Good Neighbours Day, the popular community-led, volunteer neighbourhood clean-up program founded in 1992 by former Ward 2 resident, the late Len Lee (1942 – 2023), will return on Saturday April 27th after a five-year hiatus. Starting off with registration and breakfast at 8 a.m. at Hugh Foster Hall, located beside Town Hall, volunteers will be […]
The Town of Milton will request the Province of Ontario to install sound barriers along Highway 401 where there are residential neighbourhoods adjacent to North America’s busiest superhighway as a result of a motion brought before Milton Council to consider same by Ward 2 Local Councillor John Challinor II. Mr. Challinor’s motion was seconded by […]
Existing school crossings and pedestrian crossovers were reviewed by Town staff in late 2023, following a request by Town of Milton Ward 2 Local Councillor John Challinor II, which was supported unanimously by Milton Council, and are being upgraded throughout the community, based on traffic counts. All future school crossings and pedestrian crossovers will be […]
Town of Milton Ward 2 Local Councillor John Challinor II has garnered the support of Milton Council in his efforts to get the Province of Ontario to formally acknowledge Milton’s existence at all of the Highway 401 interchanges that take motorists into Canada’s fastest growing community. His motion was seconded by Ward 1 Regional Councillor […]
Milton Council formally banned the distribution, sale and discharge of consumer fireworks across the community, as of December 2023. Fireworks displays celebrating such activities as Chinese Lunar New Year, Victoria Day, Canada Day and Diwali will be permitted if they occur at a venue approved by the Town of Milton, if the setting off of […]
During the late summer, Town of Milton Ward 2 Local Councillor John Challinor II had discussed the need with senior Town staff to adopt multi-year operational budget planning as well as consider participation by Milton Council in regular financially-focused workshops. Councillor Challinor and Town of Milton Ward 1 Local Councillor Kristina Tesser Derksen had successfully […]
Town of Milton staff will provide Milton Council with a bylaw later this year that bans the sale, distribution and letting off of consumer fireworks in Milton, as a result of a related motion brought forward to Town Hall by Ward 2 Local Councillor John Challinor II.The motion was seconded by Ward 2 Regional and […]
Toronto International Airport is at 86 percent of its pre-COVID-19 pandemic flight volumes and no major runway maintenance is scheduled this summer, so the skies over Milton will continue to be somewhat quieter. However, citizen complaints were ahead of pre-pandemic levels, likely reflecting major runway rehabilitation work undertaken by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) […]
What follows are the Top Ten complaints I have received over the last nine months since being re-elected as your Local Councillor. Let’s work on all of them together in the months to come with a view to eliminating them and creating a better place for all of us to live, work and play: Challenge: […]
Given that an up-to-date property tax assessment system is critical to ensuring that the province of Ontario remains competitive and local municipal services and education are properly funded, Ward 2 Local Councillor John Challinor II has asked the Government of Ontario to request the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) to undertake an update. Mr. Challinor’s […]