CALGARY – Despite a dramatic improvement in the price Alberta producers are getting for their crude oil, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is still pushing hard for market-opening pipeline expansions, such as the controversial Keystone XL project.
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A Red Deer architectural firm has expanded to Lloydminster.
Berry Architecture & Associates opened a branch office in the border city in early March. George Berry, who owns Berry Architecture with his business partner Suzanne Widdecke, said several of their staff members are currently working at the new office, but they expect to hire employees specifically for that location.
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Sylvan Lake is getting a little more Moo.
Town council approved owner Steve Pritchard’s application for a 2,900-square-foot addition to the popular Moo More ice cream shop at Lakeshore Drive and 44th Street. Pritchard also owns the The Big Moo Ice Cream Parlor further west on Lakeshore Drive.
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The city’s new regional park has grown in size.
Despite cost warnings from officials, city council members voted Tuesday to boost the North Regional Park to 73 acres.
The soon-to-be-built facility will still be smaller than Nicholas Sheran Park (106 acres) or Lethbridge’s famous Henderson Lake Park — about 140 acres, including the lake and Japanese Garden but not the golf course.
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If the City of Grande Prairie wants to expand the Crystal Centre, it’s going to cost $44 million to do it effectively, a report states.
City council directed administration to bring forward a higher-level economic impact assessment and traffic and parking analysis Monday during a council committee of the whole meeting. That essentially puts the project on ‘hold’ until further information can be provided.
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The expansion plans for Servus Credit Union Place ran into trouble Monday night as city council approved the concept but not how any new facilities would be funded.
Council gave a unanimous green light to the conceptual plan for an expanded Servus Place but when a motion came forward to add the first phase of construction to St. Albert’s capital plan, a majority of council voted it down.
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Expansion of the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education could be possible as the board moves forward with a census for surrounding rural areas outside their boundaries.
Currently there are nine students attending MHCBE’s schools who do not reside within the district’s boundaries, explained superintendent Clyde Pudwell at Tuesday’s board meeting.
Four of these families are asking if their historical school division – dubbed a 4×4 – can create a separate school board and then join up with the MHCBE as per the Education Act.
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EDMONTON – The Alberta government has scrapped plans to build a second phase of the Strathcona County hospital, saying there isn’t enough demand in the area to justify a full-service, emergency-care facility.
“I’d like to say to residents of Strathcona County I know they are going to be disappointed by the announcement, but we had to make some tough decisions,” Health Minister Fred Horne said Thursday.
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With a development permit approved by the City of Grande Prairie’s community growth committee in, the Great Northern Casino can go ahead with plans to expand.
While the expansion will not increase the number of tables or slot machines in the casino, it will add some kitchen space, along with a bigger, better stage and more room to dance.
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St. Albert is on the verge of an unprecedented growth spurt that will include the opening in December of a major new discount retail outlet at the city’s north end, a business meeting heard Tuesday.
“We are embarking on the single largest industrial development in the history of St. Albert,” Guy Boston, executive director of economic development told the city’s annual economic development breakfast.
Boston did not reveal the name of the retail outlet, but hinted at its size by saying it will be a store where shoppers can purchase “ketchup by the case.”
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