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After two months and two hours of debate, Council puts ban on cosmetic pesticides

July 14, 2015 // 14 Comments

By MIKE YOUDS After two months of impassioned debate, hundreds of emails and countless phone calls, it fell to Coun. Arjun Singh’s deciding vote on Tuesday to ban [Continue]

‘Save landscapes, keep pesticides’

June 23, 2015 // 9 Comments

By MIKE YOUDS Banning commercial use of cosmetic pesticides would backfire on the City, leading more property owners to resort to chemicals available at retail stores and [Continue]

City buys $10 million landfill ‘thorn’

June 23, 2015 // 4 Comments

‘We don’t need to spend $10 million’ By MIKE YOUDS All but one city councillor voted in favour Tuesday of borrowing $10 million to buy the Owl Road Landfill, long cast [Continue]

Casino patio will operate until 2 a.m.

June 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

By MIKE YOUDS More than 500 casino-goers could be toasting their winnings — or drowning their sorrows — until 2 a.m. when the Cascades Casino opens next month. Council [Continue]

Residents raise alarm about dust from biosolids operation

June 16, 2015 // 3 Comments

NEWS/ CITY HALL — A delegation of Dallas residents upset over dust from a nearby biosolids operation intends to take its protest to City council. Residents have enlisted [Continue]

Cost of arts centre vote questioned

June 16, 2015 // 6 Comments

By MIKE YOUDS A $160,000 price tag for November’s performing arts centre referendum ballot was run through a wringer by some councillors on Tuesday but emerged unchanged. [Continue]