A Red Deer city councillor has been sanctioned by his peers for a pandemic-related comment he posted online earlier this year. Buck Buchanan must apologize to the public and Alberta Health Services for a comment he made on social media. "The city's reputation was damaged, and the city's pandemic response efforts were negatively impacted by his actions in his private affairs," the report says. A news release posted on the city's website says Buchanan breached the bylaw, causing city council "to lose leadership credibility and frustrating the city's pandemic response efforts." "It was unlawful, it was illegal to open a restaurant at the time given the government's pandemic response restrictions," Higham said in an interview Tuesday.

Source: CBC News July 27, 2021 23:55 UTC