Adult oriented businesses such as strip clubs, smoke shops or casinos could face strict limits to where they would be able to set up shop in Okotoks.
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The stalled boom: With no money for access roads, Fort McMurray faces stifled subdivision growth
Fort McMurray — It’s already tough to buy a house here, but it could get much worse. For the next two years, there may be no new lots for sale after provincial funding fell through for road improvements to new subdivisions.
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Sewer capacity crisis may flush growth plans in Calgary’s northwest
A huge swath of northwest Calgary has hit a dreaded milestone, and it’s getting worse with each flush.
Suburban growth and redevelopment projects have pushed a key sewer pipe underneath Bowness to capacity, and city hall has confirmed it can’t complete a roughly $50-million secondary system until 2017.
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Coun. Don Moore questions need for new water group
As the southern section of the Calgary region struggles to serve a booming population with a limited water supply, the Town of High River boasts a secure system that should sustain the community for the next 50 years, according to Coun. Don Moore.
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Developer fights for water licence as Okotoks defends limited supply
In the latest dispute over water in Okotoks, Alberta’s environmental appeals board is hearing a case from a developer that had its water licence cancelled by the province.
The appeal, which started Tuesday in Calgary, was launched by Sandstone Springs Development after Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development pulled its earlier approval of a preliminary certificate (or licence).
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Forget Peak Oil, Worry About Financial Limits
Resource limits are invisible, so most people don’t realize that we could possibly be approaching them. In fact, my analysis indicates resource limits are really financial limits, and in fact, we seem to be approaching those limits right now.
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