Municipal Bylaws

• Want to play in the street? Kids in small Quebec town need paperwork to do so

  A bylaw passed last September authorizes free play zones on residential streets as long as children acquire the signatures of at least two-thirds of households on the street.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2024
  
• Montreal municipality cracking down on dog owners, says fines ‘going to sting’

  The City of Westmount will be laying down the law and tightening the rules for dog owners, ratcheting up its enforcement of pet registrations and leashing rules.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2024
  
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• City of Mississauga mask bylaw remains in place even as provincial mandate lifts

  City of Mississauga issued a reminder that masks still need to be worn in indoor public settings until it reviews the bylaw in city council even as the provincial mandate lifts.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2022
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• Peterborough resident takes city to task over plan to shorten driveway

  Peterborough resident wants to stop the city from putting a sidewalk in front of her home. The sidewalk would cut off part of her driveway, making it too short for her truck.

  Canada

  Aug 3, 2017
• Campus camping clampdown: MRU student told to move her van

  It looks like a Mount Royal University student’s unique living arrangement will be coming to an end soon.

  Feb 9, 2017
• Unlike rest of Canada, Quebec allows public security officers to carry batons, use force

  For 28 years as a public security officer in the affluent town of Hampstead, Que., Michael Huculak says he has never had to use his weapon.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2016
• Do you have a permit for that garage sale?

  Brighton residents are riled over new bylaws requiring anyone who wants to sell items at a garage sale to have a permit.

  Jul 5, 2013