Drivers in the Border City can expect to see road crews out in full force this spring.
The city has approved this year`s street improvement program, awarding the contract to ASL Paving at a cost to taxpayers of more than $3 million. Ald. Paul Richer was satisfied with the amount, saying it was in keeping with last year`s prices. The tender came in only one per cent higher than what the city had estimated.
Last year, the street improvement contract came in at 30 per cent over initial estimates, at a cost of $2.4 million.
Residents of the Hamlet of Sangudo will have an opportunity for some face time with the County.
Lac Ste. Anne County will be hosting a second "Meet the Provider" evening and Land Use By-law Open House for residents this Thursday. The evening will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Sangudo Community Hall.
"Municipal Affairs wanted us to have an evening where the residents of the Village, that has now become a Hamlet, could come and meet the Administration staff at the office so they could learn about the County and how things were going to change," explained Teresa Olsen, Executive Secretary for Lac Ste. Anne County.
At its April 7 regular meeting, Nanton town council heard a proposal for a rewrite of the unsightly premises bylaw.
Special Constable George Woof drafted the rewrite in the interest of reducing the amount of time spent dealing with each property.
There were also concerns with building materials not properly contained in the Westview subdivision construction sites.
Hawthorne: 20 per cent chance of plant being built
A nuclear power plant on Lac Cardinal is far from a sure thing according to Bruce Power`s president.
During a press conference in Grimshaw on March 13 Bruce Power President and CEO Duncan Hawthorne said the likelihood of the plant actually being built is around 20 per cent, a stat he gives to people concerned that they`ve no choice in the matter.
"The decision has not been made," said Hawthorne during a phone interview last Friday. "No one is asking you to say yes to nuclear power today."
Homes in Sherwood Park are being given a chance to help curb greenhouse gases by replacing a single regular lightbulb in their house with a compact fluorescent (CFL) bulb.
Project Porchlight offered up some illuminating information for Park residents on Thursday at the Salisbury Farmer`s Market. A total of 16,000 CFL bulbs were given out one at a time to people at no cost thanks to the provincial government and Encana Corp, both of whom footed the multi-million dollar price tag for the eco-initiative.
"Each bulb saves a home $50 over a five-year period," said Project Porchlight communications co-ordinator Brian Doyle.
When someone`s pet dies on a person`s property, it makes sense that they should have to deal with the remains.
But when wildlife, a stray, or someone else`s pet succumbs randomly on another`s lawn, the situation changes.
Recently, Coun. Rick Howard was approached by a concerned citizen who`d seen a dead dog
laying on someone`s front lawn.
He was asked what the town could do in such a situation, so he brought the question before council at its March 25 meeting.
Alberta`s staggering economy. A Loonie on par with the U.S. greenback, and an insatiable thirst for energy is turning this once fertile province into a battleground as beef and dairy producers are now faced with mounting issues that will threaten their very survival.
Ultimately, Cattle producers are struggling, and there`s no quick fix solution in sight.
With rising feed costs and low cattle prices, producers are going to have to difficult decisions on how to manage their operations. After all, this is not looking to be a promising year in the animal industry.
The County of Wetaskiwin learned a barrel full, April 1, about the groundwater quantity and quality in the county.
County council commissioned the groundwater assessment study Sept. 20, of last year to obtain a better understanding of their potable groundwater resources. Hydrogeological Consultants Ltd. (HCL) brought the study back to council.
Roger Clissold, HCL principal hydrogeologist, said that overall the county uses 11,000 cubic meters of water a day. Of that, 27 per cent is used domestically, 46 per cent is used by agriculture, municipalities use 14 per cent and 14 per cent is used by commercial or industry.
Study - China ranks as the world`s second-largest economy and India is fourth, according to new World Bank data Friday, which use new measurements of countries` buying power in U.S. dollars.
China remained in the No. 2 spot despite a downward revision by the World Bank in its purchasing power parity estimates.
Older oil refineries in Britain and the United States could soon face the threat of closure as a wave of new plants start up in Asia and the Middle East and flood the market with gasoline.
For over three years, a lack of spare refining capacity has boosted global oil prices and contributed to oil`s bull run to last week`s record of over $112 a barrel. Gasoline has been one of the drivers, but new supply is set to outstrip demand.
Members of the general public are invited to provide feedback on a the proposed design of a ring road that would speed access to the east part of Red Deer.
The Northland Drive/20th Avenue bypass route would connect the industrial areas in the northwest of the city with growing residential areas in the southeast. An open house is being held at the Red Deer Lodge, between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22.
CALGARY — Canadian power producers who rely on coal to fuel their operations say they are shielding themselves from soaring international prices by locking in their own domestic supply.
Problems in coal-producing countries like Australia, China and South Africa have constrained supplies of both thermal coal and the metallurgical coal used in steel production, leading to a sharp rise in global prices.
A massive $1.5 billion development in Canmore will create a traditional European-style hill village with "Old World" architecture, the Herald has learned.
The Village at SilverTip, being built by Stone Creek Properties Inc., will include 100,000 square feet of retail space with 80 to 100 one-of-a-kind stores from local retail to high-end, as well as two million square feet of condominiums and lodgings amounting to 1,300 units -- 300 hotel units and 1,000 resort condo accommodation units.
City council rejected a proposal to hike its annual dividend from municipally owned Enmax Corp., a move that had been pitched to reduce future property tax hikes as the city prepares to grapple with a tough budget.
The city gets a portion of its wholly owned subsidiary`s annual profits, but Ald. Ric McIver argued it wasn`t enough.
Lufthansa`s new, daily non-stop service from Frankfurt to Calgary touched down ahead of schedule at the Calgary International Airport Monday, with the inaugural flight greeted on the tarmac by two red fire trucks blasting ceremonial arcs of water over the Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
Inside the terminal, Jens Bischof, Lufthansa`s vice-president, the Americas, said the flight represents an important milestone for the airline -- the return of a daily, three-cabin aircraft to the Canadian market.
Canada, Alberta and Calgary can look forward to moderate economic growth over the next few years as a series of constraints limit expansion in all three jurisdictions, but the results measure up very well against peers, the Conference Board of Canada said Monday.
All of Canada`s greenhouse gas emissions for a year -- and then some -- could be stowed in a disposal site that a science and industry partnership Monday announced plans to develop.
ARC Resources Ltd. and the Alberta Research Council began work on using the Redwater geological reef northeast of Edmonton for permanent underground storage of one billion tonnes or more of carbon dioxide.
EDMONTON - A private school in Mill Woods is at loggerheads with city officials over its plan to build a new school at Ellerslie Road and 34th Street.
The Headway School currently has 282 students in a building just 8,000 square feet in size. The school wants a new building of 15,000 to 19,000 square feet on a site with lots of playground room.
Company promotes nuclear plant to Peace River community
PEACE RIVER - The CEO of Bruce Power strolled the stage of a community hall in Peace River on Monday evening talking about his company`s proposed nuclear power plant.
Duncan Hawthorne had removed his suit jacket and wore a wireless mike to address the audience of about 200.
Hawthorne is based in Ontario, where Bruce Power provides about 20 per cent of the province`s electricity.
CALGARY - Despite Asia`s insatiable thirst for oil, the prospects for oil exports from Alberta to the Far East are growing more remote by the day, a leading China expert said in Calgary Monday.
"It looks like we`re in hibernation. We`re ignoring the dragon," said Dr. Wenran Jiang, director of the University of Alberta`s China Institute on the sidelines of the Canadian Energy Research Institute`s annual oil conference.
