Questions around transparency and unclear potential for savings ultimately led to the defeat of a proposed city administration plan to combine Calgary’s waste and recycling fees.
The plan, presented to the April 14, 2026, Calgary’s Executive Committee meeting, called for the amalgamation of blue, black and green bin waste and recycling fees into one single fee that would appear on...
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Education reporting funding provided through the Local Journalism Initiative has been funded by the Government of Canada
Le financement des reportages éducatifs fourni dans le cadre de l’Initiative pour le journalisme local a été financé par le gouvernement du Canada.
