Garbage can up date :

The city is up to a smooth start with the new garbage system. Some trailer parks opted out of the individual service and got commercial dumpsters as well.

There are about 2000 bigger cans waiting in the city yard for  the curbside recycle program starting in a year. A source says the regional district is not ready for it as yet. the same source says there will not be an individual charge for the recycle cans when deployed.

Today in history, April 3 1895

Oscar Wilde starts a libel action that eventually sees him go to prison.

Editors note: Oscar Wilde died at 46 destitute.