A program providing low-income Calgarians and Edmontonians a financial break on their monthly transit passes is losing millions of dollars in annual support from the provincial government, city councillors confirmed Tuesday.
An additional $1.7-million boost to support a yearly pass for low-income seniors was announced in 2023.The Low-Income Transit Pass program was launched in Calgary in 2005 and has been funded in part by the Alberta government since 2017.
"We need to find a way to either ask them for a continuance in the program or find another way to fund it." In Calgary, the LITP program provides monthly passes for a cost of between $5.80 and $57.50, depending on income.The provincial government has not yet responded to requests for comment.Judge to decide June 28 on final settlement in Calgary Stampede abuse lawsuitFreeland previews omnibus budget bill, proposed capital gains tax change left outBaby, grandparents among 4 people killed in wrong-way police chase on Ontario's Hwy.
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The Edmonton Police Service has issued Canada-wide warrants for a man believed to be involved in an ongoing extortion investigation in Edmonton, as well as a shooting in Winnipeg.
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