Sinclair: crunching truth for Upper Fort Garry

Free Press columnist Gordon Sinclair Jr. took time out from slandering dead people to write another piece where he continues to perpetuate the myth that the “last vestige” of Upper Fort Garry is at risk from residential development.
In today’s column, Sinclair makes several references to “preserving” the site, and urges City Council to “give us [...]

Hotel tax math: Shouldn’t this be easy?

Heard some chatter about the City’s proposed 5% hotel tax on ‘OB this morning. I can’t really get too excited about this issue, as just about every other city on the continent already has a hotel tax, and I don’t stay in hotels here anyway.
However, the question of what to do with the hotel tax [...]