Calgary city council voted down a last-minute attempt to lift new noise restrictions on Calgary Stampede party tents downtown, following objections from business groups and the province.
The vote on June 23 came after earlier clashes between Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith over the bylaw restriction, with Smith saying “the fun police have struck again in Calgary” and Farkas responding that a planned increase to the minimum price of beer was the real “fun police.”
The planned beer price increase was short-lived, however. Minister of Service Alberta Dale Nally said the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission had been directed by the province not to put in place the planned pricing change, which would have raised the minimum price of a pint of beer from $3.20 to $5….