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Tunnel Theatre presents: The mayor and the aldermen
Act 3, Scene 1: A council chamber in a large Alberta city. A discussion on transit and transportation funding shifts to the costs of a tunnel roadway beneath an airport’s runway in said large Alberta...
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ANALYSIS: 15 couches, or team building?
After Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s planned facilitator session, moods at City Hall could be divided rather crudely into two different camps: (a) what was he thinking? and (b) what were the aldermen fussing...
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Ain’t no party like a Peace Bridge party
Food trucks! Bike parades! Hot chocolate! A performance by Calgary’s new poet laureate! (to be announced at council Monday) Live music! Drum circles! Aldermen! People wearing red! Sounds like it will...
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The council comedy hour!
There was something in the water — not fluoride, though — Thursday morning as several council members gathered for the legislative governance task force. There are no recording cameras in the 4th floor...
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Aldermen say they’re running again in 2013, but…
(This post has been updated, 11:50am Wednesday) The Herald has surveyed all 14 aldermen on their plans for next October election. Here’s what they say. Running again in ward (11): Jim Stevenson, Gael...
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Even after the flood, $52-million property tax windfall should be returned to...
Well, after the nasty floods of June, you’d think there’d be no further debate about what to do with that pesky $52 million in extra tax money that city council got chastened for nabbing. Council has a...
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Last roll call for Dale Hodges and Gord Lowe
UDPATED: Listen to Hodges discuss the end of his council career, and his own life after the flood. Monday’s council is the last for Ward 1 Ald. Dale Hodges after 30 years of service, and for 12-year...
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Some councillors would drink during meeting supper break, ex-alderman says
As some councillors flung allegations at others about drinking in the office and during council’s dinner break, many members offered a curt reply: If it happened, I was never invited. Gord Lowe, an...
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Calgary's $295-million airport tunnel short on data two years after opening
In the nearly three years it took crews to build Calgary’s controversial $295-million airport tunnel, citizens received regular and detailed updates on construction progress. From excavation to...
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