Over 100 layoffs coming as city council passes $60M budget cut plan

In a late night session on Tuesday city council passed a package of cuts that will affect 230 city workers and result in the layoff of more than 100 employees. While the exact positions and departments have not been made public, Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the layoffs would be proportional to cuts and would begin 'soonish.' The three largest cuts are to Calgary Transit ($9 million), police ($7 million) and fire and emergency services ($7million). “The cuts that we made today are effective for