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Residents seeking time with town council face new rules

Anyone hoping to make their case to Pincher Creek town council now gets five more minutes to do it, but they’ll need to do more of the work ahead of time. Council adopted a rewritten procedural bylaw Sept. 28 that gives delegations 20 minutes instead of 15. It also requires written requests 10 days in […]

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Council pushes back on provincial gravel pit rules

MD of Pincher Creek council will tell the province it has concerns about changes that give provincial gravel pit approvals priority over local planning, following its Sept. 8 meeting. Council also heard a neighbour’s objection to a proposed gravel pit east of Pincher Creek and agreed to keep subsidizing waste service at Castle Mountain Resort. […]

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News briefs from June 23 MD of Pincher Creek council table

A resident’s challenge to how fire-suppression costs are billed, and confirmation of more than $1.4 million in local funding allocations from the province, were key topics at the MD of Pincher Creek’s June 23 meeting. Fire-suppression costs Bill Thorpe, a longtime MD resident, questioned charging property owners for emergency response costs. He said residents already […]

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Crowsnest Pass residents want a clear plan for growth

Crowsnest Pass council has accepted the results of the municipality’s first structured public engagement session, in which residents called for a clearer long-term plan for how their community grows — the priority that drew the strongest support. Council received the results as information at its July 7 meeting. The session itself, held June 16, brought […]

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News briefs from June 8 Town of Pincher Creek council table

Pincher Creek town council formalized how it will work with school divisions on future planning and shared use of facilities at its June 8 meeting, bringing the municipality into compliance with provincial requirements. Council authorized agreements with Livingstone Range School Division and Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Division, replacing older agreements. Council also postponed […]

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Local leaders support province’s plan to standardize councillor conduct

Pincher Creek officials are welcoming a provincial plan to restore councillor codes of conduct after a year-long gap left municipalities without formal accountability standards. Announced March 26, the province’s plan to introduce a Councillor Accountability Framework would establish a universal set of conduct standards and a third-party system for handling complaints. This shift is welcomed […]

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