Town manager explains bylaw on litigants amid debate
Redcliff considers a proposed Communications with Litigants amendment to its procedural bylaw that would grant the municipal manager broader discretion to manage council delegations and communications with potential litigants. Arles Crofts defends the measure as risk management while stressing council oversight and one-point contact during litigation.
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Redcliff
Litigants
Arles Crofts
Crofts
Council
Manitoba creates independent unit to oversee police
The Independent Investigation Unit in Manitoba will review officer involved deaths and serious injuries and can take over investigations in the public interest. Director Zane Tessler says the unit has vast jurisdiction with little limit on civilian oversight of police. Calls for such a unit date to 1988 and grew after the Crystal Taman case. her husband Robert Taman has long pressed for action.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Zane Tessler
Tessler
J.J. Harper
Crystal Taman
Robert Taman
Alberta hires David Dodge as infrastructure adviser
Premier Rachel Notley announced that former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge will advise Alberta on infrastructure spending over the next four to five years. He will assess when to build, how much to spend, and borrowing options, with a report due in the fall to shape the 2015 16 budget plans.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Bank of Canada
Rachel Notley
David Dodge
Dodge
Notley
Brian Mason
Mason
Former Parks Canada officials oppose Lake Louise development guidelines
Stephen Woodley and 10 other former Parks Canada leaders criticize new Lake Louise Banff National Park guidelines. They contend the plan would extend the resort into wilderness, rely on outdated science, and mischaracterize a land swap that would shrink the lease by about 500 hectares.
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Lake Louise
Canada
Stephen Woodley
Banff National Park
Woodley
RCMP links missing aboriginal women killings to family violence
Ottawa updated findings show a strong link between homicide and family violence in missing and murdered aboriginal women. RCMP data indicate female victims are most often killed by men they know in homes or communities, with an 81 percent case solution rate for aboriginal victims.
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Mounties
RCMP
Janice Armstrong
Tyler Bates
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