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THE BUZZ WHERE’S DONALD? The embattled California Republican Party, once home to the Reagan Revolution, has enthusiastically embraced a longshot plan for its political comeback after years of declining voter registration. But pulling off the recall of a Democratic governor in a solidly blue state may well depend on something state Republicans themselves can’t agree on: just how big a role Donald Trump should play in the drama.
CCDA could face spring dissolution vote
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Too strict
Steve Meldrum, a downtown business owner, addresses council regarding the City Centre Development Agency budget before it passed Monday night. CCDA board chair Jeremy Silver, left, and Shila Sharps, centre-top, a vocal CCDA critic, swatch from the gallery. NEWS PHOTO COLLIN GALLANT
The City Centre Development Agency has an approved budget for 2021, but might face a vote to dissolve the organization before the spring.
City council approved the organization’s budget it had tabled last week while dealing with complaints from some stakeholders about cuts to a local grant.
It also engaged its legal department to study several changes suggested by the board to reform the group that operates on provincial mandate.
MEDICINE HAT, AB- Downtown business owner Bryan De Jong and his father-in-law are trying to recoup following a string of incidents at their family business, Ideal Jewellery the past few weeks.
“ We’ve had three different incidents. One was the glass on the door being broken, an individual just smashed the door and vandalized the front of the building, and we had another one where we had an individual try to kick in the door on the apartment, which is right directly above third street here and another incident where we had a health care worker from Edmonton, living in the apartment there, she was quite significantly harassed, and then chased down the sidewalk, she ran into the apartment and the individual, he tried to get into the door,” he said.
Business owners object to day shelter locale
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Do you agree with police and health authorities shutting down, fencing off Grace Life Church near Edmonton?
Yes
Downtown business owners plan to formally object to a daytime homeless shelter that is now operating near the downtown intersection of Third Street and Sixth Avenue.
They say groups of shelter users congregate near their storefronts on one of downtown’s busiest street, and better space could be found.
Announced in mid-December, it provides space during daytime hours to those who access overnight shelter space, as well as providing certain social service resources to others, say administrators.