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CALGARY COUNCIL VOTES TO KEEP OLYMPIC BID ALIVE
Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the critical reports were given to councillors on Friday... READ MORE›
GATINEAU COUN. AUDREY BUREAU KEEPS POLITICS IN THE FAMILY
Bureau is the daughter of Marc Bureau, who was mayor of Gatineau from 2005 to 2013 and before that, a Gatineau city councillor... READ MORE›
1ST-TIME CANDIDATE PULLS OFF UPSET IN LA PECHE MAYORAL RACE
According to results from the Directeur general des elections du Quebec, Lamoureux received 1,625 votes, compared to 1,593 for Bussiere... READ MORE›
GATINEAU MAYOR-ELECT 'NOT SATISFIED' AFTER PARTY FAILS TO WIN CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY
Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin entered the campaign party at Hull district bar Les Brasseurs du Temps to chants of Maxime! Maxime!... READ MORE›
DE BLASIO SENDING TRANSLATORS TO HELP PEOPLE VOTE IN ELECTION
Any help with translation should be done by the Board of Elections -- which is why they have both Republican and Democratic co-workers, Malliotakis said... READ MORE›
'A SLAP IN THE FACE:' CITY DECLINES ONTARIO'S OFFER TO HELP OVERDOSE PREVENTION OTTAWA
Overdose Prevention Ottawa says delays with federally-approved supervised injection sites and low capacity at a temporary city-run site have meant their site is still needed... READ MORE›
ADANI BOUGHT INDIA FLIGHTS FOR QUEENSLAND MAYORS OF COUNCILS PAYING $30M FOR COMPANY AIRSTRIP
Rockhampton Mayor Margaret Strelow received more than 1,600 in hospitality gifts from Adani during an official trip to India earlier this year, the council's register reveals... READ MORE›
CANDIDATE DROPS OUT OF GATINEAU ELECTION AMID ALLEGATIONS
Patrick doyon accused of inappropriate behaviour, comments by former female colleagues... READ MORE›
SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES CALL FOR STABLE CITY FUNDING
The Somerset Ward councillor said a front-line service like Operation Come Home should get funding... READ MORE›
CAN PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEMS EMPOWER SMALL DONORS?
The bill would enact several democracy reform measures including a small donor matching funds system for presidential and congressional candidates and modeled after New York City's... READ MORE›
OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH REFERRING DRUG USERS TO UNSANCTIONED SAFE INJECTION SITE
Ottawa Public Health referring drug users to unsanctioned safe injection site... READ MORE›
LOCAL GOVERNMENT 'A HOT BED FOR PERCEIVED CORRUPTION'
Queensland's CCC has made 31 recommendations to the State Government to clean up local government elections, following complaints about the 2016 poll... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : City Council
ANTI-ABORTION FLAG AT OTTAWA CITY HALL TAKEN DOWN AFTER BACKLASH
The flag of an anti-abortion movement raised at city hall has come down Thursday afternoon after some city councillors expressed outrage and demanded it be removed... READ MORE›
OUTRAGED NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN HOLDS RALLY FOR BIRACIAL BOY NEARLY HANGED BY TEENAGERS
Claremont police Chief Mark Chase said his department was investigating a serious incident involving juveniles in which an 8-year-old was hurt but declined to provide details... READ MORE›
A STAR VETERINARIAN AND A HERO PILOT THE COLORFUL CANDIDATES FOR TEHRANS CITY COUNCIL
Dr. Mohebi, who is running for one of the 21 seats on Tehran's City Council, is shown on the posters posing with a stray dog... READ MORE›
EDMONTON BECOMES 1ST CANADIAN CITY TO LEGALIZE UBER
Edmonton city councillors voted Wednesday to legalize the ride-hailing company Uber, making it the first Canadian municipality to do so... READ MORE›
FANS GET VOTE ON TRAGICALLY HIP LYRICS TO BE ENGRAVED ON COMMEMORATIVE STONE
Tragically Hip fans are being asked to vote for Hip lyrics that will be engraved on a commemorative stone in the band's hometown of Kingston, Ont... READ MORE›
SHOUTS GREET MIGRANTS IN THE STREETS OF FRANCE
CROISILLES, France -- The protests began even before the migrants had arrived... READ MORE›
OBAMA RACES TO OVERHAUL POLICE IN BALTIMORE AND CHICAGO BEFORE TRUMP ERA
Such an investigation is typically the first step toward a consent decree in which a police department is required to make significant changes under court supervision... READ MORE›
COUNCIL BAN LEGISLATION CREATING 'BIZARRE' LAWS, CAMPAIGNERS SAY
A law that allows councils in England and Wales to ban certain activities in public is leading to bizarre new criminal offences, campaigners say... READ MORE›
BIRMINGHAM LIBRARY OPENING HOURS NEARLY HALVED
Council leader Sir Albert Bore has said the cut in government grant meant a 5... READ MORE›
HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINT TARGETS POLICY ON FEMALE TOPLESSNESS IN POOLS
The mayor says the woman who launched the gender discrimination complaint doesn't live in Cornwall or the surrounding region... READ MORE›
FORT LANGLEY, B.C.'S FRESHLY PAINTED RAINBOW CROSSWALK MARRED BY SKID MARKS
Fort Langley, B.C., got its own rainbow crosswalk Friday morning but within hours of the paint drying, it was defaced... READ MORE›
ROB FORD, FORMER TORONTO MAYOR, DIES AGED 46
John Tory, the mayor of Toronto, said the city was reeling from the news... READ MORE›
THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST CORRUPT LITTLE TOWN IN AMERICA
Former Crystal City mayor Ricardo Lopez, who faces federal indictment, is shown outside his home in Crystal City... READ MORE›
MELBOURNE'S TREES BOMBARDED WITH EMAILED LOVE LETTERS
Eucalypts are the most common trees found in Melbourne... READ MORE›
FERGUSON VOTERS TO MAKE HISTORY IN ELECTION TUESDAY
A Justice Department report last month confirmed a broad pattern of biased policing that singled out African Americans for excessive arrests and harsh punishment... READ MORE›
LABOUR COUNCILLORS BARRED FROM SETTING ILLEGAL 'NO CUTS' BUDGETS
Labour councillors are to be barred by the party from setting illegal 'no cuts' budgets... READ MORE›
HE DIDN'T REPORT TO WORK FOR SIX YEARS, BUT NOBODY NOTICED
He said he was the victim of workplace bullying because of disagreements between the council and the water company... READ MORE›
AMERICA'S GREATEST THREAT MAY BE CANADA GOOSE POOP
The National Park Service last year hired a contractor to keep Canada geese off the National Mall... READ MORE›
'GO BACK TO IRELAND' - ENGLISH FORMER MAYOR SLAMMED FOR BRANDING TRAVELLERS 'THIEVES WITH FILTHY WAYS'
Mr Ware-Lane called for more compassion, tolerance and understanding of the traveller community in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in an email to his fellow local councillors... READ MORE›
TOWN V GOWN BATTLE IN CAMBRIDGE OVER GREEN BELT PLAN TO SOLVE HOUSING CRISIS
A group of Cambridge colleges believe one partial solution is to build homes on green belt land they own to the west of the city... READ MORE›
'MIDDLE CLASS AND GENTRIFIED'
Russell Taylor said it was necessary to stop cars from parking dangerously in an increasingly busy street... READ MORE›
CITY COMMITTEE MOVES ON DOWNTOWN TUNNEL STUDY
City councillors on Ottawa's transportation committee want Mayor Jim Watson to take the next step towards a new downtown tunnel for car and truck traffic... READ MORE›
ROCKCLIFFE HOME DEBATE FEEDS FEARS ABOUT DEVELOPERS' ACCESS TO CITY HALL
Donations to councillors, city Like many developers, Richcraft has donated to council members' election campaigns... READ MORE›
WHY HAS DEVOLUTION BEEN A DISASTER FOR GENDER EQUALITY?
Will the policies pursued by the metro mayors of Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool favour men?... READ MORE›
'FACED WITH HELPING SOLVE HOMELESS PROBLEM, THEY DID NOTHING'
The repeat decision means homeowners in the city will pay the same rates of property tax in 2016 as applied this year... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA MAYOR CHARGED IN YOUTH CAMP STRIP POKER SCANDAL
Silva was elected mayor of Stockton, a city of about 300,000 east of San Francisco, in November 2012, months after the municipality filed for bankruptcy... READ MORE›
SEX OFFENDER REFUSES TO RESIGN FROM COUNCIL
A Saddleworth parish councillor, Mike Buckley, is exploiting a loophole in the law, saying it is his 'responsibility' to continue serving his constituents... READ MORE›
CHARLOTTESVILLE WILL COVER CONFEDERATE STATUES IN BLACK FABRIC TO MOURN HEATHER HEYER
The Daily Progress reports the city council voted unanimously early Tuesday to shroud the statues in fabric to represent the city's mourning of Heather Heyer... READ MORE›
GROWING OPPOSITION COULD SINK PROPOSED NAVAN WETLAND PROJECT
While I'm a city councillor this will not become a provincially significant wetland, Blais responded, adding that scientists, including Stow, have said it wouldn't qualify... READ MORE›
IRISH WATER PROTESTERS SHOUT 'SHAMEFUL' ABUSE AND BLOCK COUNCILLORS FROM LEAVING COUNCIL BUILDING
A group of 14 protesters assembled at the gates of the Fingal County Council car park in Swords preventing the elected representatives from leaving in their cars... READ MORE›