Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: December 19, 2025
CASE NO.: OLT-25-000692
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 7 of the Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26.
Property Owner: Kenricia Properties Inc.
Expropriating Authority: City of Kenora
Subject: Request for Hearing of Necessity
Description: Expropriation of the Kenricia Hotel for the purposes of Community Improvement and Heritage Rehabilitation and Preservation
Reference Number: 116-2025
Property Address: 155 Main Street South
Municipality/UT: Kenora/Kenora
OLT Case No: OLT-25-000692
OLT Lead Case No: OLT-25-000692
OLT Case Name: Kenricia Properties Inc. v. Kenora (City)
BEFORE:
WILLIAM R. MIDDLETON VICE-CHAIR
Friday, the 19th day of December, 2025
THE TRIBUNAL having conducted a case management conference by telephone conference call on December 2, 2025 (“CMC”);
AND THE TRIBUNAL having requested counsel for the Parties to make written submissions subsequent to the CMC concerning the scheduling of a hearing under subsection 7(3) of the Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26 (“Act”);
AND THE TRIBUNAL having received and considered written submissions from counsel for the City of Kenora (“City”) dated December 12, 2025 and from the counsel for Adel Chidiac, Fadel Chidiac and Kenricia Properties Inc. (“Claimants”) received December 12, 2025, (collectively: “Submissions”);
AND THE TRIBUNAL having considered the arguments made by the Parties at the CMC and those set out in the Submissions and having reviewed and considered the provisions of section 6 and section 7 of the Expropriations Act;
THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS THAT:
The hearing contemplated by section 6 of the Act shall be held on February 11 and February 12, 2026, by videoconference pursuant to the following details:
Date: February 11 and February 12, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM GoTo Meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/709076365 Access code: 709-076-365
Persons who experience technical difficulties accessing the GoTo Meeting application or who only wish to listen to the event can connect to it by calling in to an audio-only telephone line: +1 (647) 497-9373 or (Toll Free) 1-888-299-1889. The access code is: 709-076-365;
The Parties shall deliver a Joint Book of Documents and a Joint Book of Witness Statements in PDF format by on or before February 2, 2026, both of which shall be bookmarked and shall include hyperlinks to all items listed in any table of contents contained within each Book;
The conduct and scope of the hearing described in 1 above shall be determined by the Tribunal Member presiding at the hearing; and
This Vice Chair shall remain seized in respect of any matters reasonably arising from the above Orders but shall not be seized in respect of the hearing described in 1 above.
“Matthew D.J. Bryan”
MATTHEW D.J. BRYAN REGISTRAR
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