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A new fire hall in Summerside will allow firefighters to respond quicker to calls and create a more welcoming environment for female recruits, the chief says.

With just one councillor dissenting, Summerside city council voted Monday to rezone a parcel of land off Brophy Avenue to make way for a large housing development.

Summerside councillors spar over value of filling in residential ditches One Summerside city councillor is speaking out about the $500,000 a year from the city’s budget that is going towards filling in ditches in the city, while another says the money is fulfilling a 25-year-old promise. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 18, 2021 10:38 AM AT | Last Updated: February 19 Summerside city councillor Barb Ramsay wants the money being spent on ditch infilling to be ‘distributed evenly throughout the whole city.’ (Wayne Thibodeau/CBC)

Also in attendance Tuesday were numerous members of the public.  "There's several criteria which council would evaluate any application on and one of those criteria is certainly the comments of the residents," said McFeely.  "I really feel that the community has a vested interest in their neighbourhood ... I put a lot of value on how the residents feel about this rezoning." 'I think the community, the residents of the area, were very invested in this and certainly expressed their views too throughout,' says Coun. Brian McFeely, chair of the planning board.(Sarah MacMillan/CBC)  One by one,...

Summerside may have to expropriate land for new roundabout  The City of Summerside has set the wheels in motion to expropriate four parcels of land in the north end of the city to construct a new roundabout. Social Sharing