The Calgary Police Commission is proposing to use money earmarked for community crisis and mental-health groups to fund a new firearms range, unless the city offers up more in its budget.

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek fires at them, they fire back. Gondek sticks to her guns. The mayor says a city hall budget with a 5.5 per cent overall residential property tax hike promised two years ago is considered by her to be “holding the line” and is “significant.

Calgary city councillors are considering a property tax increase of 3.6 per cent during this week's budget deliberations