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Descrease article font size Increase article font size City council in Guelph has passed an enforcement bylaw limiting the number of encampments in public spaces. Council voted 10-3 in favor of the decision, which was passed at Wednesday night’s council meeting. Mayor Cam Guthrie said encampment setup in most areas …
Read More »Former Slave Lake mayor says sense of community key as Jasper rebuilds
The former mayor of a northern Alberta town ravaged by wildfire more than a decade ago says community ties will be key as Jasper, Alta., recovers from the blaze that swept through last month. Wildfires destroyed 358 homes and businesses in the Rocky Mountain tourist hot spot three weeks ago, …
Read More »Ottawa, facing financial crisis, pleads for ‘fairness’ from province and feds: mayor – Ottawa
Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says the city is facing a “financial crisis” that raises the spectre of tax hikes and service cuts, alleging the city has been treated unfairly on issues of taxes and transit by the federal and provincial governments. In a press conference Thursday, Sutcliffe called it an …
Read More »Former Ontario mayor found guilty of sexual assault
The former mayor of an Ontario city has been found guilty on two of the three charges he was facing in a sexual assault trial. Trevor Birtch, the former mayor of Woodstock, Ont., was found guilty of assault and one count of sexual assault on Thursday afternoon. He was found …
Read More »‘It’s just increasing’: Winnipeg ‘bike mayor’ raises alarm about dangerous roads – Winnipeg
Winnipeg bike advocates are calling for immediate solutions to help keep cyclists safe after another incident on city streets. A teenage cyclist was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Academy Road and Wellington Crescent on Monday evening, and the next day, nearly 200 people shut down the area …
Read More »Ontario mayor walks back resignation plans: ‘I am committed’
After initially announcing he would resign at the end of July, Kevin Davis says he will finish out his term as mayor of Brantford. Earlier this month, Davis said he was stepping away from his role as Brantford’s top politician in order to pursue a “a once-in-a-career opportunity” with the …
Read More »IT outage affecting people around the globe, including Winnipeg mayor – Winnipeg
A global IT outage caused by a faulty Microsoft update is affecting people around the globe — including Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham. Gillingham told 680 CJOB’s Connecting Winnipeg Friday morning that he was stuck in New York City — temporarily — as a result of the outage. The mayor was in …
Read More »Chow ambitious as mayor enters 2nd year on job: ‘We can do a lot more’ – Toronto
On Friday, Olivia Chow marked her one-year anniversary as Toronto’s mayor, a year that has been filled with major triumphs in pushing the city towards a better financial outlook but also marred by growing pains for a mayor who came onto the job several months after a mandate would typically …
Read More »Calgarians have saved 600 Olympic-sized pools worth of water in 2 weeks since crisis began: mayor
It’s been two weeks since a catastrophic water main break in northwest Calgary triggered a water supply emergency in the city, and as work to restore normal water service continues, Mayor Jyoti Gondek says citizens are succeeding in their “gold-medal effort” to conserve water. While delivering an on-camera update on …
Read More »Calgarians have saved 600 Olympic-sized pools worth of water in 2 weeks since crisis began: mayor
It’s been two weeks since a catastrophic water main break in northwest Calgary triggered a water supply emergency in the city, and as work to restore normal water service continues, Mayor Jyoti Gondek says citizens are succeeding in their “gold-medal effort” to conserve water. While delivering an on-camera update on …
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