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BBC News
11-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Disused indoor market in Weymouth could make way for budget hotel
A former shopping arcade that is empty and "in a sorry state" could be turned into a plans are agreed, Colwell Shopping Centre in Weymouth - also known as School Street Plaza - would be demolished and replaced with a 70-room budget proposal has been amended since it was first tabled in 2022. Previous applications for the site have included councillors will consider the outline application on Thursday. Responding to the application, conservation officers said the existing building was "absent of any historic value" and had a "negative impact" on the appearance of the conservation development and tourism officers said: "If it displaces some older hotels, it will both improve the visitor offer and enable some older hotels to revert to housing, which is desperately required."Our service would want to encourage tourists, we do not want to encourage homes being turned into holiday accommodation, and this sort of development helps meet that ambition."Ward councillor Jon Orrell previously said the site had "not worked as an indoor shopping centre" and was "in a sorry state". He said: "A well-developed new building should be an improvement on the current run-down site." You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
CTV News
06-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
‘We're looking to put fires out in our communities': Retired conservation officer looking to help fight wildfires
CTV's Joseph Bernacki has more on how some Manitobans are pushing the province to let them help battle wildfires. A retired conservation officer said the province has refused to accept the help of his colleagues despite the expertise he said they could bring to the effort. 'We've got a number of retired (conservation officers) that are willing and wanting to go out to these fires,' Darryl Hedman said Thursday. Ian Bushie, Minister of Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures for the province, said they are grateful for the help but must keep community safety top of mind. 'It's been very great to be able to engage,' Bushie said during a news conference. 'And we do have those conversations, but it's also about community safety as well too. So we do not want to put folks in harm's way.' The province told CTV News they are 'grateful for the offers of assistance' and, at the present time, are accepting help from former fire officials on a case-by-case basis.
CBC
12-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Bear tranquilized near downtown Regina
A bear has been tranquilized after it was spotted near downtown Regina Monday morning. The cinnamon-coloured black bear was in a tree at Victoria Avenue and Montreal Street, near Thomson Community School. Police officers, firefighters and conservation officers were at the scene. After the bear was tranquilized, it was loaded into a truck and will be transported to the Fort Qu'Appelle area later today, CBC News was told at the scene.
