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A special council meeting for the Village of Rockyford was held on Thursday, March 18 where council awarded a tender for planned infrastructure upgrades and were presented with the proposed 2021 Operating Budget. Despite challenges imposed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on preparing the budget, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Elaine Macdonald presented council with a balanced budget with a zero per cent tax increase. “There was a one per cent difference in assessments,” she said during...

Government of Canada (CNW Group/Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) EDMONTON, AB, March 17, 2021 /CNW/ - Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. The COVID-19 crisis has made it clear that affordable housing is key to Canadas recovery as regions across the country, including those in Edmonton, are dealing with the devastating impacts of rising levels of homelessness and housing need. Today, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Families, Children and Social Deve...

New pickleball courts will go in at Leisure Centre Poll Should authorities crack down on churches that break public health orders for capacity, social distancing and masks? Yes Details are scarce, but the location of a planned pickleball facility will be at the Family Leisure Centre in Crescent Heights. The plan to build a 20-court pad specific to the recreational sport was first unveiled last October on a long list of projects the city hoped to secure federal and provincial grants for, as part...

Bill 56, the Local Measures Statutes Amendment Act, 2021, would enhance access to emergency services and fund needed job-creating capital projects.

Corbella: City Hall needs to show more love to family that has done so much for Calgary The main issue that has McLeod fighting against the April 30 closure notice is that the City is not guaranteeing that she will be given first dibs to re-lease the building that her family has helped maintain and restore Author of the article: Licia Corbella Publishing date: Mar 10, 2021  •  March 10, 2021  •  4 minute read  •  1886 Buffalo Cafe owner Joanna McLeod was photographed outside...

Posted: Mar 01, 2021 5:54 PM MT | Last Updated: March 2 Council approved four permanent supportive housing sites last spring, including this one depicted for King Edward Park.(City of Edmonton) Five new permanent supportive-housing projects are getting shovel-ready in five Edmonton neighbourhoods this year, despite some pushback from residents to the most recent proposal. Monday, city councils executive committee approved administrations request to add a fifth site in Westmount to four sites...

Picture Butte mayor calls 2020 an unprecedented year Poll Yes Picture Butte Mayor Cathy Moore says that COVID-19 has posed a challenge we’ve never seen before. Posing the biggest challenge the Town of Picture Butte had faced in 2020, the pandemic made for an “unprecedented” year and the town had to keep up with changing restrictions, keeping their staff safe, creating contingency plans to continue to provide services to residents if staff members contracted COVID-19 and how to safely ope...

Article content The County of Grande Prairie will be borrowing more than $4-million to cover the costs of installing services at the Five Mile Hall site for a planned school at its meeting last Monday. County of Grande Prairie Reeve Leanne Beaupre said (the dollar figure is) less than what was originally planned. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. COUNTY TO BORROW $4 MILLION Servicing Five Mile Hall school site to cost $6 million plus Back to video �...

Author of the article: County of Wetaskiwin Publishing date: Dec 23, 2020  •  December 23, 2020  •  1 minute read  •  Article content The Government of Alberta has awarded the County of Wetaskiwin with $1,329,075 through the Municipal Stimulus Program (MSP) for new infrastructure with $629,075 allocated to the G3 Resource Road paving project and $700,000 for Range Road 11 pavement upgrades. This funding is intended to assist the local area in recovering from economic challenges p...