Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Tom Hawthorn
Publication Date: November 18, 2024 - 16:02
Flamboyant businesswoman Faye Leung helped bring down a B.C. premier
November 18, 2024
Faye Leung, a businesswoman known as the Hat Lady for her spectacular collection, brought down a B.C. premier after accusing him of withholding her commission from the sale of his amusement park.Ms. Leung, who has died at 92, was a central figure in the scandal over the sale of the roadside attraction owned by premier William Vander Zalm to Taiwanese billionaire Tan Yu. News of her death this month was confirmed by her son.
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November 28, 2024 - 15:57 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
The Transportation Committee today approved its portion of Draft Budget 2025, which calls for a capital investment of $480.2 million to renew and grow transportation infrastructure, including roads, bridges, sidewalks, pathways, culverts, vehicles and enhanced traffic measures. As part of these investments, the City would commit $174.9 million for projects that reduce greenhouse gases and $143.7 million for projects that build climate resiliency.
Highlights include:
$184.6 million for integrated road, water and sewer projects
$69.5 million for road resurfacing
$34.8 million for...
November 28, 2024 - 15:54 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
A shopping mall and office complex in downtown Montreal is being criticized for using the popular children’s song Baby Shark to discourage unhoused people from loitering in its emergency exit stairwells.At the mall Thursday morning, the catchy children’s song – versions of which have been viewed and streamed hundreds of millions of times online – was being broadcast from speakers in at least one of the mall’s stairwells, on loop and at various speeds.
November 28, 2024 - 15:43 | Joe Bongiorno | The Globe and Mail
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