Calgary council revisits fluoride debate after study showing increased problems

“Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia,” said Mihaylo Fedorov, who was, until recently, Ukraine’s defence minister. “We must find a legal, safe and realistic mechanism which will allow Ukraine to renew its full democratic process even in the conditions of a long war.”

Seven years after the last election, some Ukrainians are demanding a new one.

The protesters who have been outside President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office on Ivan Franko Square since Fedorov was fired last month were still there the day after his nine-minute video went out on Aug. 18. However, they were not more numerous than the day before.

It has been seven years since the election that brought Zelenskyy to power in a landslide powered by widespread revulsion at the rampant corruption in the government. His popularity soared after the Russian invasion (90 per cent) and four-and-a-half years into the war, it’s still at 65 per cent. That’s why Fedorov’s bid to mobilize the people against him has failed.

A 30-year-old Selkirk man is charged with second-degree murder after a man was shot at a home in the city just north of Winnipeg.

RCMP said officers found the victim inside the Dufferin Avenue home when they arrived shortly after 12 a.m. Sunday.

A number of people were inside and outside the home when police arrived. The victim was pronounced dead after paramedics arrived.

Police said the suspect, Justin Linklater, was arrested at the scene and charged. He was remanded in custody prior to a court appearance.

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CALGARY - Calgary city council has revisited the debate over fluoride in the public water supply after it was removed in 2011.

Mayor Naheed Nenshi says people should petition for a plebiscite in the 2017 municipal election on the issue of putting fluoride back into the water.

He says if there was a petition on the front counter of every dentist's office, he suspects enough signatures could be gathered pretty quickly.

A study published in the journal Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology earlier this month showed that since the fluoride was removed, there has been a worsening of tooth decay in children in Calgary.