by XPolice | Oct 8, 2019 | Brant County, News
Brantford Coun. Jan Vanderstelt doesn’t want drivers to be blinded by the light. So, he’s asking the city to develop regulations about digital and electronic advertising signs that are becoming more popular in the city. “We’ve seen a number of digital signs pop up in...
by XPolice | Jun 11, 2018 | News, Toronto & Area
Sometimes, the boss has to get involved to resolve a problem, even something as simple as cutting a patch of grass. The Toronto Star reported yesterday on a city order to 91-year-old Remo Michelini and his 88-year-old wife, Lina, to cut the grass within seven days on...
by XPolice | Mar 14, 2018 | Driving Concerns, Ottawa & Area
Ottawa police wrote 148 tickets in 2017 under a city bylaw that targets aggressive tow truck drivers, adding to the hundreds of other violations recorded in the previous two years. The city’s only enforcement tool against pushy tow operators is a bylaw provision that...
by XPolice | Jan 26, 2017 | Burlington & Area, Driving Concerns, Halton Region, News
Council approves bylaw on two-year trial basis Burlington city council passed a bylaw during its Monday (Jan. 23) meeting restricting driving school instruction in certain areas for a two-year trial period. The bylaw, recommended by staff during a Jan. 9 Committee of...
by XPolice | Dec 7, 2016 | Driving Concerns, News
A couple $300 parking tickets nearly killed Orangeville’s ability to enforce its accessible parking laws altogether, but town hall has dodged that bullet in court. Faced with a judge’s ruling declaring its accessible parking rules “invalid,” the town managed to...