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And take notice that any person or agency may appeal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in respect of this By-law by filing with the Clerk of the Corporation of the City of Waterloo not later than March 31st, 2021, a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the By-law and the reasons in support of the objection, accompanied by a fee of $1,100.00, made payable to the Minister of Finance, as prescribed under the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Act. If you wish to appeal to the Tribunal, a copy of an appeal form is available from the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal website at https://olt.gov.on.ca/tribunals/lpat/forms/appellant-applicant-forms/ An explanation of the purpose and effect of the By-law, describing the lands to which the By-law applies is attached. The complete By-law is available for inspection in the City of Waterloo Clerk's Office during regular business hours. Dated at the City of Waterloo this 11th day of March, 2021. Julie Scott, Acting City Clerk NOTE: i) Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a Zoning By-law to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. A Notice of Appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a Notice of Appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group. ii) No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the By-law was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the Council or, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. EXPLANATORY NOTE By-law No. 2021-016 amends Zoning Bylaw 2018-050 for the lands known municipally as 316 King Street North (the "Lands"). The purpose of the amending by-law is to add a Holding (H) provision to the "Lands", and to restrict development until the applicant submits a detailed Stationary Noise Impact Study to the satisfaction of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. For further information regarding the above matter, please contact the City of Waterloo Integrated Planning and Public Works, 2nd Floor, Waterloo City Centre, Waterloo, Ontario, by calling Rita Szilock at 519-747-8650 or by email at rita.szilock@waterloo.ca KIN G ST N HICKORY ST E HICKO SPR U C E ST ST W R EG IN A S T N P. 519-886-1550 TTY. 1-866-786-3941waterloo.ca It's about trust. Our rela- tionship with our readers is built on transparency, hon- esty and integrity. As such, we have launched a trust initiative to tell you who we are and how and why we do what we do. This article is part of that project. Media has not escaped the problematic and too-of- ten use of the term "fake news" since introduced in- to mainstream society by the former U.S. president Donald Trump. The term has held on and grown exponentially, feeding the fires of fear and mistrust in media. Don't get me wrong, fake news exists. There are business- es at play working to spread false information in search of your click of sup- port. From articles made to look like they were pub- lished by credible news or- ganizations, to deep fakes (altered pictures and vid- eos), to a new rise in memes to play on fears and biases. We're seeing them used today to spread misin- formation in the anti-vacci- nation movement. Every reshare and click diminishes trust in media. It's forcing journalists to work even harder to dispel misinformation and build trust with our audience. As pointed out in a pre- vious column, we are hu- man and mistakes do hap- pen. When we err, we correct it and we are transparent with our readers about the error. It's part of our com- mitment to transparency with our audience. However, it doesn't mean the relationship be- tween journalists and readers is not strained. Recently, an upset source with a distrust of media referred to reporters BATTLING 'FAKE NEWS' AND BUILDING TRUST WITH OUR READERS OPINION ROBYN WILKINSON Column SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT WATERLOOCHRONICLE.CA as "animals" and liars, whose main goal is to spread fear and trigger a "civil war." It was a first for the re- porter. One reader called for the cancellation of their free community newspa- per because they did not agree with an opinion col- umn published in print. It was not a first for the editor who fielded the com- plaint. We can't change every reader's opinion, but we can work to build trust and explain that a variety of thoughtful opinions is what makes up a free and democratic society, and that journalists are not ani- mals. But we are human. Robyn Wilkinson is the managing editor of Tor- star Community Brands in Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and New Hamburg and a member of the Tor- star Community Brands trust committee. Reach her at rwilkin son@metro- land.com. We welcome your questions and value your comments. Email our trust committee at trust@met roland.com.