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CTV News
15 hours ago
- Business
- CTV News
What's allowed in Regina's blue recycling carts will be changing July 1
A City of Regina curbside recycling bin is seen in this file photo. The City of Regina says it will be changing what is allowed to be put in residential blue recycling carts beginning July 1. On its website, the city says that glass and Nespresso pods will no longer be accepted in blue carts. New items that can soon be put in them, however, include ice cream containers, coffee cups and removed lids, gift bags, floss containers and tape dispensers. According to the city, glass and flexible plastics such as plastic bags, wrap, bread bags, frozen food bags, and chip bags can now be taken to SARCAN. In a news release on Friday morning, the city said that a press conference will be held on Monday where details will be provided regarding the changes. Janet Aird, the city's manager, program and delivery, and Kelly Goyer, director of field services with SK Recycles, will speak to the changes on Monday morning. The changes come as SK Recycles gets set to take over processing items collected from blue carts by the city. Regina city council approved the changes in March. The city first introduced blue carts in 2013, distributing them to homes that had city garbage collection. Since then the city has expanded the list of items allowed in the bins multiple times. More information regarding the changes can be read here.
BBC News
21 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
New homes proposal for Sheffield suburb Woodhouse
A new proposal to build nearly 50 new homes in a Sheffield suburb has been announced. Developers have asked the city council for permission to build on land at the junction of Furnace Lane and Junction Lane in Woodhouse. According to the plans, 47 homes would be built, comprising 31 houses and a four-storey building with 16 apartments. Four letters of objection have been submitted against the application to date. Neighbours have raised concerns about the impact on the environment, traffic and local infrastructure, among other issues, the Local Democracy Reporting Service dwellings would be a mix of two- and three-bedroom houses while in the four-storey block the plan is to create one-bedroom unit in the flats would have two parking spaces, as well as cycle storage, and there would also be nine unallocated parking spaces for visitors.A decision on the application is scheduled to be made by mid-September. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
a day ago
- General
- BBC News
Plans to turn former Exeter police station site into housing
Plans have been submitted to knock down a former Devon police station to build more than 800 homes for university students and local people. The plans for Exeter's former police station, on Heavitree Road, would see the demolition of the existing buildings, with them replaced with a "mixed-use" development of purpose-built student accommodation and co-living refers to a development of small, affordable apartments with some shared facilities. The buildings to be knocked down also include the former magistrates' court on the latest application was a revised and redesigned version of one previously rejected by the city council. That application was refused in February 2023, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) passed by the city council, the development would have 414 co-living units and 399 units for students. Would-be developers said the revised plans addressed and resolved the key concerns raised. 'High-quality development' The development's overall impact had since been reduced, they said, creating "a high-quality development that better aligns with the character of the area".Instead of the previously proposed two large buildings, the new design features seven smaller ones, which are lower and take up less space. The blocks would now be between four and six storeys high, with the tallest ones on "less sensitive" parts of the new plans include a new public route through the site, as well as measures to minimise disruption to the environment, including more than 150 new trees being planted.
CTV News
a day ago
- Business
- CTV News
Saskatoon restricts sale of bear spray
Watch WATCH: Saskatoon city councillors approved a series of changes to the way bear spay is sold at its council meeting Wednesday.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Corrupt Democrat who STOLE from taxpayers forces colleagues to stand for awkward picture as she leaves in disgrace
A disgraced Boston city councilor who stole money from taxpayers forced her colleagues to take an excruciating final group photo as she stepped down. Tania Fernandes Anderson attended her final meeting on Wednesday ahead of her July 4 resignation and sentencing on federal corruption charges. 'Everyone knows the climate got tough, and you kept your head up high. You were professional. You were kind, intelligent, and you did the work for District 7,' she said at the meeting, according to WBZ News Radio. 'I thank you from the bottom of my heart,' she added, making no reference to the corruption scandal. Anderson will be sentenced next month after admitting federal charges for stealing $7,000 of taxpayer money. The councilor lied about being related to another city employee and then managed to secure them a $13,000 bonus, $7,000 of which she kept for herself. The stack of cash was handed over to her in inside the City Hall bathroom in June 2023. She remained on city council despite her guilty plea, due to state law that bars removing a member until after sentencing, which will happen on July 29. Anderson announced she would step down on July 4 and asked supporters to join her at the final meeting on Wednesday. At the meeting, Anderson called each city council member to the podium, where she personally thanked them for their work. 'My staff has a saying in the office that after working for me, they can last anywhere. I don't know what that means, I think it means that they love me,' she joked. She also gave the floor to any member who would like to speak, but none took her up on the offer. Anderson then had all of them come up to the podium for a photo. The disgraced councilwoman beamed brightly in the backrow sporting a blue silk and white outfit, while others awkwardly stood around her. A few appeared to have scowls on their faces. Some, however, did praise the councilwoman, with lawmaker Brian Worrell comparing her to Harriet Tubman, the Boston Herald said. Afterward, the meeting proceeded with Anderson offering 10 resolutions, including urging the city and state to build housing for young adults and support the rights of parents to bring their infants to work. Council members voted against her one of her resolutions, which were in her transition plan. The other nine prevailed. She also vowed to continue her service, saying: 'This is not an ending, it is a return to the base, to the roots, where real power lives, with all the people. 'I will still be fighting, not from this chamber but from the community, with you, always.' Prosecutors have recommended Anderson spend a year in prison and pay $13,000 in restitution. Fernandes Anderson lied about being related to the staffer when the hire was made, the indictment said. She also allegedly claimed the extravagant bonus was awarded to pay the staffer for previous volunteer work. Despite being paid $115,000 a year, Fernandes Anderson was facing financial issues, according to federal officials. Investigators believe that the pair decided Fernandes Anderson would award the staffer a bonus of $13,000 - more than double the amount given to other employees - and the staffer would then pay $7,000 to Anderson as a kickback. After the bonus was deposited into the staffer's bank account, Fernandes Anderson instructed the employee to make separate cash withdrawals from the bonus check, prosecutors said. The staff member allegedly made two separate withdrawals of $3,000 from two different bank locations in Boston on May 31, 2023 and June 5, 2023. The staffer then withdrew $4,000 from a third Boston bank on June 9, 2023, prosecutors said. 'On or about June 9, 2023, at approximately 4.11pm, Staff Member A texted Fernandes Anderson, "Bathroom" to let Fernandes Anderson know that Staff Member A was waiting in the bathroom to hand the $7,000 cash to Fernandes Anderson,' the indictment says. 'Within seconds, Fernandes Anderson texted Staff Member A, "Ready" to confirm that Fernandes Anderson was ready to accept the $7,000 cash kickback from Staff Member A. 'Shortly following these texts, Staff Member A handed Fernandes Anderson approximately $7,000 in cash at a bathroom in City Hall,' court documents say.
