23 h. ago 'Broken promise after broken promise': Olympic Village parents are still waiting for their elementary school

Olympic Village parents rally to say they are tired of broken promises ahead of city council rezoning vote.

Society

25 h. ago City of Ottawa staff recommend against heritage district designation for Wellington Street West area

A city administration report for council's built heritage committee said the area only met or exceeded the threshold for one criteria in the Ontario Heritage Act.

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48 h. ago As Barrie, Ont., moves to clear encampments, some people say they have nowhere to go

The city has since ramped up efforts to clear encampments, with council approving stricter bylaw provisions this week to make it easier for authorities to remove tents.

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3 d. ago Letters: Actions of Edmonton’s next council must be grounded in reality

Can Danielle Smith get a new pipeline built? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! GOVERN WITH PRAGMATISM With the civic election fast approaching, many candidates have taken to social media to share their views, especially around Truth and Reconciliation Day. Rajah Maggay, a candidate running in Nakota Isga (Ward 1), stated that city council must […]

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4 d. ago Calgary civic election: How are municipal political parties supposed to work, anyway?

With only weeks until voting day, the mechanics of political parties at city council are still being sorted out

Politics

5 d. ago WARMINGTON: Cut the fat before hitting taxpayers to shelter asylum seekers

In just five minutes of looking over the city's budget there are a billion dollars in savings to be hard starting with city council's $33K raise

Economics

8 d. ago Core services and repealing blanket rezoning should be key issues in civic election

In 2023, Calgary city council passed one of the most divisive and sweeping planning changes in our history: blanket rezoning. With one vote, decades of established planning practices were overturned. For the first time, every single-family lot in the city could be redeveloped into multiplexes, rowhouses or townhouses — regardless of context or community input. […]

Politics

8 d. ago Keith Gerein: Edmonton city council couldn't catch a break, but they also didn't make many of their own

For incumbent city councillors, many of whom are already facing stiff winds in their re-election bids, there have been a handful of developments over the last week or two that are sure to make things even stormier. Undoubtedly the worst of these was the recent closure of the Wellington Bridge on 102 Avenue at a […]

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9 d. ago Dearborn mayor holds firm on remarks about Christian minister

Mayor Abdullah Hammoud of Dearborn, Mich., has refused to say he’s sorry for remarks he made that went viral after he told a Christian minister he’s “not welcome here,”’ reports Fox News Digital. At Dearborn’s first city council meeting on Tuesday since Hammoud’s Sept. 9 exchange with local Christian minister Ted Barham during a street […]

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9 d. ago HOLYDAY: Make tweaks to speed cameras before axing them altogether

City council should scale back the program immediately, and do some cost accounting to right size it.

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1 week ago Toronto mayor resisting speed camera ban, plans to tell residents to complain to province

Chow said she plans to bring a motion to city council designed to lobby MPPs and public opinion against an impending speed camera ban.

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1 week ago Saskatoon city council approves $1.6M tax break for Broadway apartment tower

City council voted unanimously Wednesday to provide WestCliff Properties a five-year abatement of property taxes, which will total $1.6 million.

Economics

1 week ago Trucks are tearing up 186 different Toronto parks and the City says that's okay

After years of complaints about City of Toronto trucks tearing up local parks, officials have released a report that justifies the practice.The report from the General Manager of Parks and Recreation responds to a City Council request for information about the frequent practice of City-owned waste collection trucks driving on and damaging grass in public parks.However, while some may have been hoping for a solution to this ongoing issue, the report provides a laundry list of excuses for why City trucks should be entitled to drive on grass and why taxpayers should continue to foot the bill for turf repairs.The report notes that Solid Waste Management Services removes waste from approximately 1,175 parks using a fleet of just 33 small waste collection vehicles, with most parks allowing for waste removal from paved park paths.However, it states that, in certain situations, "operators are required to temporarily drive off the paved surfaces to access waste bins and/or to avoid pede...

Transport

1 week ago City council orders review of program housing homeless Londoners

Coun. Susan Stevenson said she has been contacted by several landlords flagging concerns including drug use, disabled smoke alarms and vandalism.

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1 week ago City of Ottawa manager aims to clear up 'confusion' ahead of return

Ottawa city council is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether to rescind the order to staff from city manager Wendy Stephanson.

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1 week ago Carney says Canada ’has what the world wants’ at a critical time

NEW YORK — Prime Minister Mark Carney is pitching Canada as a reliable trading partner that “has what the world wants” before an international audience today in New York City. Addressing the Council on Foreign Relations think tank in New York City before attending the UN General Assembly, Carney says Canada has the resources, talent […]

Events

2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Federal housing program reveals Carney government's magical thinking

Last weekend, Ana Bailão, a longtime member of Toronto city council, took up her job as the first CEO of Build Canada Homes (BCH), the Carney government’s new bureaucracy tasked with doubling the number of homes built annually across the country. Put aside for a minute the wisdom of appointing a longtime councillor from the […]

Politics

2 w. ago Victoria's police department is 'woefully understaffed,' new police chief tells city council

Fiona Wilson says staffing numbers have not kept pace with population growth, or the change in complexity in policing.

Events

2 w. ago Chief reveal: City council to vote on new Edmonton top cop Friday

One of the last decisions of the current city council will be to give the nod to Edmonton’s new chief of police. A chief reveal is set for noon. The decision goes before Edmonton city council Friday morning — just under the wire for the current council, with the Oct. 20 election looming, said Ben […]

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2 w. ago Locals are totally up in arms about proposed 'giant monolith' Toronto tower

A planned rental tower on the cusp of approval by Toronto City Council has fired up local residents in the affluent Avenue and St. Clair area, characterizing the planned building as a "monstrosity" and "giant monolith" that threatens the safety of the area.The proposal from developer Fitzrovia and Hariri Pontarini Architects at 135 St. Clair Ave. W. would see the current government office building at the southeast corner of Avenue Rd. and St. Clair razed to make way for a 49-storey rental tower with 576 new apartments, retail, public art, and an early childhood education centre.But despite the concessions made in height and other departments introduced since the plan was first proposed in 2024, residents of the surrounding area — one of the most affluent in Toronto — have taken up all of the familiar talking points about how large-scale developments would unacceptably impact their day-to-day lives.Currently recommended for approval by City planners, t...

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