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$30,000: The amount of money the Calgary Parking Authority lost after a computer glitch allowed hundreds of motorists to park for free Monday while using the city’s ParkPlus system. The computer pay machines treated Monday as though it was the long weekend Monday, which is actually next week. METRO CALGARY
Ask tough questions: Mayor
White supremacist Bronconnier wants voters to challenge candidates in upcoming race pleads guilty to making explosives METRO CALGARY FILE PHOTO
prices spiked yesterday to $1,000 per megawatt hour from an average of around $50 per megawatt hour. This occurred when the supply of power was unable to keep up with the provincial demand. The Alberta Electric System Operator issued a level one emergency alert. METRO CALGARY
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Is it achievable? Is it believable? Those are the questions outgoing Mayor Dave Bronconnier wants Calgarians to ask when choosing the next city leader in October, he said while speaking at the Hyatt Regency Hotel during the annual report on Calgary’s Economic Development yesterday. “Over the next six months, (candidates) will be taking part in the most difficult job interview they’ve ever had,” Bronconnier said. “As voters, I’m encouraging Calgarians to make that job interview very difficult. Ask tough questions, and demand clear answers.” Bronconnier insisted he wasn’t singling anyone out, instead challenging all
The future prosperity of the city lies in the direction the future mayor takes it, according to Mayor Dave Bronconnier.
of the future and potential candidates to focus on three key points; permanent provincial infrastructure funding, five hundred more police officers, and a regional growth plan. Calgary’s business community gathered at the event and besides the mayor’s address members were
given the Calgary Economic Development’s 2010 report to the Community. Calgary will reflect, adapt and evolve, a theme that reflects Calgary’s resiliency during the economic downturn in 2009, president and CEO Bruce Graham said. "The theme for the 2010
report ... speaks to the journey that we have experienced from the past year,” he said. “Calgary businesses had to reflect on the new economic reality, adapt to the conditions that were brought upon all of us and make the necessary changes in order to evolve.”
COURTS Two charges of
attempted murder facing a self-professed white supremacist were dropped yesterday, after the accused pleaded guilty to one count of making explosives. Kyle Robert McKee, 24, was originally accused of planting two homemade bombs outside of a northeast home on Nov. 21, 2009. A resident of the home said she alerted her boyfriend when she saw two people outside her balcony. The boyfriend found two lit explosives and threw them into a parking lot; only one exploded, according to information in court. After searching McKee’s home later that day, police found explosive devices similar to the unexploded bomb found at the scene. METRO CALGARY
Ex-alderman runs for ‘a better Calgary’ KATIE TURNER for Metro Calgary
Another candidate threw his hat into the race for Calgary’s mayor yesterday, bringing the total to seven. Craig Burrows, former Ward 6 alderman, outlined some of his goals at Spolumbos deli in Ingle-
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world economic criwood, while criticizsis,” said Burrows. ing the current city “I will work with council. Calgarians to estab“While most Callish a vision based garians were conon open communicerned about job secation, building concurity or pay cuts, sensus, and commitcouncil voted themment to action.” selves a 5.5 per cent Burrows lost his raise (and) built a de- Craig Ward 6 seat in the signer bridge with- Burrows 2007 municipal out due process or justification during a election to current alder-
man Joe Connelly, who is also running for mayor. Burrows said some of his goals include improving relations between the city and the province as well as increasing communication amongst council members. “I am not running against someone,” he said. “I am running for something and that is a better Calgary.”
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