Privatization

• City of Calgary kicks off privatized garbage collection pilot project

  According to City of Calgary officials, there won't be any changes to pick-up schedules or the billing process in neighbourhoods where the pilot is taking place.

  Politics

  Apr 5
  
• No plans to privatize N.B.’s Murray Beach Provincial Park ‘really good news,’ users say

  "[Tourism, Heritage and Culture] does not have any plans to outsource Murray Beach at this time," a Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture spokesperson Morgan Bell says.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2021
  
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• Manitoba conservation group worries about wildlife after part of park now being run privately

  The province attributes the move to an effort to revitalize St. Ambroise Beach Provincial Park, which was heavily damaged in 2011 by flooding from Lake Manitoba.

  Environment

  Jun 9, 2021
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• Lethbridge AUPE health-care workers join provincial marches against ‘disrespectful’ cuts

  “Who comes out in the middle of a pandemic and tells more health-care workers that their jobs are gone?”

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2020
• Alberta seniors call for better care and profits out of long-term care homes

  Seniors advocates in Alberta say the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the cracks in privately funded care homes.

  Health

  Oct 1, 2020
• STARS expanding service in Manitoba, taking over for Lifeflight

  The STARS air ambulance service is taking over for Lifeflight, which has been providing transport for patients in areas outside a 200-kilometre radius of Winnipeg since 1985.

  Sep 10, 2020
• Committee doesn’t want real estate assessment of Shaganappi Point Golf Course

  Right now, the City of Calgary is spending $700,000 a year to subsidize golf course operations but wants to get that to zero by 2022.

  Money

  Mar 10, 2020
• NB Cannabis privatization could lead to store closures: professor

  A Brock University business professor suggests that may happen under current regulations.

  Cannabis

  Nov 15, 2019
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• New Brunswick moves to privatize Cannabis NB

  New Brunswick Finance and Treasury Board Minister Ernie Steeves made the announcement on Tuesday.

  Cannabis

  Nov 14, 2019
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• Manitoba moving ahead with Lifeflight air ambulance privatization

  The province announced they are moving ahead with a plan to privatize the service, and Manitoba's largest union is calling it "shameful"

  Jun 6, 2019