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A Midland-area marine contractor was convicted for a third time for unlawfully occupying Crown land with his floating cottage after the Ontario courts have concluded that the public right of ...
Floating homes designated as vessels are making waves in cottage country. Photo by Live on the Bay This story was originally published on May 20, 2023.
Premier Doug Ford's government is slapping restrictions on floating homes, the converted shipping containers that have triggered controversy in Ontario's cottage country, CBC News has learned.
Anchored at the Severn marina in southern Ontario's cottage country are two 53-foot-long shipping containers. They're the home of Joe Nimens — and the model for the year-round floating cottages he'd ...
Ontario moves to ban 'ugly' floating homes after controversy in cottage country But a manufacturer of these floating homes insists these structures qualify as boats. 'I designed them to navigate ...
The Doug Ford government is aiming to slap restrictions on floating homes that are provoking controversy in Ontario's cottage country. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry cites "an increase ...