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Town residents provided opportunity to influence 2027 budget
Taber town council’s July 6 special meeting wrapped up in under 90 minutes, but only the first seven minutes or so were open to the public. Two agenda items were discussed during the brief open session. The first was a request from the Taber Golf Club for a letter of support from the Town for…
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Halton Hills eyeing new whistleblower program to target waste, fraud, wrongdoing
Halton Hills is moving forward with plans to establish a formal whistleblower program designed to give municipal employees a secure, anonymous avenue to report fraud, wrongdoing and waste. At its July 13 meeting, town council received a report outlining a proposed framework for the program, which will be brought forward for formal consideration during the…
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Applications now open for Property Tax Rebate for Seniors program
Nova Scotia – A provincial program helping low-income seniors with the cost of municipal residential property taxes is now open until December 31. Seniors can now apply for the Property Tax Rebate to help with the cost of municipal residential property taxes. The program provides eligible homeowners with a rebate of 50 per cent of…
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AI is reshaping both sides of Canada’s immigration fraud battle
One day Alberta immigration lawyer Yameena Ansari began receiving inquiries from prospective clients who wanted to confirm they were actually communicating with her. Someone else had become her. Fraudsters had stolen her professional identity, presenting themselves as the real lawyer while offering services she had never authorized. “Fraudsters stole my identity and were posing as…
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Judge rejects Justice Department attempt to get names of 2020 election workers in Fulton County
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice cannot have the names and personal contact information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The Justice Department in April served a grand jury subpoena seeking the names and personal contact information of county employees and…
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Office space scarce as federal public servants return to the office four days a week
Thousands of federal public servants started a new work schedule Monday that will see them on-site in the office four days a week, though a lack of office space is delaying the return for some departments. The Treasury Board announced the change to remote work rules in February. Executive public servants returned to the office…
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New Officers and Higher Investments Highlight Durham Police Update to Brock Council
A significant increase in policing resources for North Durham, the hiring of hundreds of new officers and stronger community engagement efforts were among the key messages delivered to Brock Township Council during a presentation from the Durham Regional Police Services Board. At its June 29 meeting, council welcomed Board Vice-Chair Karen Fisher, who provided an…
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Prince Harry’s UK trip sparks media buzz over whether Meghan and kids will join him
LONDON (AP) — The drama that seems to surround Prince Harry returns to the United Kingdom this week, and the previews already have the British press buzzing with anticipation. King Charles III’s estranged son arrived Monday in the land of his birth for a series of charity engagements. But for most royal watchers that’s just…
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‘No safe levels’: Former federal scientist warns Bill C-30 opens door for more pesticides in already broken regulatory system
In 2022, the federal government created an independent science advisory committee under Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), rebranded to the Pesticides Regulatory Directorate (PRD) this year, after environmental groups spent years pointing out that the agency was relying on outdated science and was too closely aligned with the interests of pesticide manufacturers and…
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TBM decides future council should have limits on virtual meeting attendance
Future members of The Blue Mountains council will have a limited number of meetings they can attend virtually each year. At a special committee of the whole meeting on July 6, The Blue Mountains council approved an updated procedural bylaw that will govern how meetings are conducted in the future. The bylaw is set to…
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Anti-coal petition lead Corb Lund questions Elections Alberta’s verification
Country musician Corb Lund says he’s not giving up the fight after his petition drive to stop new coal mining in Alberta was ruled a failure. Lund says he has questions about the process that Elections Alberta used to reject the list of names and that he’s looking at taking it to court. “We’re not…