Pedestrian streets uptown?

Common Councillor Blake Armstrong’s idea for temporary pedestrian streets uptown is being studied.

He’s proposed closing parts of some streets to vehicles on weekend nights or for special events as a way to get more people into the entertainment district.

Some Canterbury Street business owners are open to the idea. Shannon Merrifield, at the Buckland Merrifield Gallery, told the Telegraph-Journal pedestrian streets coupled with uptown events is a natural marriage which could draw hundreds of people to the area.

RCMP trial

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson testified at the force’s Labour Code trial yesterday…and was likely the last witness.

Paulson said arming Mounties with high-powered carbine rifles raised concerns for him that it would be perceived by the public as militarization of the force and it needed to be done carefully. Paulson said he worried the weapons could create tension between the public and officers.