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5/16/2012
The West LRT is still months away from opening, but calls for an audit on the project's budget are growing louder.
The project was budgeted at a billion dollars, but now stands at 1.4 billion, and today Council's transportation committee had questions over increasing construction costs and a request for 8.6 million dollars in public art. The public art request was denied, with Council members saying no funds will be provided until the policy is fully reviewed.
At th committee said no to art until there's a review of council's art policy. Meantime, transportation Mac Logan welcomes the calls for an audit once the project is complete. He says given the scope of the project, there are issues as to how the funds were used, and how the decisions were made. One of the biggest concerns is that 61 million dollars for trenching the LRT under 45th Street SW chewed up much of the project's contingency fund.
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5/16/2012
Alberta's premier and official opposition leader are going head-to-head over comments made by federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair on the oilsands.
The issue has been front and centre for the last couple of weeks.
Premier Alison Redford tweeted late this morning "Is this national leadership?" then went on to say Mulcair "continues to make divisive, ill-informed and false comments".Wildrose leader Danielle Smith has chimed in...wondering if Redford "gets the seriousness of Mulcair's comments"...adding "his statements aren't just divisive, they are dangerous" to Alberta.She also questioned why it took a month for Redford to respond to Mulcair's comments, but the Premier's Communication's Twitter account has replied that Redford addressed the issue several times last week.
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5/16/2012
The City's Animal Services department is asking pet owners about the number of dogs a person can bring to an off-leash area.
Currently there are no rules on how many dogs a person can bring to an off-leash area, but Elaine Munson with the Calgary Associated dog fanciers says there's no need to change the rules, and says that proper dog training is cruical in keeping control of dogs, no matter how many an owner brings.
You can fill out the survey on the city's animal services website until the end of May.
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5/16/2012
With over a month left in the year, public school support workers may be ready to walk off the job.
The Calgary Board of Education Staff Association, which represents all school positions outside of teachers and unionized cleaning staff are holding a strike vote Thursday afternoon.
They cite poor working conditions and unfair pay, things that have remained unreasolved through 17-months of negotiations.
However, staff won't be able to just walk off the job if the strike vote goes ahead, as association has to wait on a labour matter put before the province about the situation.
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5/16/2012
The first long-term treatment centre for sexually abused kids in Canada is planned for Alberta.
The organization Little Warriors is planning a 40 acres somewhere in Central Alberta, which founder Gloria Meldrum says will be able to treat up to 50 children at a time for 30-day periods.
It's hoped that the facility with bridge a gap and provide long-term treatment for kids who have been sexually abused in Alberta.
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5/16/2012
Calgary police are looking for help in solving a cold-case robbery from six months ago.
Just a few days before Christmas...someone broke through a wall to gain access to a Calendar Club store at TD square in the South West part of the city.
Once inside, the suspect disassembled two cash registers and made off with the cash...exiting the way he came.
Police have just obtained surveillance photos that they are hoping will help them crack the case.
They also are trying to determine if the same man is responsible for similar break-ins in the downtown area between September 2010 and December 2011.
Photos of the suspect are available on QR77 dot com.
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5/16/2012
Amateur hockey players in southern Alberta are nearing the end of an 11-day marathon game to make it into the Guinness World Record book, while trying to raise one-and-a-half million dollars for the Alberta Children's Hospital.
Forty men in Chestermere have been rotating shifts on the ice since May 6th, and have been fighting exhaustion and pain. Some like Jonathan Hamilton, is playing on a broken ankle.
One of the players is Lyall Marshall, whose six-year-old daughter Diamond captured hearts across the country last summer when she greeted the Duchess of Cambridge in Calgary. The girl has a rare form of adrenal cancer and is in remission, and Marshall says his daughter has made some inspiring visits to the hockey rink.
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5/16/2012
The noose is tightening, according to Mayor Naheed Nenshi.
This comment comes as city officials say they are closing in on those responsible for cutting down the city trees in the southwest community of Brittania. Police say they have good quality images from surveillance video from nearby homes. It's believed the tree-cutting happened over a month ago while many in the neighborhood were away for March break.
Meanwhile, Nenshi hopes those responsible would just step forward and end the mystery of whether this was all about a good view of the city's core, or just a careless lumberjack.
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5/16/2012
You could soon see quite the surprise when you hop onto a city bus in the coming weeks. A new white "engagement bus" will be making stops at random locations around the city. But instead of sitting quietly at your seat, Calgary Transit officials will be asking what you'd like to see in the future.
RouteAhead Project Manager Chris Jordan says they expect a wide range of responses, especially from regular riders. Meanwhile Mayor Naheed Nenshi says they hope to develop a plan for the future of transit in Calgary by getting the opinions of those who need the system the most.
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5/16/2012
How many dogs is too many dogs for one person to control in an off-leash park? That's what the city wants to determine, with a on-line survey.
Animal Services is reviewing it's Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw, and wants input from Calgarians on the number of dogs an individual should be allowed to have off-leash at one time.
The city may decide it's necessary to limit that number. Currently there is no limit on the number of dogs one person has off-leash, as long as those dogs remain under control and within sight of their master. The questionnaire is now available to fill out online at calgary.ca/animalservices until the end of May.
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