RV storage centre a no-go

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Joe

Council rejected a request for an RV storage centre located north of Highland Park Industrial Park, east of the QE2 highway.

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Edmonton city council approves Oliver highrise tower

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Joe

EDMONTON – City council approved a controversial plan Monday to build a 29-storey Oliver apartment tower.

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New municipal, business and housing development slated for Peace River

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Joe

Two new developments are in the final stages of approval at town council.

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City approves new lot sale plan for the Crossings

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Joe

At first, the public draws drew a blank. But as home construction picked up pace in west Lethbridge, city officials reported growing interest from local residents wanting to buy a lot in RiverStone.

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Ivanhoe suspends work on $1.37B oilsands project

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Joe

CALGARY — Ivanhoe Energy Inc. says it will suspend work on its $1.37-billion Tamarack thermal oilsands project because of “uncertainty” surrounding an Alberta Energy Regulator review of certain shallow thermal projects.

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Town asked to join regional economic development board

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Joe

Unite or fall. That was the message brought to Peace River Town Council by the Lac Cardinal Regional Development Board at the council meeting on March 3.

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TransCanada west-east pipeline in first stage of approval

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Joe

TransCanada Corp. has taken an initial step toward obtaining regulatory approval for its proposed $12-billion, 4,600-kilometre Energy East oil pipeline by filing a project description with the National Energy Board Tuesday.

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Stony Plain and Parkland County receive a combined $400,000 from the federal Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Joe

The tri-region’s community facilities have seen some much needed improvements after Stony Plain and Parkland County received a combined $392,000 in federal funding.

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