What's new on the Hub

The About page and FAQ now spell out the Hub's limits and guardrails: answers should come from retrieved records, show sources, label whose record each source came from, avoid guessing, and name uncertainty when the public record is incomplete. Read the guardrails →

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Two new FAQ answers: what the Hub costs to run, and how it stays up to date. Read the FAQ →

New answer on the Lone Birch sewer cost question, including the 30% concern and what the record can and can't confirm. Browse answers →

Clarified the Bayshore rebuild funding answer so it's no longer confused with the separate Lone Birch connection-cost question. Browse answers →

A resident provided Bylaw 2015.19, which shows Bayshore, Lagoon City, and Brechin each had separate sewer base rates in 2015–2016, later harmonized to a common rate. We had described it as one rate base throughout; that was wrong, and the brief is now corrected. We’ve since confirmed the harmonization took effect January 1, 2017 via Bylaw 2017.10, based on the 2016 Hemson Consulting rate study. Read it →

A persistent local belief is that Ramara merged two separately funded sewage systems and shifted the cost onto everyone. We set out who actually pays for shared wastewater costs and what the record does and doesn't show. Read it →

The wastewater brief now explains how the single shared rate works, why there was no “merger” of the Bayshore and Brechin/Lagoon City systems, and why homes on private well and septic pay none of it — every quote checked against the Township's own pages. Read it →

Added sourced answers on the public Lagoon City Park Beach (and how it differs from the two private beaches), the eight-guest occupancy cap on short-term rentals, and how the new Official Plan treats heritage properties. Browse answers →

Added a Latest from the Township feed — council updates and notices from ramara.ca, newest first and each linked to the official post — plus a free weekly email you can tailor to the topics you care about. See the feed →

Launched The Record, a searchable library of 900-plus public township documents each linked to its source, and Great things about Ramara, a wall celebrating the good happening around the township.

Added a plain-language look at the township budget — the $42.9M operating, capital and reserves picture reconciled — and a public log of the questions we've put to the Township, with replies as they come back. Ramara's Money →

Published full, sourced briefs on wastewater, roads, and the sports dome, plus a court-sourced neutral brief on the Lagoon City shore walls and contempt ruling. Read the briefs →

The Hub went live: ask a question in your own words and get a sourced answer that never guesses, browse everyday answers by topic, see council and ward information, and leave anonymous feedback — or your email — when an answer is missing.