by Timothy Schafer on Tuesday May 04 2021
A West Kootenay EcoSociety renewable energy plan for the city was officially endorsed by city council recently, putting the community on the roadmap toward achieving a shared 100 per cent renewable energy goal by 2050 West Kootenay EcoSociety report
The city is all in when it comes to a regional renewable energy plan.
A West Kootenay EcoSociety renewable energy plan for the city and for the region as a whole was officially endorsed by city council recently, putting the community on the roadmap toward achieving a shared 100 per cent renewable energy goal by 2050.
Nine West Kootenay local governments have adopted the 100 per cent renewable energy target, including Nelson, and took part in the exercise to develop the renewable energy roadmap over the last two years.
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Publishing date: Apr 26, 2021 • 5 days ago • 4 minute read • Mark Boone, a hydrogeologist with Quinte Conservation, checks a rain gauge Sept. 11, 2020 at Deerock Lake Conservation Area north of Flinton. The conservation authority s new drought management plan urges more water conservation and advance planning to ease the effects of drought. Photo by Luke Hendry
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Quinte Conservation staff are stressing the need for more water conservation and drought planning to help ease the effects of drought and to prepare for a drier future.
Climate change is set to mean more heat and less available water, and the conservation authority’s new drought management plan lays out projections and possible action.
CALGARY Another incumbent has announced their intention to run once again in this October s Calgary municipal election. Gian-Carlo Carra, who has represented Ward 9 since 2010, filed nomination paperwork on Friday. All but one of the 15 members of city council 14 councillors and one mayor have now announced their intentions, with Ward. 2 Coun. Joe Magliocca the only holdout. Magliocca was involved in an expense scandal after a forensic audit revealed he filed claims for meetings at a Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Quebec that didn t happen. The matter was referred to Calgary police, who referred it to RCMP. Seven councillors will be running to retain their seats:
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City councillor Darren Hill on Monday shared publicly the pain he says he has been dealing with privately.
Whenever public figures share such challenges, they should be applauded because itâs not easy.
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Hill detailed his struggles with COVID-19 this year, the death of his son in 2018, the end of a 19-year relationship last year and a traumatic brain injury from a 2016 car crash.
He shared this information before city council as his fate hung in the balance due to his failure to file his 2020 campaign expenses on time. But heâs sharing it as he argues against resigning, even though heâs been found to be in violation of the cityâs campaign expenses bylaw.
Thunder Bay mayor Bill Mauro says he ll be listening with interest at a Thursday special meeting on the indoor turf facility. (File photo)
THUNDER BAY – Mayor Bill Mauro says he remains uncertain what next steps on a proposed indoor turf facility could look like, ahead of a special meeting of city council to consider the issue Thursday evening.
Numerous alternative visions for the project had already been considered by council, and rejected in favour of the concept endorsed in principle last year, the mayor noted.
“[This council] entertained other options fully two years ago, he said. We said no as a group to these other options – it’s why we spent two years going down the path we did.”