10
Jan
Ontario (Gaganjot Singh): A Mississauga homeowner has won a legal challenge against the city’s weed control bylaw, with the Ontario Superior Court ruling that parts of the regulation violate the constitutional right to freedom of expression. Wolf Ruck, whose uncut lawn in the Orchard Heights neighbourhood triggered the dispute, successfully argued that the bylaw restricting grass height to 20 centimetres and banning certain plants unjustly limited his ability to express environmental values through natural landscaping. While the court did not award him the $2.46 million in damages he sought, it struck down key provisions of the bylaw as unconstitutional. Ruck…
