During their Nov. 25 meeting, town council was given an update on projects in the area related to the flooding in June.
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Economic Developers Alberta to provide input into High River’s recovery
High River’s recovery efforts will get a helping hand from Economic Developers Alberta (EDA), an organization of economic development professionals, which visited the town last week as part of a provincial program to assist flood-affected communities.
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Proposed tunnel project could yield useful piece of digging equipment for Calgary’s future projects: Nenshi
It’s tunnel vision that could come in handy for the city down the road, says Mayor Naheed Nenshi.
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Five months after flood, affluent Roxboro remains a ‘ghost town’
On a November morning in the inner-city Calgary community of Roxboro, the buzz of an electric saw pierces the cold, crisp air.
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City spending $250K on flood mitigation
The City of Medicine Hat will have to spend some of its own money to install flood mitigation measures, but civic officials say that only amounts to about $250,000 on the $9.1 million funding announcement made by the province on Tuesday.
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Over $1.1 mil approved
As part of their Flood Recovery Erosion Program, the Province of Alberta will be providing Bragg Creek with funds to repair their infrastructure.
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Ottawa allocates $700 million for Alberta flood recovery
Ottawa has earmarked almost $700 million to go to Alberta for flood recovery costs, but the final federal contribution remains up in the air.
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Mayor concerned about lack of flood construction
Black Diamond’s mayor is anxious to see work begin on river mitigation in her community after seeing construction start in other flood-damaged communities.
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High River Baptist Church comes down
On Tuesday, demolition work began on the High River Baptist Church. The church will be completely torn down after it sustained more than five feet of water during the June flood, which wreaked havoc inside the building and caused portions of the floor to collapse.
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Federal dollars for flood mitigation to take years
Federal aid aimed at Alberta’s flood recovery and mitigation efforts will be a lengthy process that could stretch out over several years, said Canada’s minister of public safety and emergency preparedness.
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