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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow hopes for ‘dialogue’ with Doug Ford on bike lanes
A cyclist on Harbord Street, Toronto, September 20, 2023.
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Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante won’t seek a third mandate next year
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante participates in the Adaptation Futures 2023 Conference devoted to climate change adaptation on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Plante says she won't be running for a third term and will quit municipal politics at the end of this term in 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante won’t seek third term in 2025
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante participates in the Adaptation Futures 2023 Conference devoted to climate change adaptation on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Plante says she won't be running for a third term and will quit municipal politics at the end of this term in 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Voters elect mayors and councillors in municipal elections across Nova Scotia
Voters line up at the Halifax Convention Centre as they prepare to vote in the federal election in Halifax on Sept. 20, 2021. Results of the Halifax municipal election will be known tonight as voters head to the polls to choose their next mayor. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Homelessness isn’t stopping a Halifax man from running for mayor
Mayoral candidate Andrew Goodsell, who is currently living rough in a tent, poses with his dog Dusty in Halifax, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Candidates vying to be Halifax’s next mayor combat apathy, lack of awareness
Fog hangs over the Halifax skyline as ferry crosses the harbour on Thursday Aug. 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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Lawyer for former Calgary councillor says his client’s expenses were not criminal
Downtown Calgary and the Bow River are seen from the air on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Calgary residents can now turn on their sprinklers for longer as the city swelters under an extreme heat warning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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A look at Halifax’s climate property tax, ahead of a civic election that could determine its future
A pedestrian shields themselves from rain as post-tropical storm Philippe causes gusting winds and precipitation in Halifax on Sunday, October 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Pickering councillor gets most severe pay penalty as council seeks stronger recourse
Pickering City Hall is shown on Thursday Sept. 26, 2024. A councillor in a southern Ontario city has been issued a 90-day pay suspension – the most severe penalty possible under current rules – after the municipality's integrity commissioner found she has been demonstrating a continued pattern of "unacceptable behaviour" that risks hurting marginalized members of society. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
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British Columbia municipal leaders seek better solutions to crises impacting their communities
A man using a rolling walker passes tents set up on the sidewalk at a sprawling homeless encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on Aug. 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Municipalities say Alberta oilpatch policies harming tax base, public interest
Suncor pipes that carry various liquids from their MacKay River pad in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta, on June 12, 2017. The group representing Alberta's rural municipalities says the province is trying to increase production from its declining conventional oil and gas fields at the expense of local tax bases, environmental oversight and the public interest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Updates to Ontario’s municipal code of conduct rules further delayed
Ontario's provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Monday, July 6, 2020. The Mayor of an eastern Ontario city and five out of six municipal councillors are condemning the last member of the group for appearing on an online show they say promotes hate speech and extremist views, stating her increasingly controversial history has "created an environment of fear and intimidation" for the group. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
Cities sit on too much cash. Here’s how they could help with Canada’s housing crisis
Nick Dahir and William B.P. Robson
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Pickering, Ont. council accuses councillor of creating ‘environment of fear’
Nov. 2022 after Lisa Robinson elected to the Office of City Councillor, Ward 1, in Pickering. SOURCE: City of Pickering, Facebook
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Vancouver mayor and council rescind plan to suspend the work of the city’s integrity commissioner
Lisa Southern, Integrity Commissioner for Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. credit: City of Vancouver
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Vancouver integrity commissioner releases reports that mayor’s office tried to block
Lisa Southern, Integrity Commissioner for Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. credit: City of Vancouver
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Toronto council passes flood mitigation motion that could include stormwater charge on businesses
About 12 cars were stuck on the flooded Don Valley Parkway in Toronto after torrential rain caused the Don River to overflow at the Dundas Street bridge. First responders forced to rescue stranded people from flooded cars. July 16, 2024 (Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail)
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A look at one year of strong mayor powers in Ontario
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters at the Council of the Federation meetings in Halifax on Monday, July 15, 2024. In the year since so-called strong mayor powers were granted to the heads of council in a swath of Ontario municipalities, most mayors have used them sparingly — if at all — though in some corners a sense of unease with the sweeping authority remains.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
opinion
Vancouver’s decision to remove or alter some mountain views sparks outrage
Kerry Gold
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Explore the Power Gap in Canadian municipalities