Staying True to Your Roots

It’s Spring, and we’re all finally heading into a very well-deserved summer! There’s an undeniable sense of hope in the air and all around us, and it seems that this year, in particular, that the [...]

Have you ever been startled seeing yourself in a different light? Sometimes things look different than how we perceive them. Dr. Kord Wissmann began his career as a geotechnical consultant, but [...]

Working in a multitude of roles at my firm over the last few years has had its challenges, to say the least., However, I am always thankful for all that I have learned and been exposed to thus [...]

After doing my last Mark’s Message, The Black Swan in the Room, I promised that I’d do my best not to reference Covid in the following edition too much (oops I did it again!).  Seriously though, [...]

By Jacquelyn Stevens, Partner and Certified Environmental Law Specialist by the Law Society of Ontario, with the assistance of Lauren Wortsman, Associate. © Willms & Shier Environmental [...]

With the adjusted start date of the first phase of Ontario’s On-site and Excess Soil Management Regulation (Reg. 406/19) now coming up on January 1, 2021, there are still many questions and quite [...]

Costco opened its new Costco location in Niagara Falls at Pin Oak Drive just last week, on the former location of the Niagara Square Shopping Centre.  This 155,343+-square-foot store is [...]

With the first phase of Ontario’s On-site and Excess Soil Management Regulation (Reg. 406/19) coming up on July 1, 2020, there are a lot of questions and uncertainty within the construction and [...]

Ottawa, Ontario, is the second-fastest-growing city in Canada and has seen a significant population boom in recent years, according to Stats Canada. With its year-over-year increase in [...]

I’m almost literally speechless at how much the landscape of pretty much everything has changed since I did my last Mark’s Message! How quickly this singular extraordinary event has [...]