The Grande Prairie Regional Hospital and cancer centre was officially opened on Saturday following a decade of construction and nearly three months after it first began serving patients.
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Monthly Archives: February 2022
Budget implications positive for city, says Hyggen
Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen says he’s excited the provincial budget revealed Thursday helps to address the doctor shortage here.
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GOP leader says property tax relief “won’t make a difference”
Illinois has the second-highest property taxes in the nation, according to the Tax Foundation. The impacts on taxpayers are compounded by record-high inflation across all sectors.
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Waikato woman says council needs to take responsibility for the burnt-out asbestos site next door
Tara Mclaren has spent the last four years living next to a burnt out house containing asbestos that no one wants to take responsibility for.
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New 800-home subdivision would create satellite town in North Canterbury
A developer wants to create sections for over 2000 residents in a project which would turn a small rural settlement into a satellite town of Christchurch.
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‘A drop in the bucket’: Calgary Chamber slams provincial budget for lack of downtown revitalization funding
The Calgary Chamber says an unexpected surplus in the 2022 provincial budget is good news for Alberta’s fiscal growth, but it lacks significant support for small businesses and downtown revitalization.
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New homes starts fall in January across Canada, including Calgary
New home starts slowed to begin 2022 compared with the beginning of the previous year, new statistics reveal.
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Calgary rental market sees a rush of new product
In the summer of 2018, Deanna Di Paolo moved to Calgary from Sundre, Alta., and leased an apartment at Versus, a purpose-built rental building in the city’s Beltline neighbourhood, located just one block south of the downtown core.
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‘They hurt’: Devon mayor laments new population numbers, lack of town growth
Devon’s population shrunk slightly between 2016 and 2021, according to newly released census data. It’s a disappointing number to Devon Mayor Jeff Craddock who hopes he and his council can help turn things around.
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Voice opinions on Highway 2 upgrades near Okotoks
Okotokians can share their thoughts on a future interchange at Highway 2 and 338 Avenue in a virtual public open house and public survey next month.
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