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A veteran city councillor said he “screwed up” and will apologize to Calgarians for failing to report his interest in a property in his ward. The city’s integrity commissioner, Ellen-Anne O’Donnell, investigated following a 2021 complaint about Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra’s investment in a property. She determined Carra violated council’s code …
Read More »New Westminster to phase out Royal City moniker as it looks to rebrand
The City of New Westminster will begin phasing out the use of its Royal City moniker. The motion passed by council Monday night also directs the city to update its logo, a gold crown symbolic of Queen Victoria and to work with the community to develop a new brand identity. New Westminster …
Read More »Turn the volume down on vehicle noise, Toronto residents ask city, police
More than two years ago, the streets were quiet around Ingrid Buday’s west-end Toronto condo. COVID-19 had just hit and the roads were empty. “I felt like there was just this expanse where I could enjoy my balcony and I could sleep at night with the door open,” Buday said. It didn’t …
Read More »Ukraine troops set to withdraw from bitterly contested city of Severodonetsk
After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces will retreat from a besieged city in the country’s east to avoid encirclement, a regional governor said Friday. The city of Severodonetsk, the administrative centre of the Luhansk region, has faced relentless Russian bombardment. Ukrainian troops fought the Russians in house-to-house battles before …
Read More »NATO meets again as Russian ultimatum passes for Ukraine to surrender besieged city
Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Severodonetsk on Wednesday as NATO defence ministers gathered in Brussels to discuss sending more heavy weapons to replenish Kyiv’s dwindling stocks. Russia had told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in the shattered city to stop “senseless …
Read More »City of Calgary enters state of local emergency in response to heavy rainfall
The City of Calgary has announced a state of local emergency in response to heavy rainfall. The special order came into effect at 3:59 p.m. on Monday. In a news conference, Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said the special order allows police and fire departments to go door-to-door in the event of …
Read More »City of Ottawa denied ‘outrageous’ request to fly Russian flag
The Russian Embassy in Ottawa asked the city to fly the Russian flag and illuminate a wing of City Hall in red, white and blue to mark Russia Day on Sunday, but the city refused. According to a statement from Arnold McLean, the city’s chief of protocol, his office received …
Read More »Local talent on new pro team look to fuel Montreal’s rise as a basketball city
Hernst Laroche has a lot of stamps on his passport. During his eight-year professional basketball career, the Montrealer has played in the Czech Republic, Tunisia, Argentina, France and Ukraine. His latest stop, however, is his most cherished. He’s home now. Laroche will be one of the team captains for the …
Read More »Quebec City sword attacker guilty of 1st-degree murder
The 26-year-old man who carried out the Quebec City Halloween sword attacks has been found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of François Duchesne, 56, and Suzanne Clermont, 61, on Oct. 31, 2020. The jury of 11 delivered its verdict at the Quebec City courthouse on …
Read More »City of Calgary wants to memorialize former residential school site
The short chapter of a Calgary site in the tragic history of Canada’s residential school system will not be forgotten if the City of Calgary and Treaty 7 nations can agree on how to do that. St. Dunstan’s industrial school was operated by the Anglican Church from 1892 to 1907 …
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