Air Quality
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
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
46 electric vehicle charging stations coming soon to Oakville! Oakville is creating a community-wide network of electric vehicle charging stations to encourage more people to use electric vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Learn more:...
Air Quality Update July 2015
Posted July 23, 2015 The Ontario government has now filed Ontario Regulation 79/15 – Alternative Low Carbon Fuels and O. Reg. 80/15 (Amending O. Reg. 681/94 (Classification of Proposals for Instruments)). The regulations create a new regulatory approvals pathway to...