City Council is taking a break this week. There is a lone meeting, the Agenda Review Committee meeting, taking place at 9:00 am on Tuesday. Next week, Council will resume.
Students and teachers are grappling with the news that two Catholic schools in the city will be shut down at the end of the academic year. St. Basil Catholic, with its Polish bilingual program, and the junior high program at Our Lady of Mount Carmel are slated for closure. Almost 200 students will be impacted. Those enrolled at Our Lady of Mount Carmel will transfer to St. Brendan or Louis St. Laurent Junior/Senior High School.
Edmonton is gathering insights about this year's snow and ice control program through a survey. While we don’t know the results of the survey yet, we’ve heard loud and clear what residents think and it’s not good news. A year ago, Edmonton noted that complaints about snow removal had increased by over 2,000%. We’re guessing they’ve increased even more now. The survey is open until March 6th.
