“We felt like we had our own private corner. It was nice,” Tom-Kee told KTW. “The park was there, but not right there. My ignorance was bliss. I knew it was there, but we had our privacy. It’s gone. It’s literally gone.” Tom-Kee pointed to between 30 and 50 stumps that remain and a dozen residences backing onto Centennial Park impacted. Tom-Kee said the city is planning to remove the stumps and replace its chainlink fence a small alleyway also separates the townhouses from the park and townhouses at the edge of the park. Tom-Kee said she asked the city a couple of years ago to clean up the area by removing garbage and cutting back some of the foliage. She did not, however, expect the hedge to be removed entirely. She said the greenery was healthy, with many birds making the hedge home.
CALGARY As Calgary pharmacists prepare to roll out doses of COVID-19 vaccines, many are concerned for the safety of their staff and customers due to a large spike in robberies. Since September of last year, Calgary police say 42 pharmacies have been the target of theft in the city. Tariq Fareeby, who owns and manages two Calgary Drug Mart locations said he was robbed at gunpoint in the early hours of Nov. 12 after an armed suspect came into his Lincoln Park location. “I saw the gun under his belt, so then I gave up,” Fareeby said. “I think there are multiple factors with the frustrations over vaccines, the pandemic, a lack of jobs, and people unable to get prescriptions from their doctors so pharmacies are an easy target.
Bristol and Bath Railway path: number of crimes reported shot up in 2020
Police have responded after violent and sexual offences reported
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The number of offences being reported along the Bristol and Bath railway path increased by nearly 60 per cent in 2020.
Whatâs public and whatâs private? Draw the line and discover delight
Elizabeth FarrellyColumnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
January 30, 2021 â 12.00am
January 30, 2021 â 12.00am
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