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The City of Calgary’s plan to reintroduce fluoride back into the drinking water supply has been delayed again. As Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, the announcement comes as a new study comparing the oral health of children in Calgary and Edmonton, shows discontinuing fluoridation appears to negatively affect oral health.

Dental professionals and pediatricians in Calgary are growing frustrated with further delays in re-introducing fluoride in the city’s drinking water and its impact on oral health. As Adam MacVicar reports, the costs of the project are also ballooning.

Plans to remove bus traps in Calgary due to the amount of damage they cause vehicles appears to have stalled. Calgary police are investigating two separate collisions involving motorcycles. And dental professionals and pediatricians in Calgary are growing frustrated with further delays in re-introducing fluoride in the city’s drinking water.

The re-introduction of fluoride in the city’s water system has been a longstanding debate in the city’s history, and could become an election issue in October. Adam MacVicar reports.

WATCH: Regina city council voted ten to one in favour of fluoridating the city’s drinking water on Wednesday night. Citizens can expect the change to take place as of 2025.

Relentless rain hits southern British Columbia, causing widespread problems. After months of negotiations, Alberta and the federal government have signed a deal for 10-dollar-a-day child. And Calgary city council approves re-adding fluoride to the city’s water supply.

Sun, Feb 21: We take a closer look at fluoride in drinking water as the debate resurfaces following the release of a new study. DentalCareforChildren.ca

Wed, Feb 17: A University of Calgary study has found a direct link between a lack of fluoride in the city’s water supply to an increase in cavities in young children. As Reid Fiest reports, some dental professionals are now calling for a review on turning off fluoride.

Wed, Feb 17: Researchers have discovered Calgary’s decision to remove fluoride from drinking water, they city’s children are getting more cavities. Heather Yourex-West reports.

Sun, May 7: A free dental clinic that was held in northwest Calgary on Sunday was packed with Calgarians who haven’t been able to afford dental care. As Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, dentists running the clinic says a combination of Calgary’s jobless numbers and the elimination of fluoride in Calgary’s drinking water are causing...

A Calgary group is asking voters to elect candidates in the upcoming election who support the adding of fluoride to the city’s drinking water. Dallas Flexhaug has details.

Calgary currently doesn’t add fluoride to its drinking water, but Calgary councillors will be examining the cost of adding it back in during a council meeting Tuesday. Carolyn Kury de Castillo has details.

For the seventh time in the city’s history, Calgarians will be heading to the polls to vote on fluoride. But the debate could bubble up some misinformation. As Adam MacVicar reports, advocates expect the campaign to be anything but watered down.

Last year city council voted in favour of putting fluoride back into Calgarians’ drinking water following a plebiscite question in the municipal election. While work was expected to take up to two years, city officials say the timeline has been extended to spring 2024 to factor in supply chain issues. As Tracy Nagai reports, those...

Mon, Oct 3: With the city of Moncton’s five year moratorium on adding fluoride to its water set to end at the end of the year, the debate over fluoridation is warming up. As Global’s Andrew Cromwell reports it should not be up to municipalities to add fluoride to their drinking water.

A new study is putting into question the City of Calgary’s decision to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply. Doug Vaessen has details on how it will impact Calgarians.

In 2011, Calgary officials removed fluoride from the city’s water. About five years later, new research is warning that removing the mineral that strengthens teeth left kids with more cavities than before.

Mon, Sep 25: A group of concerned Calgarians is trying to bring fluoride to the forefront of the 2017 municipal election campaign. Heather Yourex-West explains why they’d like it re-added to the city’s water supply and what opponents are saying.

Feasibility of fluoride in Kingston municipal water a council priority

The premier’s office has confirmed it is looking into a review of Councillor Sean Chu as the conduct of Calgary City Council is coming into question. The timeline for the reintroduction of fluoride into Calgary’s drinking water has been extended. And one week after a snowstorm, many Calgary sidewalks are still uncleared.