CHO News

News and Updates

CHO Board members have recently been involved in:

Updating of the Provincial Policy Statements

Francophone initiatives to encourage development of francophone Municipal Heritage Committees

Religious Property Working Group

Information, as it develops, for each of the above will be published in CHOnews along with our usual articles.

Morrish Store and Residence Saved - Read the Article!

The CHO Board of Directors meets regularly in this designated heritage building, which has now been restored, and serves at the Scarborough Archives and Heritage Resource Center

Previous news retained for reference (links may not be active).

November 2008 - Inspired by the Private Member's Bill 'Gravesites of Former Premiers Act' the McGuinty government is honouring recognizing former premiers through the Premiers Gravesites Program.

04/28/05• Bill 60 - An Act to Amend the Ontario Heritage Act assented to April 28, 2005

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Friends of Maple Leaf Gardens has been organized.

The Auditor General's report in 2003 revealed significant deficiencies regarding Canada's heritage stewardship.
- 2007 Auditor General's Status report on progress in heritage stewardship.

The Heritage Resources Centre website at the University of Waterloo has been re-designed.

Changes to the Heritage act via the Government Efficiency Act
The Heritage Property Tax Reduction
Federal Historic Places Initiative

Bill 209, the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002 was passed December 12, 2002. It affects municipally governed cemeteries.

Bill 179 the Government Efficiency Act 2002 received Royal Assent on November 28, 2002