In the clip, the mayor recalls the “old days on the farm” when people “threw (cats) in a bag and threw them in the river or they just put them on the exhaust pipes.” “I grew up on a farm. I know what happened back then, and there wasn’t emotion tied to it,” Katchur said.

The mayor of an Alberta city appeared to suggest that residents should use inhumane tactics to deal with feral cats.

The Alberta government is providing close to $150 million to cover costs for the town of Jasper, Alta., a third of which was destroyed in July’s wildfire. Residents affected by the fire can’t access the funding, but the town can use the money to cover staff overtime, emergency food and shelter, and other administrative expenses.

The Alberta government is providing close to $150 million to cover costs for the town of Jasper, a third of which was destroyed in July's wildfire.

The Government of Alberta has announced support as the Jasper townsite rebuilds from a major wildfire. The province is committing up to $149 million through the Disaster Recovery Program, which provides financial assistance for uninsurable losses or damages resulting from a disaster.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's plan to spend billions of dollars to fast-track school building across the province will come with a new program to fund private school construction.

Alberta was calling and now the government is working to address one of the consequences of an unprecedented number of people moving to the Prairie province over the past year.