Open this photo in gallery: Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek speaks at an announcement in Calgary on April 25, 2023.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press Calgary’s mayor has bowed out of attending the city’s annual menorah lighting ceremony, which coincides with the two-month anniversary of Hamas attacking Israel, because she said the event has been “repositioned” as political. Jyoti Gondek, on social media Wednesday evening, said she would not attend Thursday’s Hanukkah event because it has morphed into a gathering to support Israel. Her statement sparked immediate backlash, most notably from the federal Conservative Party of Canada, which said Ms. Gondek’s withdrawal could...