Municipal Alberta
Bylaws To Bring On Growth
FORT SASKATCHEWAN -- City
Council took another step in the
direction of fresh growth at its July 23
meeting, making and proposing
several bylaw changes. (Fort
Saskatchewan Record)
City Eyes New Digs
AIRDRIE -- In its search for a new
home, the city may have found some
super value just across the street.
(Airdrie Echo)
Building Permits Up 54%
RED DEER -- House builders
continue to wield a hot hammer with
single-family home permits up nearly
54 per cent over last year. (Red Deer
Advocate)
Cost-Sharing Committee Catches County's Eye
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE --
Clearwater County is seeking
membership on a rural/urban
government cost-sharing task force.
(The Mountaineer)
Curfew Bylaw Draws Fire
LANGDON -- A proposed curfew
bylaw that would see youth, 18 years
and under, receive a fine for being on
Langdon’s streets in the early hours,
doesn’t sit well with some residents.
(Rocky View Times)
Closing The Gap Between Culture,
Tourism
CANMORE -- Cultural tourism is now
the fastest growing sector of the
tourism industry in Canada, but in
Canmore’s booming tourist trade,
many local artists are having a tough
go. (Canmore Leader)
Pass Says Sayonara
CROWSNEST PASS -- On July 31 the
Crowsnest Pass welcomed a
delegation from Japanese towns,
Anpachi and Sunomata with a
banquet at the Crowsnest Center.
(Crowsnest Pass Promoter)
Prepared For Inevitable Growth
OKOTOKS -- Okotoks' growth
exceeded eight per cent last year and
the booming town was listed as
number seven on a list of fastest
growing communities in Alberta.
(Okotoks Western Wheel)
Pioneering Trash Project
HINTON -- Hinton's landfill isn't a
dump: it's a scientific pioneer.
(Hinton Parklander)
StatsCan Can't Count
CORONATION -- Coronation Mayor Herb Rock knew
people in his town weren’t simply disappearing.
(Coronation Review, reprinted from Calgary Herald)
MD OKs Hamlet Improvements
HIGH PRAIRIE -- The M.D. of Big
Lakes is proceeding on $222,849
worth of work in four hamlets under
the Hamlet Street Assistance
Program. (South Peace News)
Watering Ban Eased
McLENNAN -- While outdoor
watering bans continue for much of
the region during a water shortage,
the Town of McLennan has reduced
the restriction to a conditional
outdoor watering ban. (Smoky River
Express)
Cooperation Prevents Dustup
BONNYVILLE -- What could have
been a lengthy battle over dust
control between the town and MD
councils was settled through
negotiation and little argument last
week. (Bonnyville Nouvelle)
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Municipal Saskatchewan
Assurances, But Few Answers
MELFORT -- Officials from the
Region 8 Health Authority had few
firm answers about the future shape
of health care in northeast
Saskatchewan for Melfort city council
last week. (Melfort Journal)
Municipal Manitoba
Casino Issue Dealt Back To Province
BRANDON -- Facing a demand for a
clear declaration of its support for a
casino, city council offered Gaming
Minister Steve Ashton two positions.
(Brandon Sun)
Treated Water On Tap
CARMAN -- After ten years, Rural
Municipality of Dufferin Reeve Bill
Roth can see the light or in this case,
the water at the end of the tunnel.
(Valley Leader)
New Mayor Crosses The Line
WINNIPEG BEACH -- Don Pepe
made his first misstep just three
days after being elected mayor of
Winnipeg Beach, directing his public
works superintendent to erect ‘no
parking’ signs on a street where a
bylaw explicitly allows it. (The
Interlake Spectator)
City Status Celebration
WINKLER -- The Town of Winkler is
going to go out with a bang ... as in
what organizers are saying will be
the biggest fireworks display ever to
be seen in southern Manitoba.
(Winkler Times)
Municipal North
Mayor Seeks Councillor's
Resignation
WHITEHORSE, YK -- Mayor Ernie
Bourassa is seeking Coun. Samson
Hartland’s resignation after territorial
ombudsman Hank Moorlag found
there was no conspiracy to destroy
the Sewell House on the waterfront
last May. (Whitehorse Star)
Expensive Sewage Repairs
IQALUIT , NU -- It’s going to cost the
City of Iqaluit $550,000 to finish
repairs to its sewage treatment plant,
which was supposed to be up and
running two years ago, and another
$3.3 million to increase its capacity
to handle all the city’s waste.
(Nunatsiaq News)
Municipal Ontario
Finishing In The Red?
AMHERSTBURG -- It appears
Amherstburg won't finish with a
small surplus in 2001 as previously
hoped. (Amherstburg Echo)
Tax Protest Welling Up
BROCKVILLE -- City residents who
bought UV filters to cope with well
problems plan a tax protest to
pressure council to help them offset
their costs. (Brockville Recorder And
Times)
Mayor Addresses Ratepayers
BLUEWATER -- Water and sewer
odours were the major topics in an
address made to the Bayfield
Ratepayers Association by Bill
Dowson, Mayor of Bluewater.
(Clinton News-Record)
Hospital Addition Prescribed
GODERICH -- Goderich Mayor Deb
Shewfelt says the town's final
position is that it supports a
state-of-the-art addition to the
existing Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital with the medical
clinic built beside the hospital.
(Goderich Signal-Star)
Preferred Water Option Stays
KINCARDINE -- An engineer
spearheading an environmental
assessment for a water system for
the area north of Kincardine didn't
hear any comments at a public
meeting which would make him
change his preferred
recommendation to council.
(Kincardine News)
Bylaw Jurisdiction Questioned
LUCKNOW -- A London judge has
been told to reconsider whether she
had jurisdiction to refuse to quash a
bylaw that temporarily restricts big
livestock operations in a Huron
County municipality. (Lucknow
Sentinel)
Biosolids Bylaw Under Review
PORT HOPE -- The Ministry of
Environment and Energy's regional
manager has received a copy of a
new Port Hope biosolids bylaw, but
he really doesn't know what to make
of it at this point. (Port Hope Evening
Guide)
Another Walkerton Feared
SEAFORTH -- Worried it could be
held responsible if "another
Walkerton comes to Hensall," Huron
East council is planning a media
campaign, along with continued
provincial lobbying towards the
clean-up of a feedlot. (Huron
Expositor)
Skateboarders $ilenced
UXBRIDGE -- The Township plans to
spend more than $12,000 on
construction materials that will
reduce the noise coming from the
new skateboard and BMX bike facility
in Centennial Park.
(DurhamRegion.com)
Paid Park Parking Defended
COBOURG -- A plan to make people
pay for parking on streets
surrounding Victoria Park -- with its
attractive beach -- is not a cash grab
from tourists, Mayor Peter Delanty
assured the gallery of residents
attending council this week.
(Northumberland Today)
$21M Lawsuit
BLUE MOUNTAINS -- Municipal
officials will be meeting with the
town's lawyers later this week to
work out its legal response to a
$21-million lawsuit from Canadian
Development Management
Corporation. (Collingwood
Enterprise-Bulletin)
City, Nursing Home Hammer Out
Agreement
KINGSTON -- The city and the
Frontenac Management Board have
finally reached agreement to end the
controversy surrounding Fairmount
Home after two gruelling days of
mediation. (Kingston Whig-Standard)
Young Offenders Turned Around
TIMMINS -- Project Turnaround, a
local young offenders initiative aimed
at curbing non-compliance with
probation orders, is getting positive
results, says The Timmins Police
Service. (Timmins Daily Press)
Landfill Expansion Not For The
Gull-ible
WELLAND -- Thanks to a flock of
seagulls that loiters in the landfill site
behind her property, a Welland
resident’s black coloured trampoline
is regularly carpet-bombed into a
splotchy shade of white. (St
Catharines Standard)
Drive-Through Draws Fire
NORTH BAY -- Local residents are
demanding to be heard before the
Cassells Street Tim Hortons paves
and gutters a laneway, a
neighbourhood representative told
city council Monday night. (North Bay
Nugget)
$5G Waterworks Fine
WHITEWATER REGION -- The
Township of Whitewater Region has
been fined $5,000 plus the victim fine
surcharge for a waterworks
non-compliance. (Pembroke
Observer)
Municipal Maritimes
Tripling A Tax Base
TRURO, NS -- Truro town council will
consider tripling the number of
commercial property owners and
businesses that pay into the annual
Downtown Truro Partnership tax.
(Truro Daily News)
Haz Gas Won't Delay Work
SUMMERSIDE, PE -- Problems with
high levels of hydrogen sulfide, a gas
emitted from the rotting eel grass,
should not prevent crews from
attaining the West End
Redevelopment project's target
completion date of Sept. 31, said
Clark Baglole, the project's engineer.
(Journal Pioneer)
Moncton A 'Model City': PM
MONCTON, NB -- Moncton's
declaration making it the first officially
bilingual city in the country has
prompted a glowing review from
Canada's prime minister. (Times &
Transcript)
Boil Orders Continue
CORNER BROOK, NF -- Residents
of Steady Brook and Rocky Harbour
will have to continue to wait for boil
orders to be lifted in their respective
towns. (Western Star)
City Tree Stumps Resident
CORNER BROOK, NF -- The tree in
front of 33 King's Road in Corner
Brook has been causing Linda and
Gary Callahan a lot of grief over the
years, but the city won't remove it.
(Western Star)
Town, Chamber Meet With Voisey's
Bay
PLACENTIA, NF -- The big items on
the agenda seem to be getting the
word out about what opportunities
are available in Argentia. (The
Charter)
Underwater Museum Floated
HARBOUR GRACE, NF -- It’s
possible that one summer soon,
tourists will be flocking to Harbour
Grace to take in a little of the town’s
history from underneath the ocean.
(The Compass)
Cities and Regions
Affordable Housing Highlighted
VICTORIA, BC -- Developer Chris
LeFevre has formally taken the
wraps off an $80-million
development for 485 homes on one
of the most significant undeveloped
plots of land on Victoria's harbour.
(Times Colonist)
Hopper Invasion Leaves Residents
Jumpy
SASKATOON, SK -- The City of
Saskatoon has received numerous
calls from people concerned about
the grasshopper infestation, but it
has no plan to try to exterminate the
insects. (StarPhoenix)
Just Call It Smog Town
TORONTO, ON -- An environmental group has given the
City of Toronto a grade of D Plus in its annual Smog
Report Card, which is only marginally higher than last
year's report card. (canada.com)
Butt Bylaw Injunction Pondered
OTTAWA, ON -- Justice Robert Smith
has reserved his decision on a bid
by the city for an injunction to force
businesses still not complying with a
non-smoking bylaw to take the
legislation seriously or face stiffer
penalties or even jail. (Ottawa
Citizen)
Getting Wired
Internet Growing On The Island
CHARLOTTETOWN, PE -- The
Honourable Michael Currie, Minister
of Development and Technology, is
pleased with the findings of the 2002
Statistics Canada Household
Internet Use Survey, which indicated
that PEI now has the fourth highest
Internet penetration rate in Canada.
(Government Of Prince Edward
Island News Release)
e-Action Plan Released
FREDERICTON, NB -- The majority
of the recommendations made by
the Premier's Roundtable on eNB
and Innovation will be implemented,
Premier Bernard Lord announced.
(Communications New Brunswick
News Release)
Town Residents Encouraged To Surf
PEACE RIVER, AB -- With about 80 per cent of the Town
of Peace River’s new Web site completed, residents
are being encouraged to make their lives a little easier
and more informed by clicking on
www.peace
river.govoffice.com. (Peace River Record-Gazette)
Politics and Policy
Community Health Projects Funded
WHITEHORSE, YK -- The Health
Investment Fund Review Committee
has approved close to $20,000 in
funding for a number of community
projects. (Government Of Yukon
News Release)
'Listening Tour' in Final Week
REGINA, SK -- This week Premier
Lorne Calvert's summer bus tour
"Dialogue with Saskatchewan", will
visit northeast Saskatchewan,
starting in Edenwold on Wednesday
August 7th and travelling through to
the Muskoday First Nation by
Saturday August 10th. (Government
Of Saskatchewan News Release)
$401M For Highway 401
TORONTO, ON -- The Ernie Eves
government is investing $401 million
to upgrade Highway 401 through
Toronto, Transportation Minister
Norm Sterling announced today.
(Government Of Ontario News
Release)
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