On August 16, 2024, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing filed a Minister's Zoning Order, made pursuant to clause 47(1)(a) of the Planning Act, with the Registrar of Regulations as Ontario Regulation 326/24 in the City of Vaughan. The City of Vaughan requested that the Minister consider making the Zoning Order.
An amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 6656-8RVMES with Limited Operational Flexibility was issued to Evolution Mining Gold Operations Ltd., a gold mining and processing facility located in the Municipality of Red Lake, District of Kenora, Ontario.
An approval was issued to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 8444-AN3KES for the renewal of the Limited Operational Flexibility conditions, for FNX Mining Company Inc., a base metal underground mine located in the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.
December 6, 2018 - January 20, 2019 (45 days) Closed
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Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2019, received Royal Assent on April 3, 2019. This Act is the second bill implementing Ontario’s Open for Business Action Plan to stimulate business investment, create good jobs, and make Ontario more competitive by cutting unnecessary regulations that are inefficient, inflexible or out of date.
An amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (air) No. 8794-8VFJ7B with operational flexibility was issued to FNX Mining Company Inc., an underground mine facility producing copper-nickel ore with recoverable platinum group metals located in the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.
On July 12, 2024, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing filed a Minister's Zoning Order, made pursuant to clause 47(1)(a) of the Planning Act, with the Registrar of Regulations as Ontario Regulation 298/24 in the Town of Newmarket. The Town of Newmarket requested that the Minister consider making the Zoning Order to accelerate dev
Permit to Take Water No. 5086-D5XRRZ was issued to FNX Mining Company Inc. on July, 10, 2024, to renew Permit to Take Water No. 0466-AJ8HRM for water supply and dewatering purposes. Water will be taken from two (2) wells located in Sudbury, Ontario for 10 years.
January 23, 2019 - February 22, 2019 (30 days) Closed
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December 19, 2019 - The 2018 Closure Plan Amendment for the Lac Des Iles Mine was filed with supplemental information on Monday December 16, 2019 by the Director of Mine Rehabilitation with changes addressed in the Closure Plan Amendment.
August 1, 2019 - The Closure Plan Amendment (013-4594) posting period has ended.
The proposed Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve Repeal Act, 2022 was introduced on November 16, 2022 to align with the broader proposed amendments to the Greenbelt and to support Ontario’s goal of building 1.5 million homes over the next decade.
September 16, 2021 - October 16, 2021 (30 days) Closed
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The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-21-000266 to Battle North Gold Corp. for early exploration activities 90 kilometres NW of Wabauskang First Nation Ontario, Bateman Township, District of Kenora, North West Region.
The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-21-000217 to Evolution Mining Gold Operations Ltd. for early exploration activities 90 kilometres north west of Wabauskang First Nation, Ontario, in Skinner Township, District of Kenora, North West Region.
The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-20-000196 to Gold Canyon Resources Inc. for early exploration activities near Red Lake.
Permit to Take Water No. P-300-7269839036 has been issued to Evolution Mining Gold Operations Ltd. for construction dewatering and construction water diversion purposes. Water will be taken from one pond, located in Balmertown, Ontario for two years.
September 15, 2023 - October 30, 2023 (45 days) Closed
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An amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (air and noise) No. 3613-A2KPR7 with Operational Flexibility was issued to Northern Sun Mining Corp., a mill processing nickel, copper, and gold ore located in South Porcupine, Ontario.
January 21, 2025 - February 20, 2025 (30 days) Closed
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On June 20, 2025, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing filed Ontario Regulation (O. Reg.) 126/25. The Minister of Long-Term Care requested that the Minister consider making the Zoning Order.
October 28, 2019 - November 27, 2019 (30 days) Closed
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Bill 132: Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019 is the third in a series of bills through Ontario’s Open for Business Action Plan. The bill introduces new measures to further ease the regulatory burden to help businesses, people, schools, hospitals and municipalities.
A new regulation has been made specifying the circumstances under which the Minister of Natural Resources (“Minister”) may issue an order to make a permitting decision in place of a conservation authority or undertake a review of a conservation authority permitting decision.
A new Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise) was issued to G W Metal Mining Inc., a plastic, steel and e-waste shredding and recycling facility, located in the City of Pembroke, Ontario.
