Air Quality
Happy Earth Day and Community Clean-up Thank you
Sincere thanks and appreciation to the neighbourhood volunteers who came out last Saturday, April 18 to clean the litter from our trails, parks and public walkways. It was not the best weather but the rain did hold off and 18 bags of trash were collected. A clean,...
JCRA Granted Participant Status at Ontario Land Tribunal hearings on WCB Warehouses
We are very pleased to have been granted Participant status at these hearings. The property owners filed appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) earlier this year arguing that they have met the conditions of the site plan approval, including the Ultimate Operating...
JCRA 2024 Annual Meeting and 50th Anniversary Presentation
Thank you to the more than 100 residents who joined JCRA for our 50th Anniversary commemoration and 2024 AGM. Also thank you to past directors who joined us and to our Ward 3 Councillors: Janet Haslett-Theall and Dave Gittings for attending and for your comprehensive...
Ashgrove Cement New Provincially Mandated Emissions Standards
Ashgrove Cement is requesting the Ontario Ministry of the Environment grant them an extension of ten years to achieve the province's new emissions benchmark for SO2 and NOx ground-level concentrations. JCRA attended a community meeting at the plant facility in...
REMINDER: JCRA 2024 AGM and 50th Anniversary Tuesday, April 16, 7:00 – 8:30 pm, Maple Grove United Church
Reminder to join JCRA's 50th Anniversary Celebration and 2024 AGM to learn about your community. Doors open at 6:30 pm and Town staff from the Parks and Rec and Home to Hub transit departments will be there to provide information about their programs. You can view...
Winston Churchill Warehouses – Update on Site Plan Applications approval process
In November 2023, JCRA undertook extensive analysis of the most recent 560 WCB SPA submission as required by Town Council's June 2022 condition for site plan approval: “The Owner shall evaluate the ultimate operating condition of the site, based on full build-out,...
Summary of Air Quality Concerns in Clarkson Airshed November 2023
https://joshuacreek.org/wp-content/uploads/Clarkson-Air-Quality-Presentation-MPP-Crawford-October-November-2023.pdf Earlier this month JCRA Board member Brian Mounce met with Oakville's MPP Stephen Crawford to present the air quality concerns of residents living...
JCRA Feedback on recent 560 Winston Churchill Blvd Site Plan Application
JCRA has recently reviewed the revised site plan documents submitted by 560 WCB earlier this fall. These newest documents were intended to determine traffic, noise and emissions levels for full capacity utlization of the site, as well determine the combined levels...
Local Gas-powered Leaf Blowers Petition
A petition to replace gas-powered leaf blowers in Oakville with electric models as a way to reduce emissions and noise levels has been started by an Oakville member of GASP4change (Grandmothers Act To Save the Planet). Any interested JCRA residents can find more...
Video of Winston Churchill Proposed Warehouses shows us the negative impacts on the neighbourhood
Please watch this video created by Claremont resident and JCRA Board member Brian Mounce to understand the extent of the negative impacts on the neighbourhood from these mega warehouses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSr3yOVl2Z0&t=13s