City council hears from Calgarians about proposed budget cut package

After nearly two hours of hearing from people concerned over the impact of cuts, mainly to Calgary Transit, council began weighing Tuesday afternoon the budget cut package put forward by city staff. City administration is recommending cuts across the board with a proposed plan to slash the budgets of 48 departments and services.  They are recommending cutting more than $7 million from the fire department and emergency service’s budget and another $7 million from the Calgary Police Ser