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Calgary Herald
28-07-2025
- Politics
- Calgary Herald
Your letters for July 29: Fix the mess we're in
City Hall has usurped council's role and runs the city. I live in West Eau Claire and see constant gridlock on our roads. 8th Street S.W. has been under construction for five years. With no consultation, it will become two lanes with bike lanes on either side. This is in spite of bike lanes on 7th Street S.W. The core is impossible to navigate with constant construction. Article content Article content Writing the local councillor gets you a form letter. Writing the city, you get 'We'll take your letter under consideration. It's time we voted in a council that looks after infrastructure and takes control of the administration. Article content Article content Article content Article content Here in Toronto, if the AIMCO office on King Street catches fire, we will not call it 'an Alberta fire' and fault Smith for allowing employees to leave flammable paper on their desks. Article content Should firefighters now understand the basics of constitutional law in Canada? Article content Jim O'Reilly, Toronto Article content Article content Article content Verdict leaves many unsatisfied Article content Regardless of the outcome of the hockey players' trial for sexual assault, their behaviour was atrocious. It speaks to their character, whether defined as criminal or not. Article content None of their parents can be proud of the actions admitted to by their sons. We can do better as parents to instill better values, Team Canada can do better by not turning a blind eye to actions that scar our nation as a country, and hockey as a sport enshrined in our very identity can do better at preventing a mindset that allows this kind of conduct to be minimized. Article content Article content Stop revising history Article content Calgary city council was wrong to rename Fort Calgary. Their decision to make this name change behind closed doors and with no opportunity for Calgarians to endorse or reject it was cowardly. Article content The establishment of a North West Mounted Police presence here was an important step in extending Canada's sovereignty and preparing Alberta for widespread settlement.
Sky News
09-06-2025
- Business
- Sky News
Aussie giant Macquarie takes off with stake in London City Airport
The Australian financial giant Macquarie is close to snapping up a stake in London City Airport – the capital's fifth-biggest – amid a wider shake-up in its ownership structure. Sky News understands that Macquarie Asset Management is nearing a deal to buy a minority interest in the Docklands airport from at least one of its cluster of Canadian shareholders. Industry sources said City Airport was preparing to make an announcement about changes to its shareholder base as soon as this week, although the Macquarie deal may take slightly longer to finalise, they added. The valuation of any agreement was unclear on Monday. It follows reports earlier this year that Omers and AIMCO, two big Canadian pension funds, had hired bankers at Morgan Stanley to advise them on the sale of their interest in the London airport. Macquarie was named at the time as a potential buyer of the 25% stake owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP). London City Airport has been given permission to increase passenger numbers from 6.5 million annually to 9 million, although it was denied the opportunity to extend its Saturday operating hours. It is now seeking other regulatory concessions in order to accelerate its growth, with Britain's aviation capacity featuring prominently on the UK's economic priority list. Macquarie has been a prolific investor in UK airports, having announced the sale of AGS - comprising Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports - earlier this year.
CBC
05-03-2025
- Business
- CBC
Are DEI initiatives done in the workplace?
Social Sharing A growing list of companies and institutions are moving away from diversity, equity and inclusion policies. But why? Here in Edmonton, the University of Alberta announced it's changing to a new approach called "access, community and belonging." AIMCO eliminated 19 jobs including the DEI program lead last month. On this week's episode of This Is Edmonton, host Clare Bonnyman speaks to CBC reporter Emily Williams about the move away from these initiatives, and what experts think of the changing attitudes toward these policies.
