Council voted 13-2 in favour of resuming water fluoridation, with only councillors Andre Chabot and Dan McLean against City council voted Monday to restore fluoride to Calgary’s water supply, reversing course on a controversial decade-old decision to discontinue the practice which is widely acknowledged to prevent tooth decay. It will cost approximately $10 million to […]
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‘What Calgarians have wanted’: City council votes 13-2 to return fluoride to tap water
Calgarians supported adding fluoride to drinking water in October plebiscite Calgary will reintroduce fluoride to its tap water after city council voted overwhelmingly in favour of the change Monday. The vote wasn’t close, as 13 members of council voted in favour. Two councillors voted against the motion to reinstate fluoride: Andre Chabot of Ward 10 and Dan McLean of Ward 13. […]
Fluoride will return to Calgary water after 13-2 vote by council
CALGARY – Calgary council has voted 13-2 in favour of returning fluoride to the city’s water supply. The move at Monday’s regular council meeting follows a ‘yes’ vote in a plebiscite held during the municipal election in October. Only Coun. Andre Chabot and Coun. Dan McLean voted against the measure on Monday. Calgary stopped adding […]
City council to vote on future of water fluoridation next week
City council will decide next week whether to end the decade-long hiatus on fluoridation in Calgary’s drinking water. After 62 per cent of the votes in this year’s municipal plebiscite on fluoridation favoured the practice, city officials have recommended that council approve its return. If council gives the go-ahead, the city will still have to […]
Calgary fluoride discussion on tap at next city council meeting
The process to add fluoride could take between 18 and 24 months, administration said Calgary city councillors could decide on moving ahead with the addition of fluoride into Calgary’s water supply at Monday’s combined meeting of council. An administration report is recommending that council direct administration to begin the process. The matter was voted on […]
What Calgary fluoride vote could mean for Airdrie
During municipal elections, City of Calgary voters were presented with the question of whether or not they supported adding fluoride into drinking water. Out of 334,888 votes collected on the question, 62 per cent supported the proposal. Airdrie receives all of its drinking water from Calgary, so a reintroduction of fluoride in Calgary would ultimately […]
As Calgary votes for fluoride, some in B.C. have hope for ‘rotten tooth capital of Canada’
Metro Vancouver has never had fluoridated drinking water, but experts say evidence of benefits is clear After a year that saw both Regina and Calgary voting to add fluoride to their drinking water, some British Columbians are wondering whether it’s time for cities in the province to finally consider fluoridation. About two-thirds of Calgarians who […]
Council expected to move quickly on returning fluoride to Calgary’s water
With so much of the councillors-elect in favour of either water fluoridation or abiding by Monday’s vote, a notice of motion will likely come forward sooner than later, said Ward 9’s Gian-Carlo Carra City council will likely move quickly to ratify results of Monday’s plebiscite that favoured returning fluoride to Calgary’s water, say some newly […]
Fluoride will be back in Airdrie’s water; that and other referendum questions
Even though Airdrie did not vote on the question of fluoride, Calgary did (Photo by Anna Ferensowicz) On October 18th, 2021, Calgary voters voted on the city’s seventh plebiscite regarding adding fluoride back into the city’s water supply. As of 11:33 P.M. on October 18th, 62 per cent of (201,940) voters voted “Yes” with regards […]
Calgarians vote to bring fluoride back into drinking water
Calgarians have voted in favour of reintroducing fluoride into the city’s drinking water. Voters were polled on the issue for the seventh time in the city’s history during Monday night’s election. The question on this year’s ballot read: “Are you in favour of reintroducing fluoridation of the municipal water supply? Yes or no.” Unofficial results as […]