Push on for courthouse expansion

Local MLAs from both sides of Alberta’s Legislature are being asked to join the push for a bigger courthouse in Red Deer.

Alberta Justice has a time-limited opportunity for a land swap that would create an ideal location for a bigger courthouse while creating new office space for city staff, says Brent Handel, president of the Central Alberta Bar Association.

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Courthouse top priority: MLA

Strathcona County’s courthouse was dubbed the “worst courthouse in all of Alberta” less than a year ago, but it seems the province is looking at plans to change that.

Last winter saw the Sherwood Park Courthouse suffer extreme damage as the result of a sewage backup that brought to light the discontent of law professionals with the local building.

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