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Author: Patrick White
Publication Date: January 7, 2026 - 16:37
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City of Calgary ignored two decades of warning signs about water system, report finds
January 7, 2026
With Calgary facing its second catastrophic water main break in as many years, an independent panel has delivered a report faulting the city for ignoring two decades of warning signs that its water system was vulnerable.
The panel of industry experts was formed to investigate a June, 2024, break along the city’s Bearspaw South Feeder Main, which carries roughly 60 per cent of Calgary’s potable water. The failure prompted a local state of emergency that forced residents to follow various levels of water restrictions for months.
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OTTAWA — Liberal MP Bill Blair will serve as Canada’s next high commissioner to the United Kingdom and is expected to resign from his seat.
Blair was elected to Parliament for the first time in 2015 and has held several cabinet positions, including minister of national defence, president of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and minister of public safety and emergency preparedness and minister of border security and organized crime reduction.
Before entering politics, Blair served for 39 years in the Toronto Police Service and became chief of the police force from 2005 to 2015....
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