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Author: Lisa Johnson
Publication Date: May 6, 2024 - 19:56
Alberta Municipalities said it hasn’t been given chance to consult on changes to bill
May 6, 2024
Alberta’s municipal affairs minister declined Monday to clarify whether towns and cities would still get their say before changes are made to a contentious bill that gives the province broad authority to fire local councillors.Ric McIver announced the changes last Thursday and promised at that time he would talk to municipal leaders about looming amendments to the bill.But on Monday, when asked by reporters on the state of consultations, McIver pointed to the fact he already spoke with multiple leaders “over the last few days” about the impending changes.
Unpublished Newswire
A 55-year-old woman is dead and her former partner is facing charges in what police say is Montreal’s 13th homicide of the year.Police were called Saturday evening to an apartment in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough, where they found the victim with fatal upper body wounds.Police spokesman Jean-Pierre Brabant said the suspect, a 71-year-old man, went to the police station to turn himself in.
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Trains will be skipping St-Laurent Station for "several" more days while engineers and work crews remove all of the station’s suspended concrete ceiling panels above the north and south platforms. Read More
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