The Globe and Mail
Critics of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson are calling for a formal inquiry into the city’s response to a bout of winter weather that has left residents frustrated by streets and sidewalks blanketed by ice – as the region prepares for yet another snowfall. …
In Richmond, Mayor Malcolm Brodie said council may take a second look at its bylaw requiring businesses and apartment owners to shovel their sidewalks, but not single-family homeowners. They had been exempted in the past, he said, because of a concern about penalizing older people who might find that task hard. Now, he said, council might reconsider that. “We’ll take a look at the record this year.” …