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Calgary adds extra repairs to water main as it prepares for renewed restrictions

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CALGARY – The City of Calgary says it’s expanding the repair work on a pipeline that is already forcing residents to once again cut back on their water use.

Michael Thompson, the city’s general manager for infrastructure services, says additional but less-serious issues have shown up on the line and they will be fixed at the same time as the major problems.

Starting in less than two weeks, residents in Calgary and surrounding communities will be asked to once again reduce indoor water use and will be banned from outdoor watering as work resumes on the troubled northside water main.

The water main broke in early June, forcing residents to cut their water use for weeks while it was repaired.

Earlier this month, Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek announced that more tests revealed other urgent trouble spots that need to be fixed before the winter freeze-up.

Calgarians will begin rationing water again as of Aug. 26 for about a month while those repairs are completed.

The main repair work on the pipe will be reinforcing concrete in vulnerable spots.

Thompson told reporters Thursday that since the less-serious fixes, such as reinforcing wire snaps, are near the major ones, “we are taking care of all of them at the same time.”

Thompson said the city has been using acoustic monitoring devices, installed in March or April, to monitor wire breaks along the feeder main. He said that system is being upgraded to a fibre optic system starting next week.

“The new system will include fibre optic cable installed inside the pipe. This will accurately identify the location of a wire snap and allow us to monitor the pipe’s health more closely,” he said.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 15, 2024.

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End of Manitoba legislature session includes replacement-worker ban, machete rules

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WINNIPEG – Manitoba politicians are expected to pass several bills into law before the likely end of legislature session this evening.

The NDP government, with a solid majority of seats, is getting its omnibus budget bill through.

It enacts tax changes outlined in the spring budget, but also includes unrelated items, such as a ban on replacement workers during labour disputes.

The bill would also make it easier for workers to unionize, and would boost rebates for political campaign expenses.

Another bill expected to pass this evening would place new restrictions on the sale of machetes, in an attempt to crack down on crime.

Among the bills that are not expected to pass this session is one making it harder for landlords to raise rents above the inflation rate.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2024

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Father charged with second-degree murder in infant’s death: police

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A Richmond Hill, Ont., man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his seven-week-old infant earlier this year.

York Regional Police say they were contacted by the York Children’s Aid Society about a child who had been taken to a hospital in Toronto on Jan. 15.

They say the baby had “significant injuries” that could not be explained by the parents.

The infant died three days later.

Police say the baby’s father, 30, was charged with second-degree murder on Oct. 23.

Anyone with more information on the case is urged to contact investigators.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2024.

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Ontario fast-tracking several bills with little or no debate

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TORONTO – Ontario is pushing through several bills with little or no debate, which the government house leader says is due to a short legislative sitting.

The government has significantly reduced debate and committee time on the proposed law that would force municipalities to seek permission to install bike lanes when they would remove a car lane.

It also passed the fall economic statement that contains legislation to send out $200 cheques to taxpayers with reduced debating time.

The province tabled a bill Wednesday afternoon that would extend the per-vote subsidy program, which funnels money to political parties, until 2027.

That bill passed third reading Thursday morning with no debate and is awaiting royal assent.

Government House Leader Steve Clark did not answer a question about whether the province is speeding up passage of the bills in order to have an election in the spring, which Premier Doug Ford has not ruled out.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2024.

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