This New Music Friday performs two tasks: More set-ups for albums coming later this year and another wave of major spring album releases.

Singles

1. Beck, Ride Lonesome (Universal)

It seems like it’s been a while since we’ve heard from Beck. This new single (mixed by Nigel Godrich, Radiohead’s favourite studio guy) evokes all the feels from from Sea Change (2002) and Morning Phase (2015). Indications are that this sort of emotional approach is where Beck is heading with his next album.

2. mgk. Fred Durst, FIX UR FACE (Interscope)

Mgk and the Limp Bizkit’s beret-wearing frontman (which he’s traded for a ball cap and beard) have come up with something that takes us back to the early 2000s (think nu-metal) while also folding in some contemporary alt-rock. The video was filmed in Berlin, Dublin, London, Prague, Munich, Nashville, and Los Angeles while mgk was on tour.

3. Modest Mouse, Picking Dragons’ Pockets (Glacial Pace Recordings)

It’s been almost five since Modest Mouse had a new album (note the name of their label), but that absence has comes to an end with a couple of singles. Look How Far… was released in March, and now we have this track. An Eraser and a Maze, MM’s eighth album and their first as an indie act in more than 20 years, will be here on June 5. Fun fact: This started as an Isaac Brock solo album before he invited the rest of the band in.

4. Show Me the Body, Dance in the USA (Loma Vista/Concord)

Living in the US is not an easy thing right now. Show Me the Body, a post-hardcore band from NYC (est. 2009), understands this very, very well. Pay attention to lyrics like “a doll on a sting.” The album, Alone Together expands on those themes.

Albums

1. Atreyu, The End is Not the End (Spinefarm)

More aggression. Atreyu’s second act, which began in 2014 after a three-year break, and produced the band’s tenth album, which they started teasing with singles last September. The current single features Max Cavalera of Sepultura. The louder you play this, the better. Obviously.

2. Foo Fighters, Your Favourite Toy (Roswell/RCA)

We’re now up to an even dozen Foo Fighters studio albums. Not bad for a band led by the surviving member of Nirvana that no one expected to do anything once the band broke up. Like most of the albums this millennium, this one was record at the Foos’ private 606 Studios in Van Nuys, although tracks were also laid down in Dave’s home studio. Interesting: There’s a new production team here. It was co-produced by the band and engineer Oliver Roman, meaning that it’s the first time Greg Kurstin hasn’t been behind the desk for a Foo Fighters album since Sonic Highways in 2014. Oh, and let’s not forget new drummer, Ilan Rubin, too.

3. Metric, Romanticize the Dive (Metric Music International/Thirty Tigers)

This makes ten studio albums for Emily and James. This one gestated for about two-and-a-half years, which is pretty quick these days. This record, recorded at Electric Lady in New York (Jimi Hendrix’s favourite studio), arrives in time for the summer tour Metric is doing with Broken Social Scene and Stars. Early reviews have been excellent.

4. White Denim, 13 (Bella Union)

White Denim first came out of Austin, Texas, two decades ago, with a sound that mixes psych, blues, punk, and more, blended in songs that aren’t exactly structured in conventional way. As the album title says, this is the band’s thirteenth album.

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What do the following authors have in common: J.D. Salinger, Emily Brontë, and Oscar Wilde? They are famous for writing just one novel.

J.D. Salinger? The Catcher in the Rye. Emily Brontë? Wuthering Heights. And Oscar Wilde? The Picture of Dorian Gray. Home runs. Classics. Enduring favourites. Lasting fame. Millions of copies sold around the planet. But in each case, there were no follow-ups. They were all one and done.

J.D. Salinger became a recluse. Emily Brontë died shortly after the publication of Wuthering Heights. And Oscar Wilde stayed with writing plays. As novelists go, they are all one-hit wonders.

When it comes to music, one-hit wonders are an endless source of amusement. How can someone become internationally famous for decades when they only have one song that anyone cares about?

These are special cases where lightning is captured exactly once. And no matter how many more songs these artists wrote, they would never, ever achieve that extreme level of fame again. A single song overshadows every other effort.

Let’s apply this to the history of alt-rock. What songs and artists qualify?

It took a bunch of research, but I think I managed to crack it using a combination of statistics. And we’re now up to episode four of five in this mission: the 50 all-time biggest alt-rock one-hit wonders.

Songs heard on this show:

• Doctor and the Medics, Spirit in the Sky
• Enigma, Sadeness (Part 1)
• Edwyn Collins, A Girl Like You
• Peter Schilling, Major Tom (Coming Home)
• White Town, Your Woman
• Meredith Brooks, Bitch
• Marcy Playground, Sex and Candy
• The Caesars, Jerk It Out
• Chumbawamba, Tubthumping
• The La’s, There She Goes

Here’s Eric Wilhite’s playlist.

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Have you ever wondered why heavy metal singers can scream for hours on end, but other singers lose their voices all the time? You’d think it would be the other way around, right? Turns out there’s a weird answer to this medical mystery of music.

Using a special high-speed camera designed to visualize vocal cords, a speech doctor in San Francisco discovered that a heavy metal singer’s screaming is more like a baby’s than an adult’s. When a metal singer sings, they’re not actually straining their vocal cords. Their muscles relax and flap to create sounds, rather than squeezing out the loudness like most adults.

It’s a skill that babies instinctively use to protect their throats while crying and screaming, but is usually forgotten as they grow older. For whatever reason, heavy metal singers are still able to do it, and doctors hope they can teach the technique to patients with throat injuries and vocal issues.

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Global News has learned that Metro Vancouver has hired a law firm, on the taxpayer’s dime, to investigate how information has been getting released to the media.

Forty-one mayors and councillors, who are also directors at Metro Vancouver, are under investigation.

The regional government launched the investigation, which was sparked by a Global News story about management and dysfunction at Metro Vancouver.

What followed was a threat by Metro Vancouver to probe possible whistleblowers and hire a private investigator.

Global News has now learned that an outside law firm has been retained to investigate how Metro Vancouver’s internal struggles were exposed.

Six directors from Surrey City Hall have also sent a letter to Metro Vancouver saying they are not part of any leak, but they are slamming the investigation.

“We believe (it) has been motivated at least in part by the embarrassment,” the letter reads, adding that it is being done at “significant expense to ratepayers (and) the investigation itself appears to be little more than a fishing expedition.”

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke told Global News that, “I’m absolutely not in favour of them wasting that money on a witch hunt.”

In February, Metro Vancouver’s CAO, Jerry Dobrovolny, refused to say how much taxpayer money might be used in their investigation, but he claimed Global News’ reporting about who is running the organization has been expensive.

Dobrovolny failed to mention his suspension of Chief Financial Officer Harji Varn, a decision that should have come from the board, overstepped his authority, setting in motion a series of costly problems.

Metro Vancouver declined to answer any questions on Wednesday, only saying that it had “no updates to share.”

Housing and Municipal Affairs Minister Christine Boyle said the province is keeping an eye on what is happening at Metro Vancouver.

“But it is up to the elected leaders around the board to navigate themselves for now,” she said.

“We, of course, have also been hearing larger concerns about governance at Metro Van and so we are closely watching Metro Van’s governance review committee and expect that the folks around that table take that work seriously and come back with solutions that improve transparency and accountability for residents.”

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TORONTO – When the Toronto Raptors had their morning shootaround at OVO Athletic Centre they spoke about how hungry they were to make it a series against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

That desire paid off with easily their best game of the 2026 playoffs.

Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett and Collin Murray-Boyles all reached new playoff highs as Toronto routed Cleveland 126-104 on Thursday in Game 3 of their first-round NBA series. The Cavaliers still hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

“We were going to do whatever it takes,” said Barnes, who had a double-double. “We knew we needed everybody for this win. You’ve seen some big performances from everybody.

“It just goes to show how resilient we are, how badly we wanted it, going out there and trying to do whatever it took.”

Barnes scored a career playoff high 33 points, including 13 in the third quarter, adding 11 assists and five rebounds in a masterful performance on both ends of the court.

“We’ve got a lot more. We’ve got to keep making adjustments, go back and watch the film, see what we can get better at. We’ve got so much we can get better at. We’ve got a long way to go.”

Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., also hit a career playoff high with 33 points, adding five rebounds and five assists. He went 6 for 8 from three-point range.

“I think a night like tonight was good to give us some confidence and just show that we’re here, we’re in this series,” said Barrett. “When we played how we did today, everybody together, everybody playing hard, locked in on the game plan, we can make some noise.”

Murray-Boyles had 22 points, the most ever by a Raptors rookie in a playoff game. He pulled down eight boards in his first post-season appearance at Scotiabank Arena, with a steal and a block.

Toronto forced 22 turnovers for 23 points. Five of those turnovers happened in the 28 minutes that Murray-Boyles was on the court as he finished the game with a plus-21 defensive rating.

“I’ve been trying to get more aggressive,” said Murray-Boyles. “We’ve been working on it, just attacking their bigs when they’re sagging off. Just try to take up that space as much as possible, to limit their rim protection.”

Barrett and Barnes’s high-scoring performances were necessary as Toronto’s other starters struggled.

All-star forward Brandon Ingram managed 12 points as his scoring touch eluded him for another game. Centre Jakob Poeltl had eight points and six rebounds and Ja’Kobe Walter, inserted into the lineup two hours before tipoff for the ailing Immanuel Quickley, had no points but two rebounds.

Quickley was held out for the third consecutive game as he recovers from a strained right hamstring.

Murray-Boyles said that although it was a dominant Raptors win, it wasn’t a complete game.

“We’ve just been trying to find a game plan on how to make it easier for us and make it harder for them. We did a little bit of that tonight,” he said. “A lot of things we have to fix, a lot of hiccups, but this is a really good game.

“Lot of film to watch. See what we did right, what we need to work on.”

James Harden led the Cavaliers with 18 points, four rebounds and four assists. Reserve swingman Max Strus had 15 points on four three-pointers and Evan Mobley had 15 points, seven assists and six rebounds.

“We didn’t expect to win 16 games in a row,” said Harden. “The guys are frustrated. I get it, we’re supposed to be.

“Find a way to weather the storm, figure it out and be better for Game 4.”

The series continues on Sunday afternoon at Scotiabank Arena, with Game 5 scheduled for Wednesday at Cleveland’s Rocket Arena.

Barnes hit a 16-foot jump shot as time expired in the third for an 83-81 lead. It was his 31st point of the game, having already surpassed his playoff high earlier in the quarter.

It was Murray-Boyles’s period, however. He had six points, three rebounds, a block and a steal in a little over six minutes of play time.

Barrett drilled a 23-foot three-pointer with 5:41 left in the game to cap a tidy 7-3 run that put the Raptors ahead by 11, their biggest lead of the game to that point. Barrett skipped to centre court, flexing, as Cleveland called a timeout to regroup.

The Cavaliers’ timeout didn’t slow the Raptors’ momentum, as they reeled off an 8-2 run when play resumed for a 17-point lead.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 23, 2026.

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Just months after celebrating a major donation,  Autism Okanagan is reeling after a devastating incident.

“A gut punch,” is how Tammy Gilmour, the organization’s co-president, describes it.

Back in November, the charity received the gift of a home from the Hall Family Foundation, to be used as it’s first-ever permanent location.

“We are in the process of turning it into our ‘Home for Belonging,’ an inclusive space for people with neurodivergencies,” Phillips said.

But over the weekend, thieves broke into the Lombardy Square home and looted it.

“It was a real feeling of violation,” said Christy Phillips, Autism Okanagan’s executive director. “They didn’t even take the things that you would expect.

“You would expect them to take things that were of value, but they took our soap and our towels and our bedding and our cutlery and mugs and glasses.”

Phillips said the culprits even took toilet paper.

It happened sometime overnight Sunday.

“They drilled two holes through the window casing and they were able to open the window and climb through,” Gilmour said, describing how the suspects got in.

To top it all off, those responsible left an obscene message on the kitchen chalkboard.

“I can’t even tell you how that felt to come in and read that there were profanities left on a welcome sign,” Gilmour said.

The hurtful words have left the organization questioning whether the act was targeted.

“We’ve been on the news. We had a sign on the outside of the grass about what our intentions were for the house, so you really hope that that has nothing to do with the fact that we were robbed,” Gilmour said. “That’s what we hope.”

Kelowna RCMP told Global News they have been made aware but are hoping for more information from the public to advance an investigation.

“Who would do this to a charity, right? That’s what you want to know. Who would do this,” Gilmour said.  “There were tears.”

Autism Okanagan is now facing a costly task of replacing the stolen necessities as it works towards officially opening the space in the fall.

“We’re starting from scratch,” Gilmour said.

Despite the break-in, the organization is still hoping to officially reopen this fall.

“Every dollar that we now have to spend replacing the things that were broken and damaged…replacing the things that were taken, that comes straight out of our programming, so it’s a loss to our participants and all the families we serve,” Phillips said.

Autism Okanagan is also now looking into beefing up its security.

“We’re definitely going to need a security system of some sort,” Phillips said. “So for anyone out there who can help us with that, we would absolutely love to hear from you.”

If you would like to help the organization replace stolen items, a list can be found on the Autism Okanagan website.

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Alberta is moving to scrap the twice-year ritual of changing clocks, with a bill now before the legislature that would see the province adopt permanent daylight time starting in November.

Minister of Service Alberta, Dale Nally, who tabled the legislation, said the province is ready to act after decades of debate over the practice, which dates back more than a century in Canada.

“We’re now done talking about it, and we’re taking action,” Nally said, calling the proposal “Alberta Time.”

If passed, Albertans would no longer set their clocks back in the fall, ending a system first adopted more than 50 years ago. The change would mean darker winter mornings but more daylight later in the day.

The move is already prompting a broader shift across Western Canada. The Northwest Territories has said it will follow Alberta’s lead, joining Yukon, B.C. and Saskatchewan in keeping clocks fixed year-round.

Not all jurisdictions would be on the same system, however. While Alberta, B.C. and the territories would adopt permanent daylight time, Saskatchewan would remain on central standard time, meaning clocks in Alberta and Saskatchewan would align year-round despite using different systems.

Manitoba says it is now considering whether to follow suit. Premier Wab Kinew said the shift next door could push provinces toward a unified regional approach.

“From what I understand Alberta is going to move to Saskatchewan time … the experts are telling us we should also move to Saskatchewan time, so could we maybe have a Prairie time zone by the end of the year,” Kinew said.

In Atlantic Canada, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said he is open to the idea but only if neighbouring provinces did too.

“I’m interested in it, but it’s not something that Nova Scotia would do on its own,” Houston said, adding the issue could be discussed at upcoming meetings of premiers. “I see the pros and cons of it, but Nova Scotia would not do that alone.”

Ontario has also signalled interest. The province passed legislation in 2020 to move to permanent daylight time, contingent on similar action by Quebec and New York. Premier Doug Ford said in 2022 the province would “eventually” make the change, but officials told Global News Tuesday that say nothing has changed since.

Experts say the debate has health implications.

Dr. Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, a neurology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, said eliminating the twice-yearly clock change would be beneficial, but permanent standard time is considered the healthiest option.

“The biannual clock change is the worst choice for health, but the best choice is permanent standard time,” she told Global.

Under Alberta’s plan, winter sunrises would come much later. In Edmonton, the sun would not rise until close to 10 a.m. in December, though evenings would be brighter.

Business groups say they are also watching closely. Stew MacDonald, CEO of OEG Sports & Entertainment, said later start times could pose challenges for scheduling events. “We’re clearly concerned if we’re pushing start times later,” he said.

The change could also create complications for travel, trade and broadcasting, as parts of Canada would fall out of sync with U.S. time zones.

Still, for many Canadians, the shift away from changing clocks is welcome. Some say the current system is outdated and disruptive, particularly for families and shift workers.

If the bill passes, the change would not take effect until the fall.

–with files from The Canadian Press

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“I think he just created his own dramatic moments in life by — let’s call it — some grassroots micro-philanthropy,” said Trevor Johnson of his father Norm, a former CEO in land development and oil and gas who passed away in early April.

Norm, who was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder, became known for his generosity and openness to talking about his mental health challenges.

“Norm was incredibly generous,” said Emily Poherlic, manager of Café Beano in Calgary where his empathy was regularly on display.

He’s spend many hours there just shooting the breeze with friends and soon-to-be friends, often opening a tab to cover the cost of everyone’s drinks as they sat and visited and he’d leave gift cards for people in need at the till.

“A lot of pay it forward — a lot of people would add $20 to the pile and it would kind of keep going all day. It definitely encourages people to be giving, to take care of each other,” said Emily Pohorelic, manager of  Café Beano.

“Norm broke stigma. He was a well-off man who was open about struggles,” added Pohorelic.

“Norm found a friend in every stranger, and in talking to some folks, he didn’t judge the way you looked,” said Trevor.

“He just found value in every human out there and allowed himself to be in that space to discover who it was who was sitting across from him.”

His father’s legacy, and the death of a best friend from suicide,  inspired Trevor to champion fundraising efforts for the University of Calgary’s Mental Health Initiative for Stress and Trauma (MIST), which is helping to develop new approaches and treatments to support people with brain injury and mental health challenges — changing the way head trauma recovery is studied, focusing on impacts beyond the physical.

“A lot of people are not aware that this is something that is quite common in the aftermath of a head trauma is they have long lasting and protracted changes in their mental health,” said Dr. Matthew Hill.

The research being championed by MIST includes the first-ever clinical trials using psychedelics as a treatment for people who have persistent effects following a concussion.

“If we provide the right support through the psychotherapy we can help people shift into more adaptive and beneficial thought and behavioural patterns and hopefully provide long-lasting symptom relief,” said MIST researcher Leah Mayo.

And hopefully providing struggling people like Norm with some relief they might not otherwise have.

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The City of Calgary has released its highest priority recreation projects, which includes building new facilities as well as upgrades and renovations on existing recreation centres across the city.

The 17 projects are among the first wave of GamePLAN, the city’s 25-year strategy to address a growing strain on the public recreation system caused by aging facilities, rising costs and a rapidly-growing population.

GamePLAN was approved by the previous city council, which endorsed the most ambitious funding option of between $200 million and $250 million annually.

According to the strategy, that option will increase the availability of swimming lessons by 40 per cent per capita, bookable hours at ice sheets by 25 per cent, more than double the bookable hours at indoor fields and ensure that 86 per cent of Calgarians live within five km of an aquatic facility.

The first wave of projects includes:

• Forest Lawn Aquatic & Fitness Centre Redevelopment
• Northeast Athletic Complex
• New Brighton Athletic Park Upgrade
• Calgary West Soccer Centre Dome Relocation
• Rocky Ridge Fieldhouse
• Southland Leisure Centre Renovation and Expansion
• Woodbine Athletic Park Upgrade
• Kingsland Athletic Park
• Foothills Aquatic & Fitness Centre Redevelopment
• Shouldice Arena Redevelopment
• Shouldice Athletic Park Upgrade
• Foothills Multisport Fieldhouse
• Foothills Athletic Park Upgrade
• Belmont Athletic Park
• Belmont Aquatics & Fitness Centre
• Great Plains Arena Expansion
• Westside Recreation Centre Renovation and Expansion

The focus of the first wave of projects, according to the city, is system stabilization by renewing aging facilities and expanding capacity.

“We looked at the facilities that were the oldest and needed a renovation or an upgrade because of their condition,” said Florent Le Berre with the City of Calgary Recreation & Social Programs.

“But also where are the major service gaps that we had especially in the growth areas; we have what we call ‘recreation deserts’ where we don’t have facilities at all serving those new communities.”

The list does include projects that are already underway, including the Beltmont Athletic Park and expansion of the Southland Leisure Centre, as well as projects that are either funded or partially funded and on city-owned land.

The Northeast Athletic Complex is currently undergoing design, with construction expected to begin next year after city council approved $65 million from reserves in its most recent budget for the project.

The facility is expected to include a 162,500-square-foot indoor fieldhouse, indoor and outdoor turf fields as well as a competition-capable cricket field.

Its inclusion on the first list of priority projects came as “encouraging news” to Hamza Tariq, a former Canadian national cricketer and founder of the Future Cricket Stars Academy in Calgary.

“Overall as a community hub, it’s going to be such a positive space for our community to thrive and grow and cricket to flourish,” Tariq told Global News.

Local cricket players face several facility-related challenges in Calgary, Tariq said, including a lack of spaces, safety hazards, and improperly sized fields, which has resulted in injuries to players.

“When you’re playing a sport you don’t want to be thinking of such things because you’re going guns blazing, you’re running at full speed, you’re trying to do your best,” he said.

The prioritized projects also include several redevelopment, renovations and upgrades at existing facilities across the city.

According to Candice Goudie, the newly appointed president of Sport Calgary, the majority of public recreation facilities in Calgary are upwards of 40 years old and require some attention.

“Some of us have been using these facilities our entire life, and some of us are new to them, and the bones are good in a lot of the infrastructure here,” she said.

“Where the city can reinvent, reimagine, renovate, and expand, that’s a great thing to do because they’re built in areas that are densely populated and very familiar to Calgarians.”

According to a report on the prioritization of GamePLAN’s projects, the total cost of completing all the projects in the first wave is expected to be $1.7 billion, including $691 million required in the upcoming four-year budget.

Ward 2 Coun. Jennifer Wyness said city council will really need to focus on where to allocate tax dollars in the budget while also meeting the needs of Calgarians.

“We can’t fund everything, and we have to say this is what Calgarians have been asking the most from us, and start funding those appropriately, and say no to others,” she said.

The priority projects include a potential relocation of the Calgary West Soccer Dome, which would make way for a potential construction of a new water treatment plant.

The current facility is located near the Bearspaw Water Treatment Plant, where the new plant could potentially be built.

In a statement, Calgary Minor Soccer Association executive director Carlo Bruneau said the association has been working closely with the city for the past year on a “long-term path forward” for the soccer facility.

“We’re optimistic that the collaborative process underway can help secure the facility’s long-term future,” Bruneau said in a statement. “Losing an existing year-round facility would run counter to the broader goal of improving service levels and expanding access to recreation opportunities.”

According to Bruneau, the soccer association hopes to have greater clarity on the facility’s future by the end of the year.

Le Berre said no decisions have been made and including the project on the priority list is precautionary.

“Our priority will be service continuity, and so we’re asking for this budget just in case we need to move fast,” he told Global News.

“Once we get direction, we will need to work right away to moving that soccer dome to another location.”

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The reeve of the regional municipality (RM) of Corman Park, Sask., says his council is considering leaving a Saskatoon-area regional planning district after years of the other municipalities having more say than his.

The planning district, called the Saskatoon North Partnership for Growth (P4G), was formed in 2014 and comprises Saskatoon, Martensville, Warman, Olser and Corman Park. It was created with the intention of developing the region, supporting sustainable land use and strategizing for decades of growth.

But for Reeve Joe Hargrave, the partnership has revealed several challenges that are slowing down development approvals, with the RM’s council feeling as if they lack the powers their counterparts have.

“We have lots on the go in the RM and we feel that we deserve just a little more attention and a little bit more cooperation,” said Hargrave in an interview with Global News.

Hargrave says his council is finding it difficult to move forward with developments in the RM, as the other P4G members must review its plans, stalling developments for an additional 60 to 90 days.

“We don’t want one of the other entities, one of the other municipalities, telling us what we can and can’t do for our own ratepayers,” said Hargrave.

Corman Park’s planning committee considered Tuesday a report from the RM’s administration on the status of its participation in P4G and the potential options and implications for withdrawal.

“The report did also note the importance of collaboration with our regional partners, but I think it’s also that the RM is really looking to be able to have that control and autonomy on its growth,” said Doug Ramage, director of planning and development at Corman Park.

The City of Saskatoon’s planning and development department told Global News in a statement that all development applications submitted by Corman Park have been approved by its council.

“We continue to work collaboratively with all P4G partners and enjoy a good working relationship with the RM of Corman Park,” said Angela Gardiner, general manager of utilities and environment at the City of Saskatoon, in an emailed statement.

“As one of the fastest growing cities in Canada, Saskatoon’s interest is to protect its long-term development path to meet the need for future growth through efficient and well-organized development,” Gardiner’s statement continued.

Hargrave points to a contentious solar community project known as Solair as an example of development pushback between Saskatoon and the RM, after the project was disputed by the city last fall.

Saskatoon’s planning and development department says the city pushed back on this project as it viewed the project as not following the policies of the P4G and that the project would create land-use and infrastructure conflicts that could cost taxpayers down the line.

While Hargrave says this development dispute was not the catalyst for exploring a P4G exit, and is currently in arbitration between the RM and the city, it does play a role.

“We should have the final say on it as to what we want to do,” said Hargrave.

“If we can provide it with water and wastewater and work with the developers, we should be able to do that community.”

Warman Mayor Gary Philipchuk said in a statement that he finds it “disappointing” that P4G is heading in this direction.

“As for the City of Warman, we will commit to continuing to work positively with Corman Park as they surround our city and we have had a synergetic relationship,” Philipchuk added.

Martensville councillor Spencer Nikkel agrees, saying he would rather improve the existing partnerships rather than starting from square one to tackle regional challenges.

“Continued growth will depend on maintaining and strengthening relationships with all of our regional partners to support shared success,” said Nikkel in an emailed statement.

Administration presented four options for the path forward with the P4G to the planning committee Tuesday, ranging from staying within the current planning district framework to fully withdrawing.

The planning committee voted 7-2 to receive additional information on what a unilateral withdrawal from P4G would entail, including its implications for annexation, costs, and engagement with partners. Council is expecting this information for further discussion and direction on June 9.

Hargrave says the most optimal solution for him would be for the RM to stay in the P4G, but with a changed relationship where everyone can work together and yield the same power.

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way. If people really want to work at it and we could make changes, we could make things work,” said Hargrave.

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