Category: CMRB

Nenshi has hired a lobbyist to obtain more powers over the rural communities surrounding Calgary. In Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s world, it’s his way or the highway. That’s why he hired a lobbyist to tell the province that Calgary City… Read More

But those who know how economies actually grow have been waiting on Premier Kenney to finally take action and let Alberta’s rural economic engine grow as only it knows how. When the issue of the Calgary Metropolitan Regional Board made… Read More

Bruce McAllister writes that Nenshi’s is threatening to annex surrounding communities to sap competition. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi isn’t happy to rule his meagre plot of land; he wants to extend his reach beyond Calgary’s borders over rural and small… Read More

Bruce McAllister writes that unelected fourth layers of government are strangling development in rural Alberta. An Alberta showdown is brewing. Alberta oil and gas producers are asking for a tax break and the province is looking at ways to give… Read More

Some Calgary politicians see the Cross Iron Mills mall in Balzac as an interloper in the city’s economy, but regional municipalities see it as an opportunity seized. Has somebody mistakenly given Calgary Mayor Nenshi and Coun. Jyoti Gondek new titles?… Read More