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On Nov. 7, Council unanimously approved a residential food and yard waste pilot to start in March 2012. Waste & Recycling Services has selected four communities for the pilot based on established criteria following consultation with the area aldermen: Abbeydale, Brentwood, Cougar Ridge and Southwood. Waste & Recycling Services will report back to Council by …

I am pleased to inform you that Southwood has been selected as one of four communities to participate in the residential food and yard waste pilot starting in March 2012. The pilot will test weekly collection of food and yard waste including citizen experience with green carts and acceptance of collecting black carts every other …

During Monday’s council meeting I asked Roads to provide council with a report evaluating the success of the the city’s first “snow event” and the snow-route parking bans that it triggered. We received that report, and I felt I should share it here. Snow Route Program Review: The Snow Route program helps ensure that vehicles …

I came across this letter to the editor by a Lakeview resident that was published in the Calgary Herald on December 5th, and I thought I’d share it. You can download a pdf copy here. Please don’t ring in the cherished Weaselhead By Stephen Herrero I have lived in Calgary since 1970 through booms and …

I have posted a new notice of motion that I moved with regards to the 2012-2014 budget decisions asking Administration to prepare an integrated risk assessment of the budget and report to council no later than June 2012. You can read the notice of motion here [PDF].

As a part of its ongoing Project Calgary series, the Calgary Herald featured the Ward 11 community of Kelvin Grove, and one of its residents, Mr. Art Patterson, in an article about aging communities. Kelvin Grove has the 3rd highest concentration of seniors in the city, and is just one of the 27 diverse communities …