CALGARY – Energy giant Imperial Oil has sold vacant land it has owned for a number of years in the heart of downtown Calgary, the Herald has learned.
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Leduc County wants Edmonton to end its ‘heavy handed’ annexation bid
EDMONTON – Leduc County, worried about losing millions in future tax revenue, wants Edmonton to abandon its “confrontational” annexation bid and return to negotiations.
Mayor John Whaley said Thursday the county was “surprised” at the size of Edmonton’s bid — 15,600 hectares from the city’s southern boundary to the international airport west of Highway 2. “We don’t think they need that much land.”
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Local farmers express concern over potentially losing land
For Leduc County resident Brent Halwa, farming is the only career he has ever known.
His family’s four acres of property, as well as the 1,400 acres of land he rents and earns a living off of, will all be affected should the proposed City of Edmonton annexation of 38,000 acres of Leduc County land be approved.
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Red Deer MPC OK’s plan for industrial park
Red Deer’s municipal planning commission has given a thumbs-up to a proposed industrial area structure plan for a quarter section in Queens Industrial Park.
The commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend to city council that it approve the draft Queens Business Park SE 36 Industrial Area Structure Plan. That plan would cover 160.6 acres on the west side of Hwy 2 and 0.8 km south of Hwy 11A, and which is part of the land annexed by the city from Red Deer County in November 2007.
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