Smuggling drugs and alcohol into Gjoa Haven through the Yellowknife Airport should warrant improvements in security, Mayor Raymond Quqshuun told a panel at the Nunavut Association of Municipalities’ annual general meeting on Nov. 12. Yellowknife is accessible by road through Alberta, and there’s no airport security on flights from Yellowknife to Nunavut communities. Quqshuun, whose […]

About 75 residents filled the Grantham Optimist Club on Wednesday evening for a two-hour open-mic town hall hosted by St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe and Port Dalhousie councillors Bruce Williamson and Marty Mako.  The meeting, open to residents from across the city, was intended as an informal chance to raise questions and share concerns directly […]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Prosecutors filed new espionage charges against Istanbul’s jailed mayor on Monday, intensifying the judicial pressure on the opposition politician seen as a top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The new charges against Ekrem Imamoglu stem from an investigation launched last week into alleged links between his political campaign and a […]

When St. Catharines residents pay their municipal taxes, they expect those dollars to finance services, infrastructure and council supported programs that are deemed to be in the interest of the community. What they do not expect is for those funds to be spent in ways that are difficult to trace or buried in broad budget […]

Two Halifax residents say the city’s mayor is being investigated for an alleged breach of the municipal code of conduct because of comments he made about the power structure at city hall. The residents say Andy Fillmore was misleading when he told the CBC earlier this summer that the mayor reports to the chief administrative […]

LISTOWEL – At its April 29 meeting, North Perth Council requested a report from staff to help council members to understand the new strong mayor powers, in order to avoid exploiting them.  As of May 1, strong mayor powers have been expanded to an additional 170 Ontario municipalities, including North Perth. Bestowed by the Ontario […]

In a decision that appears to contradict itself, the municipal watchdog hired by Council members to hold them accountable has determined that even though Mayor Mat Siscoe violated rules set out in the Code of Conduct that governs the behaviour of local elected officials, his conduct somehow did not rise to a punishable contravention of […]

● Mayor Lovatt has submitted a formal pre-budget request to Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy laying out Town priorities in need of greater Provincial support. ● He warned of a growing infrastructure gap, exacerbated by rising costs and a lack of sustainable funding for small but fast-growing towns like Stouffville. ● Lovatt noted the potential […]

After public backlash and media scrutiny, St. Catharines council on Monday night paused the previous enforcement of a bylaw to license bed and breakfasts.  The controversial bylaw was implemented in April of last year and required all bed and breakfasts to obtain a license in order to operate within city limits.   It was the first […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans woman once accused of stalking by Mayor LaToya Cantrell turned the tables Friday with a $1 million-plus federal lawsuit accusing Cantrell, her chief of staff and eight members of the city police department of civil rights violations and defamation.  Anne W. Breaud’s lawsuit says Cantrell falsely accused Breaud […]