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Calgary city councillors debate rules around remotely attending meetings – Calgary

New rules aimed at limiting how often elected officials can remotely attend public meetings will now go to Calgary city council for a final decision. Council members on the city’s executive committee debated the proposed rule changes Tuesday and voted 12-1 in favour of endorsing the recommended changes to both …

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Calgary’s mayor and councillors respond to recall petition – Calgary

Calgary city council met for a scheduled public hearing meeting on Tuesday, but it was an off-agenda topic that took up most of the questions for councillors and the mayor from reporters. A notice of a recall petition against Mayor Jyoti Gondek was filed late last month, and was confirmed …

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Chief, mayor call for P.E.I. village councillor’s resignation over racist sign

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 5, 2023 12:43 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size A First Nation chief and the mayor of a Prince Edward Island community are calling for a councillor to resign over a sign posted on his property denying the existence …

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Councillors to rotate as acting Mississauga mayor as Crombie takes leave

Councillors will rotate as Mississauga’s acting mayor while Bonnie Crombie takes a leave of absence as she seeks to become the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. A statement from Crombie’s office sent to Global News Thursday confirmed that Crombie’s last day in office leading the city of more than …

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2 councillors ask city to make Toronto’s ‘alcohol in parks’ signage smaller – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two city councillors are asking the City of Toronto to reduce the size of signage for the alcohol in parks pilot project. Coun. Paula Fletcher from Ward 14 Toronto Danforth and Coun. Alejandra Bravo from Ward 9 Davenport wrote a letter to …

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Homeless hubs plan receives endorsement from London, Ont. councillors – London

The city’s first significant portion of the Health and Homelessness Whole of Community Response cleared a major hurdle Monday evening as councillors voted to endorse the proposed collaborative hubs implementation plan at a special committee meeting. Members of the strategic priorities and policy committee (SPPC) – which includes all councillors …

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Winnipeg mayor, councillors to talk derelict building enforcement Tuesday – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg’s mayor and three city councillors are set to announce new proposed enforcement measures on derelict buildings. Scott Gillingham will be joined by Coun. Cindy Gilroy (Daniel McIntyre), John Orlikow (River Heights) and Sherri Rollins (Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry) Tuesday morning to …

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Manitoba plans to require councillors, trustees to take leave to run provincially – Winnipeg

Municipal councillors and school board trustees in Manitoba may soon face new rules if they want to make the jump to provincial politics. A bill now before the legislature would require them to take unpaid leaves of absence to run for provincial office. Right now, municipal councillors must resign their …

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Waterloo councillors can now expense home security systems amid heated political landscape

The City of Waterloo passed a motion Monday that would provide future council members with funding for security systems, with some pointing to a more hostile political climate as a reason for why the initiative was needed.  Members of council for the Ontario city could receive up to $100 per …

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Victoria councillors defer vote on contentious housing strategy to next council

Victoria council has voted to defer a much-anticipated decision on a contentious housing initiative that could effectively rezone all single-family properties in the city to allow other types of housing to be built. Mayor Lisa Helps said a decision was made to defer the debate to the next council after the …

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