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A brief history of Calgary’s long relationship with fluoride votes
With a grand total of six fluoride plebiscites behind us, the question will be on municipal ballots for a seventh time in 2021 A time-honoured tradition of Calgary municipal politics is back again: the fluoride plebiscite. City council voted this week to ask Calgarians whether they support reintroducing fluoride to the city’s water supply, opening […]
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Calgary health professionals concerned with misinformation around fluoride
Calgarians are heading to the polls for the seventh time in the city’s history to let policy-makers know whether or not fluoride should be added to the water supply. City council voted 10-4 in favour of a referendum on the issue as part of the upcoming municipal election. “What I’m hoping we’ll get is a […]
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Potential plebiscite? Council explores process of reintroducing fluoride into drinking water
CALGARY — Calgary city councillors will be asked at a strategic meeting of council to explore the idea of reintroducing fluoride into the drinking water supply. City officials are weighing whether or not the fluoride discussion should be included as a plebiscite question in the upcoming October municipal election. According to a report from the […]
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Council to decide if Calgarians will vote on plebiscite questions during municipal election
Votes on speed limit, fluoride and province’s fiscal arrangement could be added to ballot Calgary’s city council is expected to decide Monday whether a number of issues will be added to the municipal ballot. (CBC) City council is expected to decide Monday whether some contentious issues will be added to the ballot for this fall’s […]
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Ready to vote again on water fluoridation? Calgary to hold 6th plebiscite on issue Social Sharing
Question will be put to the public in October municipal election Calgary will hold yet another plebiscite on whether to restore fluoride to the city’s drinking water this fall. Council voted 10-4 in favour of allowing the electors to decide the issue on Monday. It will be put to the public during the 2021 municipal […]
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Strathmore left out of Calgary fluoride debate
Despite receiving its water from Calgary through a regional system, Strathmore has been left out of discussions about reintroducing fluoride to the city’s potable water. In 2011, Calgary water fluoridation was discontinued. But in 2019, the City of Calgary started discussions about adding fluoride to the city’s water supply once again. A report to Calgary […]
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Pointe-Claire petition aims to remove fluoride from drinking water
A Pointe-Claire resident wants fluoride to be removed from his drinking water. He’s gathered over 1,000 signatures in support in a petition he’s handed over to the city. But as Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, other argue fluoride is a good thing and should stick around. Petition circulates to stop water fluoridation on West Island, experts […]
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Calgary. Letter: Protect vulnerable and bolster economy with fluoride
Re: City council owes it to Calgary’s children to return fluoride to our water, Opinion, Dec. 26 Catherine Ford’s fluoride article has done Calgarians a service. City councillors should know that if children suffer because they willingly ignore medical advice or abdicate responsibility, their prospects at the ballot box will suffer. As Calgarians endure a […]
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Future of fluoride in Calgary remains up in the air in 2021
The re-introduction of fluoride in the city’s water system has been a longstanding debate in the city’s history, and could become an election issue in October. Adam MacVicar reports. The re-introduction of fluoride in the city’s water system has been a longstanding debate in the city’s history, and could become an election issue in […]
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Calgary. Letter: Money down the drain
Re: City council owes it to Calgary’s children to return fluoride to our water, Opinion, Dec. 26 Catherine Ford’s essay on fluoride is long on rhetoric and short on logic. Why would a city spend $10 million-plus to spike the water supply with fluoride while more than 99 per cent is flushed through the toilet […]
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