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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›
'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›
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›
OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH REFERRING DRUG USERS TO UNSANCTIONED SAFE INJECTION SITE
Ottawa Public Health referring drug users to unsanctioned safe injection site... READ MORE›
MISSING MAYORS: OUTAOUAIS TOWNS GO INTO ELECTION WITH NO ONE SEEKING TOP JOB
Radio-Canada Hours before the candidate filing deadline for the upcoming Quebec municipal elections, five Outaouais communities still have no one running for mayor... 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›
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›
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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›
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›
6 DEAD IN 'CALCULATED' SHOOTING AT BACKYARD PARTY IN PA.
Two gunmen opened fire on a party at a Pittsburgh suburb home... READ MORE›
FERGUSON, MO., POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS
Ferguson Mayor James Knowles said the police chief made the decision to leave... 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›
WHAT CAN THE WORLD LEARN FROM VA?XJA?, EUROPE'S SELF-STYLED GREENEST CITY?
Within minutes of meeting the mayor of Europe's self-proclaimed greenest city, it is clear where he draws much of his inspiration from... 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›
THE WEST'S MAJOR CITIES ARE THE BEST DEFENSE AGAINST THE TIDE OF RIGHT-WING NATIONALISM
Newly elected mayor of London, Sadiq Khan center, is greeted by well wishers outside City Hall on his first day in office on May 9, 2016... 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›
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›
GRAVEYARD KILLING OF BELGIAN MAYOR WAS 'REVENGE'
Media reporting of this spare-time occupation during his decade as mayor had allowed the suspect to find Gadenne alone, RTBF said... READ MORE›
GUM SUSPECTED IN US STUDENT DEATH
Clark was studying communication studies at California University of Pennsylvania Cal U ... READ MORE›
'YOU KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG': 12 GIRLS RESCUED FROM PENNSYLVANIA MAN'S HOUSE
Ted Krimmel of the Lower Southampton police department said authorities waited until dawn so they would be able to search the property in daylight... READ MORE›
AMERICANS' TASTE FOR MEXICAN BEER SUCKING UP WATER SUPPLY, MAYOR SAYS
Constellation Brands said in 2014 that the Nava brewery would implement water-conservation practices and recycle 30 percent of the water it uses... READ MORE›
MELBOURNE'S TREES BOMBARDED WITH EMAILED LOVE LETTERS
Eucalypts are the most common trees found in Melbourne... READ MORE›
CITING BAN ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS, FRENCH COURT ORDERS PARK TO REMOVE VIRGIN MARY
Town mayor Gaston Lacroix said he intended to find a new home for the offending statue on private land ... 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›
AT CHARLOTTE CITY COUNCIL, A YOUNG BLACK GIRL CALLED ZIANNA OLIPHANT DELIVERS A MOVING SPEECH
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Almost too small to reach the microphone, Zianna Oliphant stepped to the podium at the Charlotte City Council meeting on Monday... 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›
HERSHEY REJECTS $23 BILLION MONDELEZ TAKEOVER OFFER
HERSHEY TRUST The bid pits Deerfield, Illinois-based Mondelez against the Hershey Trust, one of Pennsylvania's wealthiest charities... 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›
AT LEAST THREE DEAD IN 50-VEHICLE PENNSYLVANIA PILE-UP
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency said 40 people had been taken to hospital and 70 to a temporary shelter... 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›
$250K GRANT TO GREAT CANADIAN THEATRE COMPANY SHOWS HOW MUCH DISCRETION MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS AT BUDGET TIME
'If you're the Great Canadian Theatre Company, apparently all you have to do is ask... 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›