Plans to share the development of an access road required for the City of Lacombe’s new snow storage facility and adjacent recreation area are taking a turn for the better.

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Despite a modest drop in the Red Deer region’s unemployment rate from 10.4 per cent in November to 9.6 per cent in December, officials with the Chamber of Commerce, however, say it’s more important to note a big drop in the number of people working in the area.

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Red Deer property owners can expect to receive their 2021 property assessment notices in the mail over the next few days.

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The unemployment rate for the Red Deer region slipped to 9.6 per cent in December, according to numbers released Friday by Statistics Canada.

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Building permit applications increased in quantity and value in December. Total permit values in 2020 were higher than the previous year, rising from $118.9 million from January to December 2019 to $260.9 million during the same period in 2020.

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As noted in the first half of our year in review story with Mayor Tara Veer, Red Deer was a community that found itself divided over a number of issues throughout an emotionally volatile year in 2020.

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2020 has been a tough year and one we won’t soon forget, according to Innisfail mayor Jim Romane.

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The mayor of Blackfalds could go on and on about the town’s accomplishments in 2020, despite a tumultuous year globally.

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