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P U E D I S Y N SUN Calgary councillors, local food activists working toward urban hen pilot project KELSEY HIPKIN
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prominent local food activist is urging the city to rethink their opposition to backyard chicken coops, arguing the advantages of urban livestock far outweigh their potential drawbacks. “[Hens are] amazing for (the consumption of ) organic household wastes. They’re amazing for pest control in the backyard, they eat bugs and all kinds of different things,” said Paul Hughes, a farm manager with urban farm Grow Calgary and the founder of the Canadian Liberated Urban Chicken Klub (CLUCK)
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“They then will produce from that consumption of food and feed. They will produce a beautiful, nutritious egg that has about 33 per cent more nutrients than what we call an industrial egg from a battery-cage operation.” Hughes, who has owned hens of his own and been ticketed for doing so, added they are a “very, very nice” addition to a family because they become pets much like cats or dogs. The housing of urban livestock – which includes everything from chickens to horses and deer to foxes – is currently regulated by section 27 of the City’s Pet Ownership Bylaw stating, “no person shall keep livestock in any area of the City except
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where the keeping of livestock is allowed by the City of Calgary Land Use Bylaw.” City staff said, on average, Calgary’s Animal & Bylaw Services receive 30 to 40 calls a year regarding urban livestock. The topic was last on the chopping block in 2009 when council voted 11-3 against allowing backyard coops. Last August, councillors Ray Jones (Ward 5) and Gian-Carlo Carra (Ward 9) announced they were preparing a new notice of motion. Carra has since confirmed the motion is “fully baked” and will come to council pending further pre-consultation with City administration. He said people and a regulated number of egg-laying hens can coexist in an urban environment.
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CANADA’S CONTENTS UNEMPLOYMENT NEWS BRIEFS DECREASES IN FIVE THINGS: JANUARY EVENT LISTING
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anada’s unemployment rate remained flat for January, decreasing by 0.1 per cent to 6.6 per cent, according to latest numbers from Statistics Canada. Year-over-year, full-time employment showed modest gains, increasing by 108,000 or 0.8 per cent. In Alberta, 13,700 jobs were added in January, representing the strongest monthly gain since September of last year and the fifth consecutive month of growth.
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