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DRAG QUEEN TO STAR IN MADRID EPIPHANY PARADE
This year's alternative version was proposed by the Orgullo Vallekano association, a Gay Pride collective in Madrid's Vallecas neighbourhood... READ MORE›
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›
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›
'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›
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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›
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›
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›
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›
OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH REFERRING DRUG USERS TO UNSANCTIONED SAFE INJECTION SITE
Ottawa Public Health referring drug users to unsanctioned safe injection site... READ MORE›
CANADA'S SYRIAN REFUGEE PLAN: WHAT WE KNOW AND DON'T KNOW
Immigration Minister John McCallum will release details today of the Liberal government's plan to resettle 25,000 refugees across the country... 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›
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›
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›
'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›
'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›
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›
FORMER PLANNING CHAIR TO OVERSEE CITY'S MARKET MAKEOVER
Peter Hume, a former Ottawa city councillor and planning committee chair, has been picked to oversee the revitalization of the the ByWard and Parkdale markets... READ MORE›
'WE WILL NEED GARDAI EVERYWHERE TO ENFORCE NEW 30KPH LIMIT PLAN'
The public consultation recommended that the council should keep the City Quay area at 50kph while the Inchicore Road should be changed to 30kph... READ MORE›
SATANISTS TO GIVE PRAYER AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Post to Facebook Satanists to give prayer at city council meeting Move triggers a debate about religious freedom and use of public venue... READ MORE›
BLACK COUNCILLOR IS TASERED BY TEXAS POLICE IN CITY WHERE SANDRA BLAND WAS ARRESTED
When Cr Miller attempted to intervene, police ordered him to step back, then Tasered and arrested him for reportedly interfering with police duties and resisting arrest... READ MORE›
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS RESIDENTS FURIOUS WITH COUNCILMAN'S RAISE REQUEST
Rodriguez, who in 2011 was -arrested at an Occupy Wall Street protest, is among the council's most progressive members... READ MORE›
POLITICIAN SUBJECTED TO ABUSE SUGGESTING SHE BE 'BURNED OR DROWNED' FOLLOWING RAINWATER COMMENTS
Several social media posts suggested she should be drowned in a bucket or bath, burned, or targeted by protests until she resigns... READ MORE›
COUNCILLORS WON'T HAVE TO PAY EUR5,500 COST FOR 'INKGATE'
Councillors won't have to pay 5 500 cost for inkgate... READ MORE›
VIRGINIA MAYOR APOLOGIZES FOR INVOKING WWII IN JUSTIFYING SYRIAN REFUGEE BAN
Roanoke mayor David Bowers apologized for citing the governments internment of Japanese-American in comments about keeping Syrian refugees out... READ MORE›
COUNCIL'S BUMBLING REACTION TO UBER ENTRANCE UNDERLINES LACK OF VISION
Hundreds, if not thousands, of people contacted his and councillors' offices demanding Uber-like taxi service... READ MORE›