The City of Montreal says the owner of a more than 100-year-old home violated city rules by allowing it to be painted neon to advertise for telecommunications company Koodo.
A Toronto-based advertising firm recently transformed the Victorian-style duplex into a life-size Koodo advertisement by painting it the deep pink colour chosen by the company, which uses a mix of lime green, purple, teal and orange.
A sign that used to be put up in the front that read, “There’s happiness under this roof. Koodo Internet” was missing as of Thursday afternoon.
City spokesman Simon Charron said the publicity stunt was not authorized and violates city rules.
“It is important to note that town planning regulations prohibit painting bricks on the exterior of most buildings,” he said in a written message.
“Modifications made to heritage buildings are also strictly regulated. In addition, the placement of advertising in the urban landscape is also governed by regulation.”
Charron said the city will send inspectors to the home and issue a notice of violation to the owner.
A spokesperson for one of the companies behind the ad told The Canadian Press that the campaign was led by Toronto-based company Camp Jefferson and aims to “create a memorable and joyful experience for the community.”
“Before starting this activation, we sought and followed guidance and instructions from a representative of the city of Montreal,” wrote Isabelle Bonin of Plus, the company that collaborated on the campaign.
“According to our original plan, we will restore the house to its original state on July 8 and will continue to comply with the rules and regulations of the City of Montreal.”
The real estate listing describes the home as a “three-story Victorian-style duplex.” A photo of the home’s facade, presumably taken before its conversion, shows it painted a light green.
The Realtor.ca ad lists the construction date as 1870, although municipal assessment dates it to 1910.
Heritage Montreal also has a problem with the conversion of the house.
“The issue is not the creativity of the choice of colours, but how they are used to circumvent the City of Montreal’s advertising regulations,” the organization wrote in an email.
It says that applying certain paints to masonry can cause damage over time, and removing or repainting them can be costly and complicated.
“So, while creative color choices can enhance the aesthetic, it’s important to balance creativity with code compliance and consider the long-term impact on building materials.”
PCharlottetown water and sewer customers can expect a small refund on their next bill if they were overcharged by mistake.
The city says customers will get about $7 back on average on their next bill
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Charlottetown water and sewer customers who were overcharged will expect a small refund. (Elena Eliseeva / Shutterstock)
Charlottetown water and sewer customers can expect a small refund on their next bill if they were overcharged by mistake.
After switching to new billing software in April 2022, customers were charged double for one day in every billing cycle.
Richard McEwan, water and sewer manager for the City of Charlottetown, said it amounts to about $50,000, or an average of about $7 per customer.
McEwan said the last day of one quarter’s bill was the same as the first date of the next quarter’s bill, leading to additional charges.
Notices were sent to customers informing them of the error. (Shane Ross/CBC)
McEwen said the mistake was caught by a city employee who noticed the error in his own statement.
“It was surprising, because this is a multinational billing system and I was surprised that this error could occur in it. But it was an error and we have now fixed it and we are providing refunds to our customers.”
The by-elections will be held on July 10 and the counting of votes will take place on July 13. (Representative photo/PTI)
By-elections will be held on July 10 for 13 assembly seats in seven states, including four seats in West Bengal
After the high-voltage contest in the recently concluded Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the contest will be between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the BJP-led NDA on July 10 as by-elections will be held on 13 assembly seats in seven states, including four seats in West Bengal. The counting of votes will take place on July 13.
These by-elections will be held to fill vacancies caused by the death or resignation of existing members.
The assembly seats where by-elections are to be held are: Rupauli, Raiganj, Ranaghat South, Bagdah and Maniktala in Bihar (all in West Bengal), Vikravandi (Tamil Nadu), Amarwara (Madhya Pradesh), Badrinath and Mangalore (Uttarakhand), Jalandhar West (Punjab) and Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh).
By-elections will be held on 13 seats in 7 states
West Bengal
Raiganj: In 2021, the BJP won the Raiganj seat, but MLA Krishna Kalyani later joined the TMC. The Trinamool has fielded Krishna Kalyani again from his old seat. At the same time, the BJP has fielded local party leader Manas Kumar Ghosh.
Maniktala: The seat fell vacant after the death of TMC leader Sadhan Pandey on February 20, 2022. It is worth noting that by-elections have not been held on this seat yet, as BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey had filed a petition alleging irregularities in voting in the 2021 assembly elections. However, Chaubey later withdrew his petition.
For the upcoming by-election, TMC has fielded Sadhan Pandey’s wife Supti Pandey. BJP has fielded Kalyan Chaubey against her.
Baghdah: This seat in North 24 Parganas was won by the BJP in 2021. However, the winning candidate Biswajit Das returned to the TMC. Das was fielded by the TMC in the Lok Sabha elections but was defeated by BJP’s Shantanu Thakur in the Bongaon constituency.
TMC has fielded Madhuparna Thakur as its candidate, while the BJP has fielded local leader Binay Kumar Biswas.
Ranaghat South: Just before the Lok Sabha elections, BJP MLA Mukut Mani Adhikari joined the TMC and was fielded from the Ranaghat seat. However, Adhikari lost to BJP’s sitting MP Jagannath Sarkar. He will contest again from this seat as a TMC candidate against BJP’s Manoj Kumar Biswas.
Uttarakhand
Badrinath: The Badrinath seat fell vacant after Congress MLA Rajendra Bhandari resigned in March and joined the BJP. The BJP has fielded Bhandari from Badrinath, while the Congress has fielded former district panchayat president Lakhpat Butola.
Mangalore: The bypoll to the Mangalore seat was necessitated due to the death of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Sarwat Karim Ansari in October 2023.
The Congress has fielded senior party leader Qazi Nizamuddin for the Muslim-dominated seat, where he has won thrice in 2002, 2007 and 2017.
Punjab
The Jalandhar West bypoll was necessitated following the resignation of AAP MLA Sheetal Angural, who joined the BJP.
Himachal Pradesh
In Himachal Pradesh, Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh will witness a close contest. All eyes will be on Dehra, as Congress has fielded Kamlesh Thakur, wife of Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.
Tamil Nadu
The bypoll in Vikravandi seat was necessitated following the death of DMK MLA N Pughazhenthi in April this year. The seat will witness a triangular contest between the ruling DMK, PMK, (NDA constituent) and Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK).
Bihar
The bypoll in Rupauli in Bihar was necessitated due to the resignation of sitting JD(U) MLA Bima Bharti, who joined the RJD and contested the Lok Sabha election from Purnia.
Madhya Pradesh
Bypoll is being held in the Amarwara (ST) Assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh after Congress leader Kamlesh Shah, who represented the constituency, resigned and joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
The Agnishis use indigenous chickens and indigenous goats.
Starting a business gives people a sense of freedom and independence to do what they love. They are able to provide quality goods or services directly to customers.
There are many success stories around the world where people have quit their well-paying jobs to start their own business. Starting their own business gives people a sense of freedom and independence to do what they love. They are able to provide quality goods or services directly to customers. Although running a business is extremely difficult, many people quit their jobs and do it. Recently, another success story from Bihar is doing the rounds on the internet, where a young man quit his well-paying job and went back to his village to start his own business. It is learned that he raises goats and chickens in his village.
Agnishesh Murmu, a resident of Banka district of Bihar, left his well-paying job and came to the village. He told that from the very beginning he wanted to start his own business so that he could provide employment opportunities to others. To start his own business, he first learned poultry farming while living in the city, then returned home and started a poultry farm. After coming to the village, he started raising local chickens and goats. Gradually his business started running and he started earning well. Agnishesh started this business last year. He told that currently his poultry farm has 17 goats and more than 1000 local chickens.
Talking to News18, he told that his expenses in raising Desi chicken and Desi goat are not very high. Another important thing that he told is that he takes good care of them, due to which they stay away from diseases. He further told that Desi chicken and Desi goat do not need to be fed outside food. These are grazing animals, which come back from outside on their own. He also told that he gets a good price for them in the market.
In the interview, he compared the chicken produced in the poultry farm and the Desi chicken and said that it costs Rs. 80 to produce a chicken in the poultry farm, but only Rs. 30-40 are spent on the Desi breed of chicken.
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Current Affairs Amit Shah launches Nano Fertilizer Subsidy Scheme, Masoud Pazashkian becomes new President of Iran
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President Draupadi Murmu honoured the SEAL with gallery time. Lisa Nandi of Indian origin became the minister of Britain. At the same time, the country’s defence production was the highest in 2023-24.
Let us take a look at such important current affairs of today, which are important for people preparing for government jobs…
LAUNCH & EVENT
1. Amit Shah launched Net-Fertilizer Subsidy Scheme: On 6 July, the 102nd International Cooperative Day was celebrated in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched the central scheme Krishi Vigyan Kendra 2 (AGR-2) for 50% subsidized agricultural procurement to farmers.
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched the ‘Krishiculture 2’ scheme.
Amit Shah gave subsidy to three farmers under the scheme.
The government has launched a 100-day action plan to promote nano-fertilizers.
The government aims to conduct 1270 trials of Nano Diode in 413 districts and 200 trials of Nano Urea Plus in 100 districts.
This will promote environmentally friendly farming and reduce the use of chemical fertilizers in the agricultural sector.
Amit Shah launches ‘Made in India Wheat Atta’ of National Co-operative Sewage Limited.
International (International)
2. Masoud Pazashkian becomes the new President of Iran: On July 6, Masoud Pazashian became the 9th President of Iran. He defeated Saeed Jalili by more than 30 lakh votes. The second phase of voting was held in Iran on July 5, in which about 3 crore people voted.
Pazshkian received 1.64 crore votes, while Jalili got 1.36 crore votes.
The first phase of voting in Iran took place on May 28, in which no candidate got a majority.
Pazhanakian had earlier received 42.5% of the votes and later got 38.8%.
Pazhanikian became health minister in 1997 during the tenure of President Mohammad Khatami.
He was elected MP of Tabriz in 2006.
Registration was done for the first time in the presidential election in 2011.
He is a former heart surgeon and current Health Minister of the country.
Former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died on 19 May in a helicopter.
After this, presidential elections were announced in the country.
3. Lisa Nandi of Indian origin became the British Minister: On July 5, Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his cabinet. PM Starmer appointed Indian-origin MP Lisa Nandi as Minister of Culture, Media and Sports.
Lisa Nandy, 44, is an MP from the Wigan area of north-west England.
Lisa Nandy has been elected as a Labour Party MP for the fifth time.
Nandi became an MP for the first time at the age of 30.
Rahi Lisa’s father Dipak Nandy was an educationist in Bengal.
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party polled 412 out of 650 votes in the general election.
Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party suffered huge losses with only 121 deaths.
National (National)
4. President Draupadi Murmu conferred gallery size seal on the seal: On July 5, the Defence Investiture Ceremony was organized at Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Draupadi Murmu honored the brave sons of the country with Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra.
President Draupadi Murmu honored the brave soldiers of the country with Kirti and Shaurya Chakra.
Major Digvijay Singh Rawat, 21st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) was awarded the Kirti Chakra.
Shaurya Chakra was awarded to Major Maneo Francis PF 21st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces).
President Draupadi Murmu awarded a total of 10 Kirti Chakras and 26 Shaurya Chakras.
Of these, 7 were awarded this honour posthumously.
The Kirti Chakra is India’s second highest military gallantry award.
Every year, soldiers and officers of the Indian Army, CRPF, ITBP and Police are honoured with various gallantry awards.
Defence
5. Country’s defense production highest in 2023-24: On July 5, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh released the data of defense production in the country in 2023-24. According to this report, the country has registered the highest growth ever in 2023-24. This is 16.8% more than the previous financial year.
Defence production will be Rs 1,26,887 crore in 2023-24, up from Rs 1,08,684 crore earlier.
Defence production in FY 2022-23 was Rs 1.09 lakh crore.
DPSUs and other PSUs contributed 79.2% to the generation in 2023-24, while the private sector contributed the remaining 20.8%.
This data has emerged from the data received from all the government sector defence corporations, other PSUs and private sector companies manufacturing various goods for the defence sector.
India produces a wide range of equipment and equipment including Tejas LCA, various types of helicopters, warships, tanks, artillery, missiles, rockets, many military vehicles.
TODAY’S HISTY
History of 06 July: On this day in 1892, Dadabhai Naoroji won the election to the British House of Commons. He was the first Indian to do so. He was contesting the election as a Liberal Party parliamentary seat from the Central Finsbury seat in London.
Dadabhai Naoroji believed that India should raise its voice for its independence inside the British Parliament.
In 2008, a 5,000-year-old royal cemetery was discovered in southern Egypt.
In 2005, 40,000 year old human footprints were discovered in Mexico.
In 2002, Afghanistan’s Vice President Abdul Qadir was assassinated.
In 1954, India’s first barrister Cornelia Sorabji died.
In 1944, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose called Mahatma Gandhi the Father of the Nation for the first time.
Buddhist leader Dalai Lama was born in 1935.
In 1885, Louis Pasteur successfully tested a fragment of rabies.
In 1614, Emperor Akbar’s prominent Rajput chieftain Man Singh died.
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