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5 years after Calgary declared a climate emergency, city council calls it off

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Wildfire smoke from N.W.T. and Saskatchewan blanketed Calgary in this photo taken from Crescent Road N.W. on September 2, 2025.

One of the first motions under former mayor Jyoti Gondek was to declare a climate emergency, joining a global movement of municipalities making the same announcement. On Wednesday, city council voted to rescind the statement, arguing it was symbolic and performative.

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dreadhead
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Glad that the emergency was solved.
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Uber drivers in Victoria got a union contract. What does it mean for ride-hailing workers across Canada?

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Five men holding signs that read "Honk if you support gig workers" and "Uber CEO $30 million+" outside of a tall concrete building.

Victoria's drivers are the first in Canada to get a union contract with Uber, but advocates say there's no guarantee it will pave the way for the broader unionization of ride-hailing workers across the country.

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Forensic pollen testing reveals new details about woman found dead in English Bay in 2022

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Police said her body was floating in the water off Spanish Banks, near an inflatable kayak, and she had candy, insulin and a backpack on her, but no identification.



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RCMP watchdog says Mounties mishandled sex assault case of murdered N.S. woman

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Nearly 10 years after a Nova Scotia woman was murdered by her neighbour after she reported that he sexually assaulted and harassed her, the RCMP’s national watchdog says the Mounties failed both in the original case, and making improvements to sexual assault investigations across Canada.

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Hosting FIFA World Cup will cost taxpayers $1B: watchdog report

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Hosting the 2026 World Cup will cost governments across Canada more than a billion dollars, putting the cost per game at $82 million, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

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dreadhead
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Certainly the best thing we could be spending money on right now.
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