The federal government put out a Friday night press release announcing that plans to build a National Portrait Gallery of Canada have been "put on ice", to quote the spokesperson for the Minister of Canadian Heritage. This news made the front pages of several papers today including: Wasted arts bid angers Calgary Calgarians expressed disappointment and puzzlement Friday at the federal government’s decision to scrap the process of finding a permanent home for the Portrait Gallery of Canada after the city spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a bid to host the institution.Local reaction to the federal government’s decision came fast and mostly furious Friday.
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