How To: Guard Your Garage

Following 33 reports of break and enter to homes as well as thefts from vehicles in Airdrie suburbs since Sept. 11, Airdrie police are advising residents to take a few precautions to deter offenders. RCMP said suspects are stealing garage door openers out of vehicles and are then using them to gain access to homes through the opened garage door. Homeowners everywhere can help ensure their homes and garages are safe by taking the following steps:

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Landlord Raises Garage Rent

Q I have a rent-stabilized apartment with a garage space in New York City. For my upcoming lease, the landlord wants to apply the rent guideline increase of 2 percent or $20, whichever is greater, to the current rent for the garage. A neighbor who rents storage space in the building for $50 a month is also being told that she has to pay the $20 increase on her new lease. Can the landlord do this?

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Plan to save Eamon’s heritage gas station in northwest Calgary runs into trouble

Council’s plan to save the 1950s-vintage Eamon’s service garage by finding a business to run a cafe or shop in it has hit a rather large snag.

No business wants it.

The city’s public invitation for entrepreneurs to express interest in the iconic building along Crowchild Trail N.W. closed on Wednesday, with no bidders.

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