Social Disorder

• Calgary bylaw seeks to put distance between protesters, city facilities

  A proposed new City of Calgary bylaw would limit any hateful protest from taking place within 100 metres of the entrance of city libraries and recreation centres.

  Canada

  Mar 10
  
• Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi meets with Alberta premier: ‘I felt we were heard’

  For the first time since becoming Alberta premier five months ago, Danielle Smith met Tuesday with Edmonton mayor Amarjeet Sohi.

  Canada

  Mar 7
  
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• Hostility against Kingston, Ont. library workers a growing problem

  Workers at the downtown Kingston Frontenac Public Library are seeing increased incidents of hostile behaviour directed at them from patrons, a problem they can't solve alone.

  Canada

  Mar 6
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• Downtown Edmonton looking up: business association

  The executive director said up to 60 per cent of office workers are back in buildings and she often saw restaurants full and crowds thronging to live concerts at Rogers Place.

  Features

  Dec 29, 2022
• Saskatoon business forced to cut hours as harassment, crime reach extreme levels

  Mandy Thibodeau, owner of Saskatoon's downtown Subway franchise, says crime in the area has been bad for years, but has recently reached an extreme.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2022
• Whyte Avenue businesses call for more beat officers to curb social disorder

  Businesses on and around Edmonton's Whyte Avenue want to see police on foot in the neighbourhood more often, citing a perceived increase in social disorder and crime.

  Crime

  Oct 21, 2022
• Trees removed around northwest Calgary train stations to discourage camping and drug use

  Trees and bushes have been removed from the Banff Trail and Lions Park LRT stations by City of Calgary crews in an effort to discourage camping and drug use.

  Crime

  Jul 7, 2022
• Edmonton releases public safety plan requested by Shandro; pushes province for support

  The safety plan outlines 12 actions the city has taken to support safety, four streams of longer-term work, as well as specific requests for support from the Alberta government.

  Crime

  Jun 9, 2022
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• Edmonton city council settles on $407M annual base funding for police

  Edmonton city council provided direction for city officials, police and police commission to develop a revised funding formula for the next four-year budget cycle.

  Crime

  Jun 7, 2022
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• Edmonton mayor, Alberta justice minister have ‘productive’ meeting about crime and safety

  'The meeting with ministers Shandro and Luan and Ellis was very productive,' the mayor said Tuesday afternoon. 'We had good conversations about our shared responsibility.'

  Crime

  May 31, 2022