For a quick overview, Michael Dolan, in his November 2021 Fluoridation Review, listed this information on fluoridated cities and towns in Canada British Columbia The following list is from the Your Water Matter website [Vancouver], 2015 Fluoridated cities and towns: Cranbrook, Fort St. John, Terrace Non-fluoridated cities and towns: the rest of British Columbia Newfoundland […]
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The contentious timeline of fluoridation in Calgary’s drinking water
On Nov. 14, city council voted to reinstate fluoridation in Calgary’s waters. The count was not close, with 13 of a possible 15 council members deciding in favour of the motion. Only Andre Chabot and Dan McLean, councillors of Ward 10 and 13 respectively, voted against this notion. This decision followed a plebiscite held on […]
Why the fight over fluoride in water is resurfacing
Listen: Guest: Kieran Leavitt, Toronto Star politics reporter For decades, adding fluoride to the water supply of many Canadians towns and cities has been standard public health protocol. Fluoridation has proven to slow tooth decay,and the practice has widespread support among doctors and dentists, including the World Health Organization, Health Canada and the Canadian Association […]
Fluoride Debate Trickles Down From Calgary To Strathmore
On Monday the City of Calgary debated and approved the reintroduction of fluoride to their water treatment. This week it was revealed that once Calgary updates its fluoridation equipment, in the next 18 to 24 months, Strathmore’s drinking water will include fluoride within Health Canada’s Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality limits. Fluoride was removed […]
Council votes to restore fluoride in city water supply after decade-long absence
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 […]
‘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 […]