A Calgary bylaw requiring businesses to charge a minimum bag fee and only provide single-use items when requested has officially been tossed.
After a brief public hearing Tuesday, councillors gave three readings to repeal the bylaw, which was first enacted in January.
In speaking to businesses since the bylaw was brought into place, administration said in January that one fast food restaurant reported between 10-20 per cent of drive-thru customers were opting out of asking and paying for a paper bag.City administration will now work to bring forth recommendations for a new single-use bylaw to try to curb the amount of waste going into Calgary landfills.
Prior to council voting to start the repeal process, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was highly critical of the bylaw. Footage from dozens of security cameras in the area of Drake’s Bridle Path mansion could be the key to identifying the suspect responsible for shooting and seriously injuring a security guard outside the rapper’s sprawling home early Tuesday morning, a former Toronto homicide detective says.
It's been one week since investigators began their search at the Saskatoon landfill, looking for answers in the MacKenzie Trottier case.Saskatchewan health workers performed more than 95,700 surgeries in the last fiscal year, marking the highest annual surgical volume ever recorded, according to the provincial government.Sask.
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