines and power lines running through your area. If these assessments change, your town's budget could shift. For energy workers, this affects the companies you work for and their operating costs.
Regulations & Permits
Economy & Jobs
Finance & Consumer
Natural Resources
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Government of Alberta (AB)
Alberta passed two new laws in December 2024: one requiring government bodies to protect your personal information, and another making it easier to get information from government. Now they're writing the detailed rules. The catch? This engagement...
Why This Matters: Ever tried to get information from the Alberta government? These rules will determine how easy—or hard—that process is. The privacy law affects how government handles your health records, tax info, and other personal data. If you care about government transparency or data protection, this shapes...
Regulations & Permits
Justice & Rights
Technology & Digital
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Government of Alberta (AB)
Alberta wants to create a new law defining what can be called 'Alberta Whisky.' The government is asking distillers, farmers, and tourism groups what rules should apply—things like minimum aging time, where it must be distilled, and what ingredients...
Why This Matters: If you enjoy Alberta-made spirits, this could mean clearer labels and quality guarantees. Local distillers and grain farmers have a stake in how strict the rules are. Tourism operators see potential to market Alberta whisky like Scotland does Scotch.
Legislation
Agriculture & Food
Economy & Jobs
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Federal)
Open until March 31, 2026
Whitby Harbour's bottom is contaminated with dioxins and furans—chemicals that can build up in fish and potentially harm people who eat them. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is dredging about 120,000 cubic metres of contaminated mud and sand to reduce...
Why This Matters: Fish from Whitby Harbour? You might want to think twice. The sediment contains chemicals that accumulate in fish tissue. If you boat, swim, or walk the Waterfront Trail here, this cleanup affects your backyard. The marina and yacht club stay open during work, but expect some disruption through 2026.
Environmental Assessment
Environment & Climate
Health & Safety
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Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (ON)
Battleshield North-West Limited wants to build stormwater management facilities for a new warehouse at an emergency vehicle assembly plant in Russell Township. The system would include a dry pond and stormceptor to treat runoff before it flows into...
Why This Matters: Live near 333 Corduroy Road in Russell Township? This affects your neighbourhood. The new warehouse will add paved surfaces that increase runoff. How that water is managed matters for local drainage and the South Nation watershed.
Regulations & Permits
Environment & Climate
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Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (ON)
Procter & Gamble wants to expand its Belleville facility with a new building and parking lots. To manage rainwater runoff from these additions, they need to amend their existing environmental permit. The plan includes a new dry pond and drainage...
Why This Matters: Live near the Procter & Gamble site on University Avenue? This expansion could affect local drainage patterns. The new stormwater controls are designed to prevent flooding and filter runoff before it reaches local waterways.
Regulations & Permits
Environment & Climate
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Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (ON)
A Christian high school near Cambridge wants to install a new septic system. The proposed underground sewage works would handle about 18,000 litres per day. The Ministry is reviewing whether to approve the system and what monitoring requirements to...
Why This Matters: Live near Spitzig Road in Breslau? This sewage system will be installed in your neighbourhood. If you rely on well water nearby, you may want to know how the Ministry plans to protect groundwater. Parents of students at Woodland Christian High School might also be interested.
Regulations & Permits
Education
Environment & Climate