David Duckworth

EDITORIAL – City’s top brass take the guff but get little of the credit

January 31, 2018 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WANTED: highly qualified, experienced individual to manage heavy workload, work long hours and handle unrelenting daily [Continue]

Delay in parking-rate hike proposed

December 1, 2014 // 2 Comments

NEWS/ CITY HALL — Drivers who park downtown may get a Christmas present from City council Tuesday — a scheduled increase in parking rates may be put off for a year. [Continue]

Pay-by-phone parking arrives soon

July 9, 2014 // 2 Comments

NEWS/ CITY — With a little more testing and some luck, we’ll be able to pay for downtown parking with our smartphones by the middle of next month. David Duckworth, [Continue]

New server will fix parking kiosk issue

June 30, 2014 // 3 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER/ NEWS/ CITY — The glitch that caused downtown parking kiosks to crash June 4 is unlikely to happen again when an Internet server in France is swapped [Continue]

City Hall working on stench from lagoons

May 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — The powerful smell coming from the sewage lagoons should be under control within a few days, says a City Hall spokesman. Corporate services director Dave Duckworth [Continue]

Tax exemption cap on CN station heritage building to tighten

February 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — The City’s sale of the historic CN station building for $1 didn’t please some heritage buffs but it could mean a handsome saving for taxpayers. A report [Continue]